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Åland: Revenues: 1928-1962 Issues

As a province of Finland, Åland used Finnish revenue stamps for payment of nationally mandated taxes. However, with greater self-government, starting in the 1920s, Åland had the right to levy taxes of its own and to issue its own revenue stamps. For the most part, Finnish revenue stamps that can be identified as used in Aland are very scarce -- this is due to limited applicable use (less commercial activity), cancellations that usually did not specify location, and stamps (perticularly engraved issues) that did not show cancellations clearly. Documents bearing Åland-issued revenue stamps are rare and most of the stamps are surprisingly scarce.

Ålandic and Finnish revenue stamps are cataloged (and listed here) by the 1998 Saarinen and Smith [me] catalog which is still in print and available from me. Listings that I have seen in more recently published general catalogs appears to have been taken, without permission, from our S/S work. Before that 1998 publication, I expected that the issuance of the book would result in more Åland revenues becoming available. That does not seem to have occurred. There are still many Åland revenues which I have never personally seen and more that I have seen but never actually had. Many of the 1998 prices have proven to be too low, though the relative rarity is about right with the adjustment that the rare items are even rarer than previously thought.

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1928-1962: Bicolored stamps, mostly blue with values red, all with similar design: small deer crest in center with denominations in the two lower corners. 1928 large size; 1950-51 surcharges; 1951 tiny size; 1956 medium size; 1963 surchages on 1951 and 1956.

1928-1962 Issues

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215141

S/S #1Yx + 1Y [1928 5 mark Narrow Numerals, imperforate top margin] Rough perforation, as usual. NH VF vertical pair showing the imperforate variety and the normal stamp. Extremely scarce!

200.00

234234

S/S #4 [1928 100 mark] Rough perforation, as usual. Used Superb right-margin 4-block with neat circular black deer cancellation. Beautiful!

155.00

234235

S/S #4 [1928 100 mark] Rough perforation, as usual. Used Superb right-margin 4-block with neat black straight-line cancellations. Beautiful!

155.00

234236

S/S #5 [1928 500 mark] Rough perforation, as usual. Used VF with neat circular magenta deer cancellation. Attractive!

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234237

S/S #7Y [1950 380 on 5 mark] Clean perforation, as usual for this stamp. Used VF with neat, light circular cancellation. Attractive!

90.00

234238

S/S #7Y [1950 380 on 5 mark] Rough perforation, unusual on this stamp. Used F-VF 4-block with neat black straight-line cancellations. Attractive!

310.00

234239

S/S #8Y [1951 620 on 5 mark] Rough perforation, as usual. Used VF 4-block with neat black circular deer cancellation. Attractive!

440.00

234240

S/S #9 [1951 5 mark] Light Blue, Clean Perforation. Used Superb with light cancellation. This stamp issue is tiny, about 15 x 15 mm. Attractive and seldom offered, especially so nicely centered.

45.00

234242

S/S #9 [1951 5 mark] Light Blue, Clean Perforation. Used F-VF+ with light cancellation. This stamp issue is tiny, about 15 x 15 mm. Attractive and seldom offered.

40.00

244221

Documentary Revenue Stamp #9 [1951 5 mark] Used VF with light cancellation. This stamp issue is tiny, about 15 x 15 mm. Attractive and seldom offered.

40.00

1928-1962 Issues continued ...

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234243

S/S #11 [1951 25 mark] Light Greenish Blue, Rough Perforation. Mint VF. (Until this stamp, I had not recorded an example of #11 in Mint, nor the rough perforation. It will be listed in the next edition of the catalog.) This stamp issue is tiny, about 15 x 15 mm. Rare stamp; I have only had one other value of the 1951 issue in Mint.

120.00

234244

S/S #17 [1951 1000 mark] Bright Blue, Clean Perforation. Used F-VF with violet circular cancel.

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