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243533 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #R17 [1919 50 Bit Documentary] Used, with F-VF centering ON DOCUMENT. 27 November 1926 Bill of Exchange, canceled that date and payable one year later. Ornate check-like format payable at the "National Bank of the Danish West Indies" at Christiansted, in the sizable amount of 12,500 Francs! Includes a Danish-DWI "logo" consisting of palm trees, the Danish crown, and the Danish three lions with hearts. Even though this Bill of Exchange was issued 9 years after the sale of DWI to the U.S., this bank had been granted, in 1904 for 30 years, special privileges and could issue "Danish king currency" and use their own currency system, alongside the U.S. Dollar until 1934. Two other revenue stamps may have been affixed on the left side of the Bill; there are parts of cancellations, but no detectible indication (even under UV light) of remnants of stamp removal; thus those markings may have been overlap from canceling another document. The 50 Bit revenue stamp is placed in the center of the document where it was creased when the document was folded (into quarters). The used stamp alone has a Scott value of $40 -- this is a scarce item! Very attractive! Any on-document DWI or VI revenue uses are extremely scarce. This is the first such items I have had in 47 years! ACTUAL item. |
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243534 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #R32 [1935 2 cent Documentary, Perf 11] NH VF. There were several printings of the 2 cent; this one is Rose Carmine and Blue Green on Very White Paper with clear gum. ACTUAL item. |
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246609 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #R32a [1935 2 cent Documentary, red and light yellow green on Thin Yellowish Paper, Perf 11] Used VF with boxed red handstamped cancellation. There were several printings of the 2 cent; this one is Red and Light Yellow Green on Thin Yellowish Paper. This is an earlier printing/color. Unusually nice quality. ACTUAL item. |
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246610 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #R34 [1935 10 cent Documentary, Perf 11] Mint, extremely lightly hinged, with VF centering. There were multiple printings of this stamp. This example is Light Green on Off-White Thick Paper. This is an earlier printing/color. Unusually nice quality. ACTUAL item. |
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246611 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #R34 [1935 10 cent Documentary, Perf 11] Used with F-VF+ centering and neat blue handstamped cancellation. There were multiple printings of this stamp. This example is Medium Green on White Thick Hard Paper. This is a later printing/color. Unusually nice quality. ACTUAL item. |
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246612 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #R36 [1935 20 cent Documentary, Perf 11] Used with F-VF centering and handstamped and manuscript cancellations, but couple short perforations and a crease (only visible from reverse). There were multiple printings of the 20c stamp. This example is Carmine Rose and Green on White Thick Hard Paper. Attractive and not often seen. ACTUAL item. |
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401403 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #RJ25 [Tobacco Tax 1933 "6" Handstamped Surcharge in Black on Scott #R16 Virgin Islands 10 bit, Perf 11] Used with Fine centering, slightly aged (but better than usually seen), with well-struck handstamped surcharge and extremely light cancellation. An attractive example of a scarce stamp. The Scott 2026 Specialized catalog value is $100, but in my opinion it is much scarcer than that value suggests and any example in any quality sells very quickly. ACTUAL item. |
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