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248266 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
93 [1921 8 øre gray Wavy-Line Numeral] (XF centered) on 17 April 1926 Local Rate "Forretningspapirer" [business papers] illustrated advertising commercial cover from AALBORG to the Ullerup area. Neat machine cancellation. Advertising for a company selling to bricklayers. The illustration shows brick homes; the tag line on the back translates to "Use bricks for walls and roof / it provides healthy housing". The "business papers" rate allowed much more weight for less cost. The normal local letter rate at this date was 10 for 50 grams; the local business papers rate was only 8 øre for up to 250 grams! This 8 øre stamp was issued in 1921 with the primary use for local post cards and local printed matter, however it became useful for the local business papers postal rate with the start of that service on 1 April 1922 (and the 8 øre rate continued up through 30 June 1946). This rate was a "sweetheart deal" for businesses. As a Used single, this stamp is a little scarcer than others of the era. While it is not "scarce" on cover, it is unusual on cover, and it is more unusual on business papers covers (which are unusual generally). ACTUAL item. |
18.00 |
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401932 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #182 [1926 7 on 27 øre surcharged Christian X] (Fine) SOLO USE on 30 November 1926 PRINTED MATTER cover from HERNING, with a Superb strike of the single-ring style cancellation, to the U.S. The 7 øre foreign printed matter rate spanned 1 May 1926 through 30 June 1930. This stamp was issued 30 March 1926 and most use was in 1926-1927, after which the supply was mostly consumed for postage use. By 30 April 1927 a different (20 øre red) no-longer-needed denomination of Christian X stamp was surcharged for this same purpose, indicating that supplies of THIS 7/27 stamp were nearly exhausted. In a time when stamps were printed by the millions -- the other similarly overprinted denomination had an issue quantity of 13 million -- THIS 7/27 stamp had an issue quantity of only 520,000 stamps! That, combined with the fact that most printed matter envelopes were discarded by the recipients, explains the remarkably high catalog value of THIS stamp even as a Used single. This attractive PICTORIAL ADVERTISING COVER was sent by STAMP DEALER "C. Nørgaard" to a stamp collecting customer in the small town of Armada, Michigan. There are no other postal markings. The envelope was not marked as printed matter, but instead it was originally sent unsealed which was, at the time, completely sufficient to identify printed matter. However, during storage over the years, the envelope has sealed itself, or somebody has sealed it, thus it looks never opened -- I recommend leaving it as it is because opening it up would then make it appear that it was not printed matter (even though the postage rate indicates that it had to be printed matter). While this was mailed by a stamp dealer, it is "normal commercial mail" using a correct stamp, in the correct time period, for the intended purpose. While it is of philatelic origin, it is NOT "philatelic". Solo uses of this stamp on cover are remarkably scarce. The vast majority of uses of this stamp on covers seen in the marketplace are in combination with other stamps, used differently than the originally intended purpose of this stamp. A beautiful example that would be an important addition to a Christian X cover collection. ACTUAL item. |
44.00 |