| Select Stamps - Scott #11-15: 1864-1870 "Sword and Scepter" |  Top |
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248910 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
11 [1864 2 skilling Crown and Scepter] Used with XF centering and neat #3 (inverted) numeral cancellation of Lübeck (a Danish post office in Germany), still in this time period. Very attractive darker blue printing on very white paper. ACTUAL item. |
59.00 |
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248912 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
11 [1864 2 skilling Crown and Scepter] Used with XF centering and neat #1 XF-centered numeral cancellation of København. Very attractive medium blue printing on yellowish paper. ACTUAL item. |
53.00 |
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248911 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
11 [1864 2 skilling Crown and Scepter] Used with VF centering and neat #37 DUPLEX numeral cancellation of Korsør, still in this time period. Very attractive medium blue printing on white paper. ACTUAL item. |
49.00 |
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247846 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
11b [1870 2 skilling Sword and Scepter, Line Perf 12.5] Used with Average-Fine centering and neat #51 [Odense] 3-ring numeral cancellation. The perforations nearly touch the left frame line, but the other margins are huge and even. The perforations are unusually clean for this notoriously poorly (line) perforated stamp issue. Wonderful, bright color. This stamp is accompanied by a Jay Smith color image certificate with lifetime guarantee (further details of the guarantee are available). Facit 2024 value SEK 3,000 (around $300 1/2024) and AFA 2023 value DKK 2,800 (around $420 1/2024). An attractive example of a stamp that is missing from most Danish collections. [C#02852-01-002] ACTUAL item. |
169.00 |
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234640 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
12b [1870 3 sk Arms Line Perforation 12.5] Used VF centered example with neat numeral cancellation, better-than-usual perforations, and strong color. However is creased, but that is not visible from the front. The Line Perf 12.5 stamps are scarce; the AFA 2010 catalog value is DKK 6000 = $1100 [10/2010] for normal quality! Very attractive and very reasonably priced. ACTUAL item. |
195.00 |
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247847 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
14b [1870 8 skilling Sword and Scepter, Line Perf 12.5] Used with VF centering and neat #1 [København] 3-ring numeral cancellation. The perforations are remarkably rough on the top and sides -- to the point that this really should be a collectible variety -- but they are clean at the bottom, thus it is easy to confirm that this is the Line Perforation 12.5. Excellent, strong color. This stamp is accompanied by a Jay Smith color image certificate with lifetime guarantee (further details of the guarantee are available). Facit 2024 value SEK 4,500 (around $450 1/2024) and AFA 2023 value DKK 4,500 (around $675 1/2024). An attractive example of a stamp that is missing from most Danish collections. I have only had a very few examples of this scarce stamp in the last two decades! [C#02852-01-004] ACTUAL item. |
195.00 |
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240351 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
15 [1864 16 skilling Crown and Scepter, Perf 13 x 12.5] Used VF+ with neat #28 3-ring cancellation (Holbæk), strong color, and very nice perforations. The upper left corner perf tip is weak, but even if the tip came off, it would still be a very attractive stamp! Unusually fresh for this stamp (which was mostly used on mail that got roughly handled). This stamp is surprisingly difficult to find in such nice quality; the centering is often poor, the perfs are usually a mess and there is almost always some type of defect. This one is really nice. Facit value for ordinary quality is SEK 1600 ($210 8/2018). ACTUAL item. |
175.00 |