Iceland: Gallery: Select Stamps - Scott #170-187: 1931-1932 Gulfoss (Golden Falls) Waterfall and 1931-1933 King Christian X - Redrawn
A selection of especially interesting seldom-offered items in particularly nice quality. All are available for approval viewing. Scott numbers have been used unless otherwise mentioned.
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Select Stamps - Scott #170-187: 1931-1932 Gulfoss (Golden Falls) Waterfall and 1931-1933 King Christian X - Redrawn
172 Mint Superb, lightly hinged. Quite scarce so nice. Brilliant!
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36.00
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247795
Orlof 1 kr Overprint on Scott #173 (Facit #197) [60 aur Gulfoss Waterfall] NH Fine. Very fresh and bright. As of 12/2023, this is only the fourth uncanceled example (only the third NH example) that I have had in 50 years.
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247533
Greidslumerki Facit #G1 [1932 65 aur Gulfoss waterfall postage stamp, Scott #174, with Greidslumerki (Greišslumerki) 10 aur invoice / payment tax overprint] Used with VF centering and company handstamp cancellation, on small piece. Seldom offered and unknown to many collectors. [Only two postage stamps were overprinted for this purpose, #174 and #175.] A handsome example.
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175 [1932 75 aur Gulfoss waterfall] Mint F-VF+, extremely lightly hinged. This example is so lightly hinged that the previous owner was sure it was never hinged; you also may not be able to find the hinge mark. Fresh and attractive.
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115.00
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247534
Greidslumerki Facit #G2 [1932 75 aur Gulfoss waterfall postage stamp, Scott #175, with Greidslumerki (Greišslumerki) 10 aur invoice / payment tax overprint] NEVER HINGED BLOCK OF FOUR with Fine centering. This block shows the two basic types of the overprint setting: The left two stamps show the right edge of the right "0" farther to the right than is shown on the right two stamps. Mint singles, with gum, of this stamp are hard to find; Mint or NH multiples of this stamp are scarce -- I have only had three or four Mint or NH multiples in 49 years. Seldom offered and unknown to many collectors. [Only two postage stamps were overprinted for this purpose, #174 and #175.] A excellent example. NH Fine singles sell for $60 each; this is priced below break-up value!
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225.00
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247535
Greidslumerki Facit #G2 [1932 75 aur Gulfoss waterfall postage stamp, Scott #175, with Greidslumerki (Greišslumerki) 10 aur invoice / payment tax overprint] Mint, without gum, with F-VF centering, SET OF TWO STAMPS showing the two basic types of the overprint setting: The left stamp shows the right edge of the right "0" farther to the right than is shown on the right stamp. Mint singles, even without gum, of this stamp are hard to find. Seldom offered and unknown to many collectors. [Only two postage stamps were overprinted for this purpose, #174 and #175.] Either of these singles, in this condition, would sell for $35 -- offered for less than the set total.
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64.00
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247540
Greidslumerki Facit #G2 [1932 75 aur Gulfoss waterfall postage stamp, Scott #175, with Greidslumerki (Greišslumerki) 10 aur invoice / payment tax overprint] Used with XF centering and neat, violet company handstamp. Seldom offered stamp that is unknown to many collectors. [Only two postage stamps were overprinted for this purpose, #174 and #175.] Outstanding centering for this scarce stamp.
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39.00
247545
Greidslumerki Facit #G2 [1932 75 aur Gulfoss waterfall postage stamp, Scott #175, with Greidslumerki (Greišslumerki) 10 aur invoice / payment tax overprint] Used with XF centering and neat POSTAL cancellation. Either from a purchase receipt at the post office or use on a postal money order or cash-on-delivery card. Postally canceled examples are scarce. Seldom offered stamp that is unknown to many collectors. [Only two postage stamps were overprinted for this purpose, #174 and #175.] Outstanding centering for this scarce stamp.
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42.00
247536
Greidslumerki Facit #G2 [1932 75 aur Gulfoss waterfall postage stamp, Scott #175, with Greidslumerki (Greišslumerki) 10 aur invoice / payment tax overprint] Used with VF centering, with neat manuscript cancellation, on small piece of either a bank check or a bill of exchange (vexel). Though that type of document is common bearing documentary revenue stamps, I have only had a couple pieces from one (and no complete documents) with any of the Greidslumerki stamps. Seldom offered and unknown to many collectors. [Only two postage stamps were overprinted for this purpose, #174 and #175.] An excellent example.
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32.00
247537
Greidslumerki Facit #G2 [1932 75 aur Gulfoss waterfall postage stamp, Scott #175, with Greidslumerki (Greišslumerki) 10 aur invoice / payment tax overprint] Used with VF centering, with neat manuscript cancellation, and small corner of a postal cancellation, on a small piece of postal money order or cash-on-delivery card AND with part of a Danish-printing (engraved) Greidslumerki stamp on the reverse. The tax payment was required on "both ends" of the transaction, whenever a payment of money occurred, thus two stamps were required. Not only are uses of this overprinted stamp quite scarce on a postal item, but it is extremely scarce showing both stamps (even if one is partial) and even more special in that it shows that both stamps were in use simultaneously, though at different post offices. The stamp on the back was cut in half when the front stamp was clipped out of the card by the post office for kiloware (after the required period that these cards had to be retained). To the best of my recollection, I have had only one other such example in 49 years (and never any complete cards). Seldom offered stamp that is unknown to many collectors. [Only two postage stamps were overprinted for this purpose, #174 and #175.] An outstanding example.
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49.00
Select Stamps - Scott #170-187: 1931-1932 Gulfoss (Golden Falls) Waterfall and 1931-1933 King Christian X - Redrawn continued ...
Greidslumerki Facit #G2 [1932 75 aur Gulfoss waterfall postage stamp, Scott #175, with Greidslumerki (Greišslumerki) 10 aur invoice / payment tax overprint] Used with VF centering and neat POSTAL cancellation. Either from a purchase receipt at the post office or use on a postal money order or cash-on-delivery card. Postally canceled examples are scarce. Seldom offered stamp that is unknown to many collectors. [Only two postage stamps were overprinted for this purpose, #174 and #175.] Excellent centering for this scarce stamp.
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38.00
247547
Greidslumerki Facit #G2 [1932 75 aur Gulfoss waterfall postage stamp, Scott #175, with Greidslumerki (Greišslumerki) 10 aur invoice / payment tax overprint] Used with F-VF centering and neat POSTAL cancellation. Either from a purchase receipt at the post office or use on a postal money order or cash-on-delivery card. Postally canceled examples are scarce. Seldom offered stamp that is unknown to many collectors. [Only two postage stamps were overprinted for this purpose, #174 and #175.] Nice centering for this scarce stamp.
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35.00
247538
Greidslumerki Facit #G2 [1932 75 aur Gulfoss waterfall postage stamp, Scott #175, with Greidslumerki (Greišslumerki) 10 aur invoice / payment tax overprint] Used with Fine centering, with postal cancellation on a very small piece of postal money order or cash-on-delivery card To the best of my recollection, I have had only three or four examples of this stamp on postal piece in 49 years (and never any complete cards). Seldom offered stamp that is unknown to many collectors. [Only two postage stamps were overprinted for this purpose, #174 and #175.] Price low due to the centering and size of the piece.
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19.00
247548
Greidslumerki Facit #G2 [1932 75 aur Gulfoss waterfall postage stamp, Scott #175, with Greidslumerki (Greišslumerki) 10 aur invoice / payment tax overprint] Used with Fine centering and neat POSTAL cancellation. Either from a purchase receipt at the post office or use on a postal money order or cash-on-delivery card. Postally canceled examples are scarce. Seldom offered stamp that is unknown to many collectors. [Only two postage stamps were overprinted for this purpose, #174 and #175.] Attractive example of this scarce stamp.
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29.00
237979
177 [1932 3 aur Christian X, Redrawn Design] NH F-VF 4-block. Hard to find even as NH singles; NH F-VF singles sell for $59 each (and VF for $80!). Priced below break-up value.
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229.00
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401041
Scott #178 [1932 4 aur Christian X, Redrawn Portrait] Used with SUPERB CENTERING and a very light, neat, correct, face-free, postal cancellation. Wonderfully fresh and bright with great color, "perfect" perforations, and "perfect" centering! While Used examples of this stamp with typical F-VF centering are common, examples with centering and overall appearance this nice are seldom offered. This is certainly the nicest Used example I have had in quite a while.
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6.00
401042
Scott #178 [1932 4 aur Christian X, Redrawn Portrait] Used with VF centering and a neat smaller town ("...NGI") (6 or 16 or 26) September 1934 postal cancellation. Wonderfully fresh and bright with great color. Examples of the stamps of this set canceled outside of Reykjavik are remarkably unusual.
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4.75
401040
Scott #180 [1933 7 aur Christian X, Redrawn Portrait] Used VF with XF strike (plus part of another strike of Danish "KŲBENHAVN / Omk" 6 July 1935 cancellation. One short perforation at bottom (really only visible from the back side). Danish cancellations on Icelandic stamps of this era are not uncommon (due to the large amount of letters mailed at sea aboard fishing boats that arrived in Denmark). However, examples are scarce when they are so well struck that they show almost the entire cancellation, as this one does. An outstanding example!
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12.00
401038
Scott #181 [1932 10 aur King Christian X, Redrawn Portrait] Mint, lightly hinged, with SUPERB CENTERING. Wonderfully fresh and bright with great color, "perfect" perforations, "perfect" centering, and "pristine" (lightly hinged) original gum. This stamp is "remarkably scarce" even in Mint Hinged condition, but such nicely centered examples are "extremely scarce". This is the nicest Mint example I have been able to offer in a long time.
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145.00
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401037
Scott #182 [1932 25 aur Christian X, Redrawn Portrait] NEVER HINGED, original gum, with XF centering. Wonderfully fresh and bright with fantastic color, "perfect" perforations, "almost perfect" centering, and overall post-office-fresh condition. While this 25 aur stamp is not very scarce in Mint Hinged condition, it is "quite scarce" in NH condition. Furthermore, Hinged or NH examples of this stamp are extremely difficult to find with nice centering. The centering and overall appearance of this example are exceptional and it is certainly one of the nicest, if not the nicest, NH examples that I have had in 52 years!
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125.00
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Select Stamps - Scott #170-187: 1931-1932 Gulfoss (Golden Falls) Waterfall and 1931-1933 King Christian X - Redrawn continued ...
Scott #183 [1934 30 aur Christian X, Redrawn Portrait] NEVER HINGED, original gum, with XF centering and the usual rough perforation appearance. The 30 aur was one of the last stamps produced with this worn-out perforating equipment (the new style of engraved stamps with different perforations were already coming out by this time) and thus this stamp virtually always has rough-looking small-hole perforations. This example has typical perforations for the 30 aur stamp. Wonderfully fresh! An excellent example!
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169.00
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248278
183 [1934 30 aur Christian X, Redrawn Portrait] NEVER HINGED with VF centering. The 30 aur was one of the last stamps produced with this worn-out perforating equipment (the new style of engraved stamps with different perforations were already coming out by this time) and thus always has rough-looking small-hole perforations. This example has remarkably nice perforations for this 30 aur. Wonderfully fresh! An outstanding example!
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129.00
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401036
Scott #183 [1934 30 aur Christian X, Redrawn Portrait] NEVER HINGED, original gum, with F-VF centering and the usual small-hole perforations. The 30 aur was one of the last stamps produced with this worn-out perforating equipment (the new style of engraved stamps with different perforations were already coming out by this time) and thus this stamp virtually always has rough-looking small-hole perforations.This example has exceptionally clean and nice perforations for the 30 aur stamp. Wonderfully fresh! An excellent example!
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120.00
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400563
Scott #183 [1934 30 aur Christian X, Redrawn Portrait] Used with XF-Superb centering. The 30 aur was one of the last stamps produced with this worn-out perforating equipment (the new style of engraved stamps with different perforations were already coming out by this time) and thus this stamp virtually always has rough-looking small-hole perforations. This example has remarkably clean and nice perforations for the 30 aur. The smaller town cancel is light, but I can see "...GAR...". Non-Reykjavik cancellations are unusual on this stamp. Wonderfully fresh! An outstanding example!
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12.00
401034
Scott #184 [1932 40 aur Christian X, Redrawn Portrait] NEVER HINGED, original gum, with SUPERB CENTERING. Wonderfully fresh and bright with fantastic color, "perfect" perforations, "perfect" centering, and overall post-office-fresh condition. There is a very tiny natural paper inclusion speck at the edge of the portrait frame in the upper left quadrant -- however, that does not diminish the appearance or rarity of this stamp. This stamp is accompanied by a Jay Smith color image certificate with a "lifetime guarantee" (my life). (Details of the guarantee are available upon request.) While this stamp is "very scarce" in NH condition (the 2026 Scott NH value is $1100 for typical F-VF centering), in my experience, examples with centering this nice are "rare". This certainly must be the best centered NH example that I have had in my 52 year career!
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789.00
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401033
Scott #185 [1931 1 kr Christian X, Redrawn Portrait] Lower left corner margin Plate #450G example in NEVER HINGED condition with F-VF centering. Wonderfully fresh and bright with great color, "perfect" perforations, and "pristine" original gum! Even though plate number singles (or blocks) of this stamp are "very scarce", NH examples of this stamp are already so scarce that the presence of the plate number does not really add much to the price of stamp -- but it does add greatly to the scarcity and attractiveness! A "normal" NH single example with this centering would be $108.
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115.00
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401032
Scott #185 [1931 1 kr Christian X, Redrawn Portrait] Used with SUPERB CENTERING and a neat, correct, almost face-free, postal cancellation. Wonderfully fresh and bright with great color, excellent perforations, and "perfect" centering! While Used examples of this stamp with typical F-VF centering are not scarce, examples with centering and overall appearance this nice are "very scarce". This is certainly the nicest Used example I have had in quite a while.
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16.00
401029
Scott #186 [1931 2 kr Christian X, Redrawn Portrait] Used with SUPERB CENTERING and a neat, correct, postal cancellation. Wonderfully fresh and bright with great color, excellent perforations, and "perfect" centering! An exceptional example of a stamp that is "scarce" in postally used condition and especially with such nice centering! This stamp is missing from many Iceland collections.
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