| 1907 Frederik VIII |  Top |
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400385 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #43 [1908 5 Bit Frederik VIII] Printing 1, HORIZONTAL PAIR, Used with VF centering and a neat, light CHRISTIANSTED cancellation. ACTUAL item. |
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400386 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #43 [1908 5 Bit Frederik VIII] Printing 1, HORIZONTAL PAIR, Used with F-VF+ centering and a neat, partial 17 September 1909 FREDERIKSTED cancellation. ACTUAL item. |
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400388 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #43 [1908 5 Bit Frederik VIII] Printing 2, HORIZONTAL 3-STRIP, Used with VF centering and a neat 1916 ST. THOMAS cancellation and a U.S. wavy-lines machine cancellation. Used units larger than pairs are unusual. ACTUAL item. |
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7.50 |
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400387 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #43 [1908 5 Bit Frederik VIII] Printing 2, HORIZONTAL PAIR, Used with F-VF centering and a neat, light cancellation. ACTUAL item. |
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400382 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #43 GROUP OF 9 ITEMS USED IN EVERY YEAR (1908-1916) OF NORMAL USE [1908 5 Bit Frederik VIII] Used VF / F-VF / Fine / Average -- including two horizontal pairs -- all with year-dated town cancellations. One from each year (1908-1916) of normal use. The 1916 cancel is almost Superb centered. All three major dated town cancellations are included: St. Thomas, Christiansted, and Frederiksted. While some catalogs indicate an issue year of 1907, it is likely that 1907 uses do not exist. While the 5 bit stamps were printed in December 1907, the catalogs indicate that they were received in DWI and placed into use in January 1908. I am sure that normal 1917 uses of this stamp must exist, but I cannot recall seeing normal 1917 uses (other than on philatelic dual-franked transition period covers combined with U.S. stamps). This denomination was replaced (by the King Christian X design) in March 1915. DWI was sold to the U.S. as of 31 March 1917. DWI stamps could still be used through 30 September 1917 but are extremely scarce, other than after 31 March on philatelic combination covers along with U.S. stamps. The 1908 example is (and must be) from Printing 1. All the others are from Printing 2. Even though virtually equal quantities (about 500,000 each) of Printing 1 and 2 were released, year-dated Printing 1 examples are remarkably hard to find. It would be an interesting challenge to find as many as possible year-date canceled examples of Printing 1 dated after 1907. The catalogs indicate that Printing 1, released in January 1908, has a yellow-green frame and a dark-green portrait and that Printing 2, released in August 1909, has a light-green frame and a green portrait. [Note that Facit and SG describe colors as portrait/frame while AFA and Scott describe colors as frame/portrait.] The reality is not as clear-cut. The frame of Printing 1 is distinctly yellow green, while the frame of Printing 2 is more in the range of green - light green - clear green - grayish green. However, the portraits of both printings (but especially Printing 2) vary in color shade. Examples canceled before August 1909 have to be from Printing 1. This mini-collection could be expanded by adding more Printing 1 stamps, completing the range of towns used in each year, adding the "very scarce" St. Jan and Kingshill dated town cancellations, adding more cancellation sub-types for each town (for example, note that the 1915 and 1916 cancellations have sans-serif year dates). [One could also seek a wider range of color shades for each printing. I notice that the 1914-1916 canceled stamps are a grayish-green color; could it be possible that there should be color sub-divisions within Printing 2 and might that mean that there were actually three printings?] This mini-collection is an excellent example of how a basically common stamp issue offers interesting possibilities for specialization. ACTUAL item. |
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400383 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #43 [1908 5 Bit Frederik VIII] Used Horizontal Pair of Printing 2, with Average-Fine centering and almost Superb centered CHRISTIANSTED 17 January 191? cancellation. The year date is most likely 1913. Unusual PLATE VARIETY that is listed in the Frost Forlag (1981) DWI Specialized Catalog: "DA" connected on left stamp. Frost lists three connected "DA" varieties (large connection which is this one; less pronounced connection, and a connection at the crossbar of the "a"). Frost states that this version of the variety is from plate position 26 of Printing 2 sheets. Almost all the frame varieties on the DWI Frederik VIII and Christian X stamps exist on almost all the printings of all the stamps of the same denominations from both issues -- both issues used the same frame cliches. It would be a fun challenge to find each variety on all the printings of both stamps. This "DA connected" variety is very similar in nature and appearance to the AFA-listed "ND connected" variety; the AFA 2016 Specialized Catalog (most recent edition) value for that variety is DKK 400 (approx US$60 9/2025)! A scarce item that I have never before, in 52 years, seen offered! ACTUAL item. |
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19.00 |
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400384 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #43 [1908 5 Bit Frederik VIII] Used with Fine centering and very light cancellation. I believe that this is from Printing 1, but the color is borderline with one of the shades of Printing 2. AFA-listed PLATE VARIETY #36x with "ND" connected. It is listed in the Frost Forlag (1981) DWI Specialized Catalog (variety #10) as being from plate position 76 in the Printing 1 sheet and 61 in the Printing 2 sheet. Almost all the frame varieties on the DWI Frederik VIII and Christian X stamps exist on almost all the printings of all the stamps of the same denominations from both issues -- both issues used the same frame cliches. It would be a fun challenge to find each variety on all the printings of both stamps. The AFA 2016 Specialized Catalog (most recent edition) value for this variety is DKK 400 (approx US$60 9/2025)! A seldom-offered variety. ACTUAL item. |
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29.00 |
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400390 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #44 [1908 10 Bit Frederik VIII] Mint hinged, with XF centering, but small thin in hinge area. AFA-LISTED PLATE VARIETY #37z: "Dent in bottom frame line below left "0". Brilliant color and wonderfully fresh appearance. The three printings of this stamp can be hard to sort out, but based on the color shades and the whiteness of the paper, I believe this to be from Printing 1. The AFA 2016 Specialized Catalog (most recent edition) value for this variety, on the least costly printing, is DKK 120 (approx US$18 9/2025)! A seldom-offered variety. ACTUAL item. |
7.00 |
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400389 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #44 [1908 10 Bit Frederik VIII] Used with JUMBO MARGINS, SUPERB CENTERING, and extremely neat corner cancellation. This stamp is larger than usual, both in width and height -- and it has "perfect" centering. The cancellation is a "perfect" "(ST.) TH)OMAS" corner strike -- you could not find a nicer cancellation if you like corner cancellations. Brilliant color and perfect perforations. The three printings of this stamp can be hard to sort out, but based on the color shade and the specific type (the lettering is distinctive) of St. Thomas cancellation that was used fairly late, I believe this to be from Printing 3. This must be the nicest Used example of this stamp that I have had in 52 years -- surely scarcer than 1-in-1000! ACTUAL item. |
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SOLD |