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Danish West Indies: Specialized Stamps: 1873-1895 Perf 14 Bicolors

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1873-1895 Perf 14 Bicolors

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249762

Scott Classic #5c, Print 5, Facit #5f, AFA 5.6. Light Green and Brownish Red on "Thick" Paper [1873 (1887 printing) 1 cent Bicolor, Perf 14 x 13.5, Normal Frame] Used with VF centering and very neat, light 1889 cancellation, but with a very tiny thin speck. Catalog values are: Facit 2024 value is SEK 350; Scott 2025 value for the normal stamp is $26, but this color is not actually listed by Scott.

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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

249763

Scott #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 Just-Fine (the perforations do clear the design) centering. Almost complete, upright, and well-centered "ST: THOMAS" 4 April 1898 cancellation. This is late use for a Print 7 stamp, but the color is definitely that of Print 7. Wonderful color and freshness, great cancellation, and "perfect" perforations. Such nicely canceled examples are hard to find.

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16.00

249761

Scott Classic #5c with PLATE VARIETY, Print 8, Facit #5hv17, AFA 5.8t. Bright Green and Claret on "Thick" Paper [1873 (1892 printing) 1 cent Bicolor, Perf 14 x 13.5, Normal Frame] NEVER HINGED with Average (but fairly typical) centering. There is a spot of central-ink color on an upper perforation tooth near the right corner, but that occurred during stamp printing and may even be characteristic of that location. PLATE VARIETY listed by both AFA and Facit: "White spots between N and t of CENTS". [The AFA 2016 Specialized has an error in their picture caption; what they caption as 5v is really 5t, as confirmed by the textual description.] Wonderfully fresh appearance with great color and excellent perforations. Despite the only-Average centering, such fresh and never hinged examples are seldom available and are much harder to find than the catalog values suggest -- in fact Mint examples any printings of the 1 cent Normal Frame stamps are generally much harder to find than the catalogs suggest. Catalog values are: Facit 2024 value for the NH plate variety is SEK 950; Scott 2025 value for the normal NH stamp is $80.

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249764

Scott Classic #5c with PLATE VARIETY, Print 8, Facit #5h variety, AFA 5.8 variety. Bright Green and Claret on "Thick" Paper [1873 (1892 printing) 1 cent Bicolor, Perf 14 x 13.5, Normal Frame] Used with VF centering and neat, sharp 1894 cancellation. This example has a MAJOR PLATE VARIETY that is NOT listed by either AFA and Facit: "large dent in edge of central oval below NT of CENTS". This really should be a listed variety! Wonderfully fresh appearance with great color and excellent perforations. [This stamp also points out a limitation in the Scott Catalog "condensing" of the printings into only four numbers. By color and by paper thickness this really should be grouped with Scott #5b, however, Facit and AFA assign it a value more consistent with the catalog value of #5c, thus I must describe it at #5c.] Regardless, this is a great example of Printing 8.

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247271

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)] Mint with Fine centering. Old-time small paper hinge remnant, but has incredible freshness with brilliant color, perfect perforations, and fresh gum. Such nice examples of this stamp are quite hard to find because the very thin paper was easily damaged. An excellent example.

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79.00

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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

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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249760

Scott Classic #8b, Facit #8e, AFA #10y.5 [1876 (1890 printing) 5 cent Bicolor, Perf 14 x 13.5, Inverted Frame] HORIZONTAL PAIR, Used with VF centering and XF-Superb "ST: THOMAS" 25 July 1983 cancellation. Wonderful quality in all respects. There is what at first appears to be a shorter perforation tooth in the top margin of the left stamp, but this actually an extremely narrow perforation tooth caused by a bent perforating pin in that position -- you can see the same occurring at the bottom in the same position. An outstanding example!

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79.00

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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

249765

Scott Classic #10a, Print 3, Facit #10c, AFA #11a, Dark Ultramarine and Blackish Brown [1876 (1881 Print 3) 10 cent Bicolor, Normal Frame, Perf 14 x 13.5] Used with F-VF centering, but with faint corner crease. Extremely light, neat town cancellation. Very attractive with strong color and excellent perforations. Scott 2025 value $47.50, Facit 2024 value SEK 650 (about 50% higher than Scott). In my opinion, this is the nicest looking color / printing of the 10 cent stamps.

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19.00

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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249767

Scott Classic #10, Print 6, Facit #10f, AFA #11b.6, Grayish Blue and Blackish Brown. [1876 (1888 Print 6) 10 cent Bicolor, Normal Frame, Perf 14 x 13.5] Used with VF centering and very neat cancellation. Wonderful color for this stamp, excellent perforations, and terrific overall appearance. 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 6 looks like. Scott 2025 value for the more common colors is $34, but the Facit 2024 value for this slightly scarcer color is SEK 375.

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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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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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