Scott numbers have been given for these listings. If you would prefer to examine the stamps before purchasing, or you are seeking stamps (or condition or quality) not listed here, you are also welcome to send your want list using Scott, Facit, or AFA numbers.
The images shown in this section are standard images of the issues from my image library; they are presented to show the designs of the stamp issues and not to show the specific individual stamps being offered. The centering of the stamps in the images is usually Superb or VF quality; again these are not images of the individual stamps being offered. Most DWI stamps had between two and eight printings, thus colors vary greatly; the colors in the images are random printings/colors.
All the listed conditions and qualities were in stock at the moment this list was prepared and I endeavor to maintain them in stock and to keep this website updated. However, my stock changes daily and (to paraphrase) good stamps are hard to find. If you are willing to accept a different grade or quality if an item is temporarily out of stock, please let me know when ordering (add a comment at the conclusion of the shopping cart process) and please also let me know of any alternates you will consider.
SD (Slightly Damaged) [79353]
REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design.
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7.20
400968
Scott #J1 Printing 2, AFA #P1.2, AFA Plate II [1902 1 cent Postage Due] Mint with XF centering, but has very heavy hinge remnant and a small amount of album page adhesion (i.e. transfer of printed design from the album page to the back of the stamp). Despite those problems, this looks great from the front -- there are no other defects. AFA Plates I and II both have the "small dot over I of DIEN"; elsewhere all "small dot" stamps are often described as Plate I. This second printing is Dark Grayish Blue on Off-White Paper. (The first printing of this stamp, AFA Plate I, also with the dot, is Dark Indigo Blue on Bright White Paper.) Most use of these stamps was on the back of envelopes, without cancellation; canceled examples are much scarcer than uncanceled (no gum). Only 20,000 of the 70,300 1 Cent stamps are from this Printing 2, but the catalog values do not properly represent that scarcity. Attractive examples are hard to find.
ACTUAL item.
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7.90
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248065
J1 Printing 2, AFA #P1.2, AFA Plate II (second printing) [1902 1 cent Postage Due] NEVER HINGED XF-Superb lower left corner margin 4-block. Printing / Plate confirmed by both color and cliche types (left side type 1, right side type 2) per DuBois (unpublished 1997). [In early philatelic literature, both AFA Plates I and II were described as "Plate I", with a small dot above the I of DIEN.] The perforations are all present and excellent, but many holes are debris-filled as typical for this printing (thus I did not clean out the holes); this is an important point of identification. Blocks of this printing / plate are quite unusual, especially corner margin blocks. I believe that this is the first block of this printing / plate that I have been able to offer in 50 years! This block shows further "flyspeck" varieties for these positions (and possibly these types with further confirmation of consistency across all positions of the types) which could be added to the listing by DuBois. A beautiful example of a scarce multiple and also a philatelically important item. Upon request at time of purchase, the purchaser may receive a draft copy of the 1997 unpublished research paper by DuBois. This is free, but may not be reproduced or distributed in any form whatsoever without my permission. I am the copyright holder.
ACTUAL item.
Reference
For reference only. NOT for sale.
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248067
J1 Printing 3, AFA #P1.3, AFA Plate IIIa (third printing) [1902 1 cent Postage Due] NEVER HINGED XF/VF/F-VF vertical upper right corner margin 10-block. Printing / Plate confirmed by color and paper. This printing exists with a light to dark range of color shades; this example is at the light end of that spectrum. Cliche types (left side type 4, right side type 5) per DuBois (unpublished 1997). [In early philatelic literature, both AFA Plates III/IIIa and III/IV were described as "Plate II", without a small dot above the I of DIEN.] Very fresh and bright appearance, with perfect perforations, however, four stamps show small age spots on the reverse. Blocks of this printing / plate are quite unusual, especially marginal blocks. Of the Cents postage dues, this printing / plate is one for which no sheet is in the postal museum and a sheet is otherwise not recorded to exist. (Thus blocks are important to determine the location of cliche varieties.) I believe that this and three other blocks of this printing / plate are the first that I have been able to offer in 50 years! This block shows further "flyspeck" varieties for these positions (and possibly these types with further confirmation of consistency across all positions of the types) which could be added to the listing by DuBois. Specifically, in addition to all ten stamps showing small undescribed type differences, the plate positions 19 and 20 stamps (second row of this block) shows a prominent "spray" of color dots around the CENTS. A beautiful example of a scarce multiple and also a philatelically important item. Upon request at time of purchase, the purchaser may receive a draft copy of the 1997 unpublished research paper by DuBois. This is free, but may not be reproduced or distributed in any form whatsoever without my permission. I am the copyright holder.
ACTUAL item.
175.00
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248068
J1 Printing 3, AFA #P1.3, AFA Plate IIIa (third printing) [1902 1 cent Postage Due] NEVER HINGED XF/VF/F-VF vertical upper right corner margin 10-block. Printing / Plate confirmed by color and paper. This printing exists with a light to dark range of color shades; this example is at the dark end of that spectrum with smooth ink coverage. Cliche types (left side type 4, right side type 5) per DuBois (unpublished 1997). [In early philatelic literature, both AFA Plates III/IIIa and III/IV were described as "Plate II", without a small dot above the I of DIEN.] Very fresh and bright appearance, with perfect perforations, some separation and bends in the selvage. Blocks of this printing / plate are quite unusual, especially marginal blocks. Of the Cents postage dues, this printing / plate is one for which no sheet is in the postal museum and a sheet is otherwise not recorded to exist. (Thus blocks are important to determine the location of cliche varieties.) I believe that this and three other blocks of this printing / plate are the first that I have been able to offer in 50 years! This block shows further "flyspeck" varieties for these positions (and possibly these types with further confirmation of consistency across all positions of the types) which could be added to the listing by DuBois. A beautiful example of a scarce multiple and also a philatelically important item. Upon request at time of purchase, the purchaser may receive a draft copy of the 1997 unpublished research paper by DuBois. This is free, but may not be reproduced or distributed in any form whatsoever without my permission. I am the copyright holder.
ACTUAL item.
Reference
For reference only. NOT for sale.
Sold
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248069
J1 Printing 3, AFA #P1.3, AFA Plate IIIa (third printing) [1902 1 cent Postage Due] NEVER HINGED F-VF/Fine horizontal bottom margin 14-block. Printing / Plate confirmed by color and paper. This printing exists with a light to dark range of color shades; this example is at the light end of that spectrum. Cliche types (from left to right: 4,5,1,2,3,4,5) per DuBois (unpublished 1997). [In early philatelic literature, both AFA Plates III/IIIa and III/IV were described as "Plate II", without a small dot above the I of DIEN.] Very fresh and bright appearance, though some minor separations and lower right stamp with a spot. Blocks of this printing / plate are quite unusual, especially marginal blocks. Of the Cents postage dues, this printing / plate is one for which no sheet is in the postal museum and a sheet is otherwise not recorded to exist. (Thus blocks are important to determine the location of cliche varieties.) I believe that this and three other blocks of this printing / plate are the first that I have been able to offer in 50 years! This block shows further "flyspeck" varieties for these positions (and possibly these types with further confirmation of consistency across all positions of the types) which could be added to the listing by DuBois. Because the denominations were individually added to a 5-strip on an intermediate lithographic stone that was then reproduced to make the full plate/stone -- as demonstrated by the 4 Cent denomination with five vastly different figures of "4" -- 5-strip examples, showing types 1-5, of all the denominations, are very much sought after. A beautiful example of a scarce multiple and also a philatelically important item. Upon request at time of purchase, the purchaser may receive a draft copy of the 1997 unpublished research paper by DuBois. This is free, but may not be reproduced or distributed in any form whatsoever without my permission. I am the copyright holder.
ACTUAL item.
Reference
For reference only. NOT for sale.
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248070
J1 Printing 3, AFA #P1.3, AFA Plate IIIa (third printing) [1902 1 cent Postage Due] NEVER HINGED F-VF/Fine horizontal right margin 12-block. Printing / Plate confirmed by color and paper. This printing exists with a light to dark range of color shades; this example is at the dark end of that spectrum. Cliche types (from left to right: 5,1,2,3,4,5) per DuBois (unpublished 1997). [In early philatelic literature, both AFA Plates III/IIIa and III/IV were described as "Plate II", without a small dot above the I of DIEN.] Very fresh and bright appearance. Blocks of this printing / plate are quite unusual, especially marginal blocks. Of the Cents postage dues, this printing / plate is one for which no sheet is in the postal museum and a sheet is otherwise not recorded to exist. (Thus blocks are important to determine the location of cliche varieties.) I believe that this and three other blocks of this printing / plate are the first that I have been able to offer in 50 years! This block shows further "flyspeck" varieties for these positions (and possibly these types with further confirmation of consistency across all positions of the types) which could be added to the listing by DuBois. Because the denominations were individually added to a 5-strip on an intermediate lithographic stone that was then reproduced to make the full plate/stone -- as demonstrated by the 4 Cent denomination with five vastly different figures of "4" -- 5-strip examples, showing types 1-5, of all the denominations, are very much sought after. A beautiful example of a scarce multiple and also a philatelically important item. Upon request at time of purchase, the purchaser may receive a draft copy of the 1997 unpublished research paper by DuBois. This is free, but may not be reproduced or distributed in any form whatsoever without my permission. I am the copyright holder.
ACTUAL item.
Reference
For reference only. NOT for sale.
Sold
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248066
J1 Printing 4, AFA #P1.4, AFA Plate IIIb (fourth printing) [1902 1 cent Postage Due] NEVER HINGED VF/F-VF vertical 6-block. Printing / Plate confirmed by color and paper. Cliche types (left side type 3, right side type 4) per DuBois (unpublished 1997). [In early philatelic literature, both AFA Plates III/IIIa and III/IV were described as "Plate II", without a small dot above the I of DIEN.] Wonderfully fresh and bright with perfect perforations. Blocks of this printing / plate are quite unusual. Of the Cents postage dues, this printing / plate is one for which no sheet is in the postal museum and a sheet is otherwise not recorded to exist. (Thus blocks are important to determine the location of cliche varieties.) I believe that this is the first block of this printing / plate that I have been able to offer in 50 years! This block shows further "flyspeck" varieties for these positions (and possibly these types with further confirmation of consistency across all positions of the types) which could be added to the listing by DuBois. Specifically, in addition to all six stamps showing small undescribed type differences, the lower right stamp shows a prominent vertical plate scratch from the inner circle above the N of DANSK, down through the outer circle below the OR of PORTO. A beautiful example of a scarce multiple and also a philatelically important item. Upon request at time of purchase, the purchaser may receive a draft copy of the 1997 unpublished research paper by DuBois. This is free, but may not be reproduced or distributed in any form whatsoever without my permission. I am the copyright holder.
ACTUAL item.
Reference
For reference only. NOT for sale.
Sold
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J3 Plate I
F-VF [79357]
REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design.
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39.75
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J4 Plate I
VF [79359]
REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design.
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47.25
115.00
J4 Plate I
F-VF [79359]
REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design.
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87.00
J4 Plate I
SD (Slightly Damaged) [79359]
REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design.
F-VF [70102]
REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design.
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8.25
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J1 Plate II
SD (Slightly Damaged) [70102]
REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design.
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1.75
7.20
400969
Scott #J1 Plate II [1902 1 cent Postage Due, no dot over I of DIEN] Mint with VF centering, but has heavy hinge remnant. Very fresh appearance with nice centering, great color and white paper, and "perfect" perforations.
ACTUAL item.
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4.90
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400970
Scott #J2 Plate II [1902 4 cent Postage Due, no dot over I of DIEN] Mint hinged with Superb centering, but with a tiny thin speck (you will probably need a 10x magnifier to see it). Such a beautiful example that perhaps the thin speck can be excused or forgotten. Otherwise a Mint Hinged example with this centering would be $36.
ACTUAL item.
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14.00
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400971
Scott #J2 Plate II, Numeral Type 1 VARIETY [1902 4 cent Postage Due, no dot over I of DIEN] Mint hinged with Fine centering, but with a small thin speck (you may probably need a 10x magnifier to see it). This example has a variety that I have not previously seen (or at least not remembered and not recorded) in 52 years. The upper part of the left "4" has a prominent, large white rectangle in it. This stamp is from AFA Plate III (a different kind of plate reference than the plain so-called Plate II which refers to the lack of a dot over I of DIEN). AFA Plate III is quite distinctive because it was composed of repeating matrices of a horizontal strip of five with significantly different types. The type differences are best seen in the design of the two "4" denominations, most notably whether the top of each of the two different "4" are angled inward or outward, and their shape. This example is Type 1 (the tops of both "4" are angled inward) from that strip of five, however, this example has a "white rectangle variety in the left 4". This is variety is not constant to the matrix (it is not a so-called matrix flaw); thus it must either be an individual position variety (appearing only once in the sheet of 100 stamps) or perhaps a transient variety temporarily caused in some other way -- I am not sure which without further research. Regardless, this example is quite unusual.
ACTUAL item.
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400973
Scott #J2 [1902 4 cent Postage Due] Mint hinged STRIP OF FIVE OF ALL FIVE NUMERAL TYPES showing the five types of the "4 CENTS 4" numerals, with F-VF centering. The left stamp has been re-attached with a hinge on the back and there is reinforcement between the 3rd and 4th stamps. The right stamp has a thin. Otherwise the stamps are without defects, but do have hinge remnants due to the reinforcement hinges. While five types of numerals exist for all four values in this issue, and from all lithographic stones (whose numbering corresponds to the AFA plate numbering), the 4 Cent stamps printed from lithographic Stone III, also called AFA Plate III, (which was used for Printings 3 and 4 of the 4 cent stamp) have distinctly different numerals in the orientation of the tops (angled to the left or right) in various combinations, and other differences. Both AFA and Facit (2024 value SEK 1600 for Hinged) list the 5-strip, but such strips have become difficult to obtain these days as most of them have broken apart. [Note that the AFA 2016 Specialized Catalog erroneously states a total printing quantity of 75,000 4 Cent stamps, but it should read 55,000; the individual printing quantities are correct. I have informed the publisher.] Despite the number of stamps printed, rather few intact strips were originally preserved and it seems that most of them have now fallen apart due to the closely spaced, large perforation holes. Strips are seldom offered and especially not as low-priced as this example. Priced only at about the break-up value of the five stamps.
ACTUAL item.
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J3 Plate II
VF [70104]
REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design.
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47.25
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400972
Scott #J4 Plate II [1902 10 cent Postage Due, no dot over I of DIEN] Mint hinged with XF centering, but with a small thin in the hinge area. Very attractive with great centering, bright color and paper, and excellent perforations. Otherwise a Mint Hinged example with this centering of Plate II (no dot) would be $54.
ACTUAL item.