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224455 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
O2 [1871 4 sk Official, Perf 14x13.5] (VF) on Superb looking cover with #36 (Kolding) numeral cancel and KOLDING side cancel. A couple minor tears in the cover, but incredibly nice looking for an Official cover. Very nice red embossed paper official seal on reverse. |
60.00 |
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247342 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
O4 [1871 4 skilling Official PERFORATION 12.5] Used on pretty, small-size, 24 February 1872 folded letter/cover (year date from contents) lightly tied to cover by #30 [Horsens] 3-ring numeral cancellation and with dated side postmark. The stamp has XF centering -- exceptional for this stamp -- but is also tied to the cover by a hard filing crease that runs through the stamp (very hard to see without magnification). This stamp, and all the line-perforated 12.5 stamps, usually have very rough perforations, but this example has exceptionally nice perforations -- one of the cleanest-perforated examples I have seen in many years. The AFA 2023 on-cover value is DKK 5000 (about US$ 750, 8/2023). Just as a single stamp, this is one of the scarcest Danish major-number stamps (only #21 is on more want lists). It is seldom found on cover. While the stamp does have the hard crease, it is a very pretty example of a very scarce stamp -- on cover as well. Very reasonably priced. (Off-cover, without the crease, this stamp would sell for around $700!) This cover would make a great first page in your album for the Danish Official stamp issues! |
195.00 |
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240758 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
O7 Dull Ultramarine (Print 1 or 2) [1875 4 øre Perf 14x13.5 Official] (F-VF) on very neat and attractive 11 July 1875 folded cover (no contents) with #25 3-ring numeral cancel and superb year-dated postmark from HØRSHOLM .This stamp was first issued 1 January 1875 with Print 1 (dull ultramarine) and Print 2 (dark dull ultramarine) appeared in March (Print 3 not until 1877). The ultramarine colors are seldom seen on cover. Also, early official covers with year-dated postmarks are quite unusual. The cover is sealed with an undamaged, embossed yellow-orange PAPER WAFER, reading "[crown] / FREDERIKSBORG / AMTSTUE" -- intact paper sealing wafers are quite unusual. A very nice and unusual cover! |
55.00 |