Stamps of the Thule Local Post are quite popular and attractive. They served postal duty 1935-37 and exist (scarce) on postally used covers. The numbering is from the Facit Catalog.
VF: Thule Local Post Complete set #1-5 in 4-blocks.
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155.00
204148
VF: Thule #1 10 øre (the key value). Knud Rasmussen.
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20.00
29.00
204148
F-VF: Thule #1 10 øre (the key value). Knud Rasmussen.
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18.00
26.00
204148
SD: Thule #1 10 øre (the key value). Knud Rasmussen.
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6.00
6.00
204149
VF: Thule #2 15 øre. Danish flag with Thule mountain in background.
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16.00
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16.00
204149
F-VF: Thule #2 15 øre. Danish flag with Thule mountain in background.
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13.00
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12.00
204149
SD: Thule #2 15 øre. Danish flag with Thule mountain in background.
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3.00
3.00
204150
VF: Thule #3 25 øre. Church with Thule mountain in background.
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8.00
5.00
5.00
204150
F-VF: Thule #3 25 øre. Church with Thule mountain in background.
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5.00
3.50
3.50
204150
SD: Thule #3 25 øre. Church with Thule mountain in background.
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1.00
1.00
204151
VF: Thule #4 30 øre. Walruses.
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4.00
4.00
204151
F-VF: Thule #4 30 øre. Walruses.
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3.00
3.00
204151
SD: Thule #4 30 øre. Walruses.
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1.00
1.00
204152
VF: Thule #5 45 øre. Polar Bear and Cape York.
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12.00
8.50
5.00
204152
F-VF: Thule #5 45 øre. Polar Bear and Cape York.
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3.50
204152
SD: Thule #5 45 øre. Polar Bear and Cape York.
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1.00
1.00
231699
Thule Local Post complete set of 5 of what are believed to be proofs. Imperforate with large margins. Printed by typography (as are the issued stamps) on thin, crisp, yellowish paper with yellow gum (the issued stamps are on white paper with white gum). The colors are very close to the issued colors, but are not exactly the same; this may be attributed to the yellowish paper and gum. The details of the designs appear to exactly correspond to the issued stamps, though they are heavier impressions which better show the design details (and supports the belief that they are proofs). A variety of trial color proofs were made, but were mostly affixed to archival pages; most of these were imperforate prints on thin paper that were cut to very small margins and affixed to pre-perforated heavy card stock. The fact that this is a matched set of five, and that the 25 øre was issued exactly a year after the other values is difficult to explain. However, these are most definitely of "old appearance" and could NOT have been made from any of the modern reprints or related items that appeared in 1979 that I have seen. DAKA GF5 1999 (most recent edition) states that proofs in the issued colors are known of all values, but with only one to three examples of each recorded; they are unpriced and not illustrated in the catalog. The catalog does price (as of 1999) proofs in other colors at DKK 2500 (2/08 $500) each. That catalog and the AFA 2008 Specialized do list the 25 øre imperforate in issued color: AFA DKK 4000 (2/08 $800) per single. This set is a bit of a mystery, but that is usually the case when one-of-a-kind proofs are discovered. While unassuming in appearance, this is an extremely rare set of great importance; it may well be unique! Considering that the known 25 øre imperforate stamp lists at $800 each, the value of this much more rare set is tremendous! I guarantee, without time limit, to the original purchaser (or to a subsequent owner as long as a copy of the original purchase invoice can be provided), refund of the net original purchase price of this set if determined by mutually agreeable expert(s) to be not as described, provided that the set is in the same condition as originally sold and has not been altered, damaged, further hinged, or otherwise in different condition or quality than at the time of the original sale.