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1873-1895 Perf 14 Bicolors

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246331

5e Print 7, Facit #5g, AFA 5.7 Light Green and Brownish Carmine on "Thick" Paper [1873 (1889 printing) 1 cent Bicolor, Perf 14 x 13.5, Inverted Frame] Used with Superb centering, bright color, and neat March 15 1898 ST. T(HOMA)S cancellation. An outstanding example!

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55.00

400924

Scott #6a Variety, Facit #6b, AFA #6 Print 2, the THICK FRAME printing [1873 3c light blue and rose Bicolor, Thin Paper, Thick Normal Frame (Printing 2, 1876)] Mint, WITHOUT GUM, with VF-XF centering. A wonderful, fresh-looking example with brilliant colors, "perfect" perforations, and extraordinarily nice centering for this stamp. This example came to me in a very small group of this printing, all without gum; I do not know why there is no gum. However, many early collectors believed that, for the best preservation, it was better to remove the gum from such delicate stamps. Such nice-looking examples of this stamp, and without defects, are quite hard to find because the extremely thin paper was easily damaged. An outstanding example! A Mint Hinged with-full-gum example of this stamp, with this centering, would quickly sell for $160 because such nice centering is "rare".

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79.00

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400925

Scott #6a Variety, Facit #6b, AFA #6 Print 2, the THICK FRAME printing [1873 3c light blue and rose Bicolor, Thin Paper, Thick Normal Frame (Printing 2, 1876)] Mint, WITHOUT GUM, with VF centering. A wonderful, fresh-looking example with brilliant colors, excellent perforations, and unusually nice centering for this stamp. This example came to me in a very small group of this printing, all without gum; I do not know why there is no gum. However, many early collectors believed that, for the best preservation, it was better to remove the gum from such delicate stamps. Such nice-looking examples of this stamp, and without defects, are quite hard to find because the extremely thin paper was easily damaged. An excellent example! A Mint Hinged with-full-gum example of this stamp, with this centering, would quickly sell for $120 because such nice centering is "rare" on this stamp.

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59.00

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400926

Scott #6a Variety, Facit #6b, AFA #6 Print 2, the THICK FRAME printing [1873 3c light blue and rose Bicolor, Thin Paper, Thick Normal Frame (Printing 2, 1876)] Mint, WITHOUT GUM, with F-VF centering. A wonderful, fresh-looking example with brilliant colors, excellent perforations, and better-than-usual centering for this stamp. This example came to me in a very small group of this printing, all without gum; I do not know why there is no gum. However, many early collectors believed that, for the best preservation, it was better to remove the gum from such delicate stamps. Such fresh-looking examples of this stamp, and without defects, are quite hard to find because the extremely thin paper was easily damaged. A very nice example! A Mint Hinged with-full-gum example of this stamp, with this centering, would quickly sell for $95.

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43.00

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400927

Scott #6a Variety, Facit #6b, AFA #6 Print 2, the THICK FRAME printing [1873 3c light blue and rose Bicolor, Thin Paper, Thick Normal Frame (Printing 2, 1876)] Mint, WITHOUT GUM, with F-VF centering. A wonderful, fresh-looking example with brilliant colors, excellent perforations, and better-than-usual centering for this stamp. This example came to me in a very small group of this printing, all without gum; I do not know why there is no gum. However, many early collectors believed that, for the best preservation, it was better to remove the gum from such delicate stamps. Such fresh-looking examples of this stamp, and without defects, are quite hard to find because the extremely thin paper was easily damaged. A very nice example! A Mint Hinged with-full-gum example of this stamp, with this centering, would quickly sell for $95.

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43.00

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400928

Scott #6a Variety, Facit #6b, AFA #6 Print 2, the THICK FRAME printing [1873 3c light blue and rose Bicolor, Thin Paper, Thick Normal Frame (Printing 2, 1876)] Mint, WITHOUT GUM, with F-VF centering. A wonderful, fresh-looking example with brilliant colors, excellent perforations, and better-than-usual centering for this stamp. This example came to me in a very small group of this printing, all without gum; I do not know why there is no gum. However, many early collectors believed that, for the best preservation, it was better to remove the gum from such delicate stamps. Such fresh-looking examples of this stamp, and without defects, are quite hard to find because the extremely thin paper was easily damaged. A very nice example! A Mint Hinged with-full-gum example of this stamp, with this centering, would quickly sell for $95.

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43.00

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400929

Scott #6a Variety, Facit #6b, AFA #6 Print 2, the THICK FRAME printing [1873 3c light blue and rose Bicolor, Thin Paper, Thick Normal Frame (Printing 2, 1876)] Mint, WITHOUT GUM, with Fine centering. A fresh-looking example with brilliant colors, excellent perforations, and typical centering for this stamp. This example came to me in a very small group of this printing, all without gum; I do not know why there is no gum. However, many early collectors believed that, for the best preservation, it was better to remove the gum from such delicate stamps. Such fresh-looking examples of this stamp, and without defects, are quite hard to find because the extremely thin paper was easily damaged. A nice example! A Mint Hinged with-full-gum example of this stamp, with this centering, would quickly sell for $69.

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34.00

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400930

Scott #6a Variety, Facit #6b, AFA #6 Print 2, the THICK FRAME printing [1873 3c light blue and rose Bicolor, Thin Paper, Thick Normal Frame (Printing 2, 1876)] Mint, WITHOUT GUM, with Fine centering. A fresh-looking example with brilliant colors, excellent perforations, and typical centering for this stamp. This example came to me in a very small group of this printing, all without gum; I do not know why there is no gum. However, many early collectors believed that, for the best preservation, it was better to remove the gum from such delicate stamps. Such fresh-looking examples of this stamp, and without defects, are quite hard to find because the extremely thin paper was easily damaged. A nice example! A Mint Hinged with-full-gum example of this stamp, with this centering, would quickly sell for $69.

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34.00

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400931

Scott #6a Variety, Facit #6b, AFA #6 Print 2, the THICK FRAME printing [1873 3c light blue and rose Bicolor, Thin Paper, Thick Normal Frame (Printing 2, 1876)] Mint, WITHOUT GUM, with Fine centering. A fresh-looking example with brilliant colors, excellent perforations, and typical centering for this stamp. This example came to me in a very small group of this printing, all without gum; I do not know why there is no gum. However, many early collectors believed that, for the best preservation, it was better to remove the gum from such delicate stamps. Such fresh-looking examples of this stamp, and without defects, are quite hard to find because the extremely thin paper was easily damaged. A nice example! A Mint Hinged with-full-gum example of this stamp, with this centering, would quickly sell for $69.

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34.00

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400932

Scott #6a Variety, Facit #6b, AFA #6 Print 2, the THICK FRAME printing [1873 3c light blue and rose Bicolor, Thin Paper, Thick Normal Frame (Printing 2, 1876)] Mint, WITHOUT GUM, with Fine centering. A fresh-looking example with brilliant colors, excellent perforations, and typical centering for this stamp. This example came to me in a very small group of this printing, all without gum; I do not know why there is no gum. However, many early collectors believed that, for the best preservation, it was better to remove the gum from such delicate stamps. Such fresh-looking examples of this stamp, and without defects, are quite hard to find because the extremely thin paper was easily damaged. A nice example! A Mint Hinged with-full-gum example of this stamp, with this centering, would quickly sell for $69.

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34.00

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400933

Scott #6a Variety, Facit #6b, AFA #6 Print 2, the THICK FRAME printing [1873 3c light blue and rose Bicolor, Thin Paper, Thick Normal Frame (Printing 2, 1876)] Mint, WITHOUT GUM, with Average-Fine centering. A fresh-looking example with brilliant colors, excellent perforations, and fairly typical centering for this stamp. This example came to me in a very small group of this printing, all without gum; I do not know why there is no gum. However, many early collectors believed that, for the best preservation, it was better to remove the gum from such delicate stamps. Such fresh-looking examples of this stamp, and without defects, are quite hard to find because the extremely thin paper was easily damaged. A nice example! A Mint Hinged with-full-gum example of this stamp, with this centering, would quickly sell for $49.

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22.00

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247460

Scott #6a variety, Facit #6b, AFA #6 Print 2, the THICK FRAME printing [1873 3c Rose and Light Blue, Thin Paper, Normal Thick Frame (1876)] Used with VF centering and light, partial CHRISTIANSTED cancellation. Much better centering than usual! Because of the extremely thin paper used for this printing, it is very hard to find examples such as this without defects. An excellent example of the SCARCEST PRINTING of the 3-cent Bicolors.

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99.00

247459

Scott #6a variety, Facit #6b, AFA #6 Print 2, the THICK FRAME printing [1873 3c Rose and Light Blue, Thin Paper, Normal Thick Frame (1876)] Used with F-VF+ centering and extremely light mute rings cancellation. Slight blunting of some perforation teeth at top, but with brilliant color -- much better color than usual! Because of the extremely thin paper used for this printing, it is very hard to find examples such as this without defects. An excellent example of the SCARCEST PRINTING of the 3-cent Bicolors.

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79.00

400917

Scott #7b [1874 4c yellow-brown and ULTRAMARINE Bicolor, Perforation 14 x 13.5] Mint, but WITHOUT GUM, with F-VF++ centering. An exceptionally fresh and bright example, wonderful color, terrific centering for this stamp, and "perfect" perforations. "Very scarce" with such nice perforations. This example shows the tell-tale faint "checkerboard" appearance of the central ultramarine color that further confirms the first printing ultramarine printing. A beautiful example with excellent centering for this stamp and wonderful overall appearance. A very high percentage of the examples of this stamp offered in the market in the last 50 years have been without gum. A Mint original gum, hinged example with this centering would sell quickly at $420.

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179.00

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400916

Scott #7b [1874 4c yellow-brown and ULTRAMARINE Bicolor, Perforation 14 x 13.5] Mint, but expertly REGUMMED (never hinged), with F-VF++ centering. Some perforations appear that they may have been slightly "improved", but the overall stamp size is exactly the same as other stamps of this printing and I am not able to find any evidence of repairs or added paper. For caution, since somebody did go to the trouble of regumming this stamp, I will state that this stamp has potential perforation issues. The previous owner of this stamp thought that it was OG NH, as did the Scandinavian-specialist auction company that had most recently sold it! This example shows the tell-tale faint "checkerboard" appearance of the central ultramarine color that further confirms the first printing ultramarine printing. A beautiful example with excellent centering for this stamp and wonderful overall appearance. A Mint original gum, lightly hinged example with this centering would sell quickly at $420 -- a similar Never Hinged original gum example (yes they do exist) would sell quickly for $1100 -- explaining why somebody regummed this example.

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98.00

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400918

Scott #7b [1874 4c yellow-brown and ULTRAMARINE Bicolor, Perforation 14 x 13.5] Mint, but WITHOUT GUM, with F-VF centering. An exceptionally fresh and bright example, wonderful color, excellent centering for this stamp, and "perfect" perforations. "Very scarce" with such nice perforations. This example shows the tell-tale faint "checkerboard" appearance of the central ultramarine color that further confirms the first printing ultramarine printing. A beautiful example with excellent centering for this stamp and wonderful overall appearance. A very high percentage of the examples of this stamp offered in the market in the last 50 years have been without gum. A Mint original gum, hinged example with this centering would sell quickly at $380.

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159.00

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400919

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159.00

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400920

Scott #7b [1874 4c yellow-brown and ULTRAMARINE Bicolor, Perforation 14 x 13.5] Mint, but WITHOUT GUM, with F-VF centering, with a tiny natural paper inclusion speck below the "SK". An exceptionally fresh and bright example, wonderful color, excellent centering for this stamp, and "perfect" perforations. "Very scarce" with such nice perforations. This example shows the tell-tale faint "checkerboard" appearance of the central ultramarine color that further confirms the first printing ultramarine printing. A beautiful example with excellent centering for this stamp and wonderful overall appearance. A very high percentage of the examples of this stamp offered in the market in the last 50 years have been without gum. A Mint original gum, hinged example with this centering, but without the inclusion, would sell quickly at $380.

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119.00

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400836

Scott #8a [1876 (1876 Printing 1, Light Green and "Cement" Gray, Thin Paper) 5 cent Bicolor, Perf 14 x 13.5, Normal Frame] NEVER HINGED with XF-SUPERB CENTERING. An incredible example with "virtually perfect" centering, wonderfully fresh color and paper, "perfect" perforation teeth, and "pristine" original, never hinged gum. This certainly must be the nicest NH example that I have had the pleasure to offer in 52 years. This first printing is typically only found with Fine or F-VF centering; and because of its extremely crisp, thin paper, this printing is very often found with damage. Undamaged examples of this first printing are unusual; NH examples are "scarce"; and such well-centered NH examples are "rare"! The AFA Specialized 2016 (most recent edition as of 1/2026) Catalog value for NH is DKK 1300 (approx US$210 1/2026) for normal centering. Likewise the Facit 2024 Specialized Catalog value is SEK 2000 (approx US$200 1/2026) for normal centering. This magnificent example outshines any that I can recall having.

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400837

Scott #8a [1876 (1876 Printing 1, Light Green and "Cement" Gray, Thin Paper) 5 cent Bicolor, Perf 14 x 13.5, Normal Frame] Used with XF CENTERING and a SUPERBLY CENTERED CANCELLATION, St. Thomas, 4 June 1880. An extraordinary example with "almost perfect" centering, wonderfully fresh color and paper, "perfect" perforation teeth, and with as nicely centered a cancellation as one could dream of. This certainly must be the nicest Used example that I have had the pleasure to offer in 52 years. This first printing is typically only found with Fine or F-VF centering; Used examples often have unattractive cancellations; and because of its extremely crisp, thin paper, this printing is very often found with damage. Undamaged examples of this first printing are unusual; such well centered examples are "very scarce"; and such perfectly canceled examples are "rare"! The Facit 2024 Catalog value for "Praktexemplar" of the most common printing is SEK 700 which is 2.3 times the value of the most common printing in Used condition. Using that same multiplier the first printing would be SEK 1165, HOWEVER, that does not take into account the fabulous cancellation! This exceptional stamp could easily be the front-cover color photo for a DWI auction catalog. Provenance: Robert Hamerschlag collection.

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203990

8, Facit #8b, AFA #10 Print II. Used Superb with perfect centering, light cancellation, and strong color. Outstanding!

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75.00

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247154

9b [1878 7 cent Red Lilac and Orange Bicolor, Inverted Frame] Mint, hinge remnant, with F-VF centering. Wonderful appearance with unusually strong colors. Excellent perforations for this issue. This Inverted Frame stamp can be quite hard to find!

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85.00

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247155

9b [1878 7 cent Red Lilac and Orange, Print 2, Bicolor, INVERTED FRAME] Used with Fine centering, but with tiny defects and tiny repairs. Exceptionally strong color -- rarely seen with such nice color. The cancellation, which is sans-serif and shows "...SSTED", is Christianssted (misspelled with SS); the final digit of the year date is 0, probably 1890. This cancellation device was in use from 1888 onward and is quite scarce (Daka 1997 gives it a DKK 400 premium). Because the 7 cent Print 2 stamps did not have a lot of postal uses, they were available in the post offices for quite some period of time, thus an apparent 1890 use is not that unusual. Used examples of this inverted frame stamp are quite hard to find and when found are often defective. This would otherwise be $135. This example is offered at a very low price.

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27.00

247687

9b [1874 (1878 Print 2) 7 cent Red Lilac and Orange Bicolor, INVERTED FRAME] Used with Just-Fine centering and very light, neat, proper, partial (FREDERI)KSTED cancellation. There are some slightly blunted perforation tips, but the color is very strong and the cancellation is very light. This stamp was printed on extremely thin paper, thus undamaged examples -- especially of the inverted frame positions an most especially in USED condition -- are quite hard to find. A very nice looking example at a low price. Facit 2024 value is SEK 2700!

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88.00

241890

10 (Scott Classic 10a) Bright Ultramarine and Blackish Brown, Print 3 [1876 (1881 Print 3) 10 cent Bicolor, Normal Frame, Perf 14 x 13.5] Used Fine centered with very light cancellation. Facit 2020 value SEK 650. Attractive with bright color!

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49.00

241891

10 Light Pearl Gray and Reddish Brown, Print 5 [1876 (1887 Print 5) 10 cent Bicolor, Normal Frame, Perf 14 x 13.5] Used with F-VF+ centering and neat, light cancellation. This example is unusual in that more of a bluish hue has survived in the frame color. Facit 2020 value SEK 500. Very attractive with unusually fresh color!

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64.00

249766

Scott Classic #10, Print 5, Facit #10e, AFA #11b.5, Light Pearl Gray and Light Brown [1876 (1887 Print 5) 10 cent Bicolor, Normal Frame, Perf 14 x 13.5] Used with F-VF+ centering and a neat cancellation. Scott does not assign a minor listing to this color / printing despite the extremely different color than the listed colors. This color is not faded -- this is what Print 5 looks like. An attractive example. Scott 2025 value for the more common colors is $34, but the Facit 2024 value for this scarcer color is SEK 500, about 50% more than Scott.

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37.00

247135

10 Grayish Blue and Blackish Brown, Print 6. Facit #10f. AFA #11b-6. [1876 (1888 Print 6) 10 cent Bicolor, Normal Frame, Perf 14 x 13.5] Mint, without gum as usual, BLOCK OF FOUR with VF-XF centering. Due to seawater leakage damaging the entire Print 6 shipment from Denmark to DWI, Print 6 is rare with original gum (as noted by Facit and in the literature). The only with-gum examples are likely to have come from the Hagemann research holding from the postal archives. The catalog values of this printing are for without-gum examples. This block is from positions 25-26/35-36 (detailed plating information is included). AFA-listed PLATE VARIETY 11w (+DKK 150) in Position 35: Large white spot on lower left foot of R in ØER. Facit 2024 value for singles is SEK 900 and for a normal-centered 4-block SEK 4000 (7/2023 about US$ 400). This example has centering that is tremendously better than usually seen on Print 6 -- and any blocks of Print 6 are scarce. Priced below break-up value!

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319.00

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247136

10 Grayish Blue and Blackish Brown, Print 6. Facit #10f. AFA #11b-6. [1876 (1888 Print 6) 10 cent Bicolor, Normal Frame, Perf 14 x 13.5] Mint with F-VF+ centering, but WITH GUM that is either regummed or disturbed original gum. It is perhaps possible that this is disturbed original gum or locally applied regumming for postal use, but either way, it is not undisturbed original gum. Due to seawater leakage damaging the entire Print 6 shipment from Denmark to DWI, Print 6 is rare with original gum (as noted by Facit and in the literature). The only fully-with-gum examples are likely to have come from the Hagemann research holding from the postal archives. The catalog values of this printing are for without-gum examples. Facit 2024 value for without-gum singles is SEK 900 (7/2023 about $90). This is an unusual case in that even if this example is philatelically regummed, the gum could be soaked off it without diminishing the catalog value. This example has centering that is much nicer than is usually seen on Print 6. Very attractive example.

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49.00

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249768

Scott Classic #10c, Print 7, Facit #10g, AFA 11y, Bright Blue and Brown on "Thick" Paper [1876 (1893 printing) 10 cent Bicolor, Perf 14 x 13.5, INVERTED FRAME] Mint, lightly hinged, with Fine centering. Very fresh with bright color and "perfect" perforations. Print 7 was the only 10 cent printing with all stamps having Inverted Frames; the only other Inverted Frame stamps are from Print 3 which had only a single position with Inverted Frame. This printing represents only 200,000 of the approximately 1,364,450 total Perf 14 x 14.5 10 cent stamps, yet the catalogs value this one at far less than any other stamps of the issue.

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20.00

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249769

Scott Classic #10c, Print 7, Facit #10g, AFA 11y, Bright Blue and Brown on "Thick" Paper [1876 (1893 printing) 10 cent Bicolor, Perf 14 x 13.5, INVERTED FRAME] Used with centering and near, well-centered 4-ring cancellation. Attractive with bright color and "perfect" perforations. Print 7 was the only 10 cent printing with all stamps having Inverted Frames; the only other Inverted Frame stamps are from Print 3 which had only a single position with Inverted Frame. This printing represents only 200,000 of the approximately 1,364,450 total Perf 14 x 14.5 10 cent stamps, yet the catalogs value this one at far less than any other stamps of the issue.

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28.00

248734

11 INVERTED WATERMARK [1877 (Print 2 1878) 12 cent Bicolor, Perf 14 x 13.5] Mint, lightly hinged, with F-VF centering. Other than the rounded lower right corner perforation tip, this stamp has perfect perforations. Wonderful color and freshness. The inverted watermark is quite scarce; both AFA 2016 Specialized (most recent edition) and Facit 2024 give it a 3x value over a normal example; DKK 1200 ($180) and SEK 1500 ($150). This stamp issue was printed on extremely thin, crisp paper, thus many (most?) examples have become damaged over the last 146 years. An outstanding example.

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119.00

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400923

Scott #13a, Facit #13b, AFA #13 Print 2 [1879 (1885 printing) 50 cent GRAY VIOLET, "thicker" paper, "Bicolor", Perf 14 x 13.5] Mint, with only PARTIAL GUM, with Fine centering. A very fresh looking example with "perfect" perforations for this issue and excellent, correct color -- just missing most of its gum. [Some have suggested that intentionally removing the gum may help to preserve the stamp. However, this example looks like it was partially stuck to something and expertly lifted off.] The Facit 2024 value is SEK 3000, but perfect examples are very hard to find! A very scarce stamp that is seldom offered, but when Scott #13a is offered in the general marketplace, it is often misidentified and is really a faded example of #13. This example is a correct Scott #13a and is priced very attractively for its condition. An example with this centering, but having fully Hinged gum, would sell for $180.

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