| Bargain Stamps - Scott #1-7: 1873 Skilling Issues |  Top |
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Mint Hinged  US$ |
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234409 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
1 Mint, no gum, with VF centering, but with hidden faults. A completely genuine and unaltered stamp, but with a tiny natural inclusion (speck of wood pulp), light crease, and two very tiny thin spots. This stamp is more often than not found without gum. The Facit 2010 value for faultless a stamp with gum, but with typical centering (which this is much, much better), is SEK 9500 = $1325. This example actually looks much better than most that come along. |
295.00 |
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231022 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
1 Used space filler with various defects, but genuine and proper cancellation. |
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125.00 |
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231023 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
2 Used with VF+ appearance, but thin spot. Proper Reykjavik cancellation for the time period (with serif-style digits). Bright color and nearly perfect centering. |
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155.00 |
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221945 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
3 Used with Average centering and a couple faults (tiny sealed tear, perfs improved on left). It bears both a pen cancel (unusual) and a small portion of what appears to be a correct serif-style cancel. It is a real #3 used in the proper time period. Facit 2006 value for Used Fine is SEK 10,000 = $1400! |
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188.00 |
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231027 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
3 Used Average centered with poor perforations at top and a couple other short perfs, but no other defects. Genuine, proper cancellation. Scott 2007 value $1150! |
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188.00 |
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234595 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
4 [1873 16 skilling Perf 14 x 13.5] Mint with VF+ centering, but some condition problems. The paper is slightly aged and there is a single pulled perf at bottom. There is a slight gum bend only visible from the reverse, but that is typical for the issue. The good news is that this extremely scarce stamp has wonderful centering, color, perforations (except for the pulled one), and full original gum barely lightly hinged! This is the rarest of the 1873 normal postage issues, with a 2010 Facit value of SEK 13,000 (with gum) = $1800 [9/10]. This stamp would easily and quickly sell for well over full catalog value if it did not have the two mentioned problems. As it is, it still looks better than the vast majority of examples I have seen. To demonstrate that it does look nice, it is also shown on a white background as it might on your album page. |
395.00 |
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231029 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
7 Used space filler with part missing at top, but no other defects. Genuine and proper cancel. Scott 2007 value $625! |
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49.00 |
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234596 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
7 [1873 16 skilling, Perf 12.5] Used with F-VF+ centering and a completely proper and genuine REYKJAVIK cancellation, but with a thin. Normal (actually a little better than normal) rough perforations for this stamp. Wonderful lemon yellow color; very fresh appearance. 2010 Facit value is SEK 5500 = $770 [9/10] and would otherwise sell for around $700 with such nice appearance. |
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155.00 |
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234597 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
7 [1873 16 skilling, Perf 12.5] Used with typical Average centering and a completely proper and genuine REYKJAVIK cancellation, but with a thin and very rough perfs. 2010 Facit value is SEK 5500 = $770 [9/10]. A fairly nice looking, and very inexpensive, example of the genuinely used stamp. |
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75.00 |