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230785 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
2 Red Brown Used VF with four margins. Neat 4-ring-dot mute cancel (somewhat scarcer on this color/printing). Very attractive. ACTUAL item. |
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49.00 |
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246683 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
2a [1851 4 RBS -- First Printing -- First Danish Stamp! "Ferslew" Print with engraved burelage] Facit #2I in LIGHT RED BROWN. Used XF with four large to very large margins. The impression of this stamp is unusual because in the nearly-solid center around the crown, the impression has a wavy-line appearance because of the engraved burelage. The typical mute cancel also shows the wavy-line impression. The vast majority of examples of the Ferslew printing (i.e. with engraved burelage) are Chocolate Brown, however, this example is quite exceptional with a Light Red Brown color. Very attractive with delicate color and great overall appearance! ACTUAL item. |
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89.00 |
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401848 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #2a [1851 4 RBS -- First Printing -- First Danish Stamp! "Ferslew" Print with Engraved Burelage] Facit #2I in Medium Red Brown. Used VF-XF with four even ample to large margins. The typical mute cancel is almost perfectly struck and almost perfectly centered. This first printing was almost exclusively canceled at all towns with this mute cancellation. The postal regulations stated that the cancellation was supposed to be struck strongly and fully on the stamp to reduce the possibility of chemical removal of the cancellation. A very attractive example with a pronounced burelage and with a crisp and highly detailed printing impression. ACTUAL item. |
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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. |
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400.00 |
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249063 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
2b YELLOW BROWN, Facit #2IVa, AFA #1IIIa [1851 4 RBS Thiele Print III (1854) with typographed burelage] Used XF with four large to huge margins. There is tiny bend in the lower right corner, visible only from the reverse and mentioned only for complete accuracy. Remarkably fresh color and very crisp and detailed impression from a freshly cleaned plate, with very attractive overall appearance. Very lightly struck numeral cancellation (I am guessing "129" but perhaps not). A very nice example! ACTUAL item. |
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49.00 |
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246807 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
3 Light Greenish Blue [1855 2 sk blue, Dotted Spandrels] Mint with F-VF centering, 3 large margins and one small margin that cuts in at one end. Nice light greenish blue color and fresh appearance. A nice looking example. ACTUAL item. |
59.00 |
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401849 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #3, Facit #3bv2, AFA #3 Plate I Position 53, Light Greenish Blue [1855 2 sk blue, Dotted Spandrels] Mint, Original Gum, Hinge Remnant, with F-VF centering: 2 large margins, one small margin, and one touching along the right side. Nice light greenish blue color and attractive appearance. AFA-listed and Facit-list PLATE VARIETY only from Plate I, Position 53 (one out of every 200 stamps): "2" with diagonal white line through it making it look more like an "8". Facit does not price any of the plate varieties of this stamp in Mint condition. The plate varieties of this stamp are priced by AFA, in both Mint and Used condition, but with unrealistically low premiums that are the same for all the varieties, whether major or minor. This variety is much more "important" than the all other varieties because it changes the appearance of the denomination! This variety is remarkably scarce only existing on 200th of the total printing and even scarcer if one divides them up by the three major color differences. A nice looking example of the stamp and an outstanding showing of the variety. ACTUAL item. |
89.00 |
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232422 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
3 [2 sk square, blue] Used VF+ with full margins. Strong blue with complete #24 (HELSINGØR) numeral cancellation. This stamp was issued for use on local letters which meant that 95+% of the use occurred in København. Postmarks from other towns are scarce and from small towns or villages are rare. ACTUAL item. |
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90.00 |
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232424 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
3 [2 sk square, blue] Used F-VF+. Light blue with #34 (København railway) numeral cancellation. This stamp was issued for use on local letters which meant that 95+% of the use occurred in København; while this was used in København, cancels other than the #1 are seldom seen. ACTUAL item. |
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56.00 |
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232425 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
3 [2 sk square, blue] Used F-VF+, fresh example. Nicely centered "SJ.P.SP. B. 2 TOG" railway cancellation; circular date stamp portion of duplex numeral canceler. This postmark is seldom seen directly struck on any stamp of the period, but it is especially scarce on this stamp which is normally found with #1 numeral cancel. ACTUAL item. |
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95.00 |
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