| By Stamp - 1851 Fire (Four) RBS (Scott #2, 2a, 2b) |  Top |
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249245 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
2, Facit #2III, Thiele IIB printing, Dark Red Brown, Clear Print. AFA #1IIb. [1851 4 RBS; June 1853, Clear Print] Used Superb with four very large, even margins. Neat, sideways, bold and crisp #51 (ODENSE) 3-ring numeral cancellation. An outstanding example so attractive that "jumps off the album page". ACTUAL item. |
49.00 |
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246689 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
2 Intense Red Brown, Facit #2II AFA #1Ia [1851 4 RBS Thiele Print I (1852) with typographed burelage] Used VF with four ample margins. Intense red-brown color, with a blurred impression, and with unusually strong burelage for this printing. Excellent #78 (VORDINGBORG) numeral cancellation. The color and appearance of this example is quite unusual! A fresh and attractive example. ACTUAL item. |
49.00 |
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248922 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
2b, Facit #2IVd, AFA #1IIId [1854 4 RBS Thiele III printing, in Olive Brown] Used with XF centering with four large to huge margins. With Superb #62 (Sakskøbing) 3-ring numeral cancellation, wonderfully-struck and almost perfectly centered. A beautiful example of the stamp and of the cancellation -- superior quality in all respects! ACTUAL item. |
139.00 |
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248921 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
2b, Facit #2IVa, AFA #1IIIb [1854 4 RBS Thiele III printing, in Yellow Brown] Used with VF+ with four ample to large margins. This is an interesting color shade which is on the orangish or peachy side of yellow brown, but with a pastel cast to it -- an unusual shade! However, the most exciting aspect of this stamp is the #172 (Marne; in SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, now in Germany) 3-ring numeral cancellation, well-struck and almost perfectly centered. This number only exists (on 4 RBS stamps) on the light-colored 4 RBS stamps (Scott #2b color range; Thiele III colors) and even then it is VERY SCARCE. The #172 cancellation device was not issued until 1 February 1855; the light-colored 4 RBS stamps were first issued in March 1854 but were already replaced in May 1854 by the 4 sk (dotted spandrel) stamp. Thus very few examples of this stamp saw late use in this town. The DAKA 1999 value was DKK 1800 (9/2024 US$270) but that was a long time ago and the DAKA publisher (since deceased) had personally told me that he put low values on scarce items such as this, that he wanted to buy. The AFA Specialized 2002 Catalog (the most recent edition that had priced listings for the Schleswig cancellations) value was DKK 2500 (9/2024 US$375). The 2024 Facit Classic Catalog value is SEK 3000 (9/2024 US$300), but this is superior quality. An outstanding example of a key 3-ring numeral cancellation on the widely-collected 4 RBS stamps. ACTUAL item. |
400.00 |