(24) Facit/NK #24IIbv WITHOUT PERIOD (Type 9) [1877 5 øre Shaded Posthorn, Horizontal Watermark, BLACKISH BLUE] Used Average with pen-cross cancellation. This color is very scarce, undervalued in all the catalogs. Furthermore, though the catalogs give a 1.5 to 2 times multiple for the Type 9 (without period after FRIM) stamps, they are in much, much greater demand than that multiple suggests. Lower right corner perf rounded, but easily compensated for by an obvious plate variety "lower right frame line corner open". Very scarce stamp in several respects.
109.00
248331
24 Major Variety, Facit #25, NK #35 [1879 5 øre Shaded Posthorn, small 5 is smaller and without ball on bottom tip] Used with VF centering and with well-centered, fully-dated "CHRA BYP" (Christiania Bypost; city post) 10 February 1880 cancellation. However, has some paper aging. An attractive example at a very low price. Otherwise would be $80. Facit 2024 value SEK 800.
SOLD
248131
Scott #25, Facit #26 III, NK #25 II (1878 10 øre Shaded Posthorn, Re-engraved, Horizontal Watermark) Used with Superb centering and remarkable, nearly perfectly centered SVELVIG 9 February 1880 single-ring town cancellation. Though four cancellation types are listed by NK Postal for this town, this cancellation type from SVELVIG seems not to be listed / illustrated by NK Postal; this example has large-lettered serifed town name, sans-serif day and month, but serifed year (the day and month are very obviously from a different numbers type kit). Potentially a scarce cancellation. The stamp has only slight re-engraving below the crown. A wonderful example of a stamp that many people collect with as many different town postmarks as they can find.
25.00
248129
26 [1877 12 øre Shaded Posthorn] Used with F-VF+ centering, brilliant color, and excellent perforations for this stamp. Almost perfectly centered SKARNÆS single-ring 8 January 1884 town cancellation. A wonderful looking stamp without any faults, plus a terrific and unusual cancellation.
40.00
233220
27 [1877 20 øre Shaded Posthorn] Used Fine with nearly perfect FLORØ 12 May 1880 all-serif cancellation.
19.00
244200
(29) Sea Green, Facit #31c, NK #29a [1878 35 øre Shaded Posthorn] Used with VF centering, example of the scarce SEA GREEN color. Well centered and with virtually complete LILLESAND 24 December 1892 cancellation. This color is quite scarce; there are even spaces for it in some European-made albums.