| Select Stamps - Scott #25-34: 1875-1895 "Perf 14 Bicolors" |  Top |
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401279 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #25 [1875 3 øre blue and gray Bicolor, Perforation 14 x 13.5, Normal Frame] Mint, lightly hinged, with F-VF++ centering. Very fresh and bright with great colors, "perfect" perforations, and very lightly hinged original gum. ACTUAL item. |
23.00 |
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232433 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
27 [1879 5 øre Bicolor] Print 4. Mint, lower two stamps NH, BLOCK OF FOUR with Fine centering. Wonderfully fresh and bright. The individual break-up value as singles is $188! ACTUAL item. |
169.00 |
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401220 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #30 [1875 16 øre Bicolor, Perforation 14 x 13.5, Normal Frame] Used with Fine+ centering. Superbly struck, but inverted, #117 (Odder) 3-ring numeral cancellation. A very nice example! ACTUAL item. |
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14.00 |
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401219 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #30a, AFA #27.1, Facit #33a. Printing 1: Light Gray and Dark Olive Brown [1875 16 øre Bicolor, Perforation 14 x 13.5, Normal Frame] Used with F-VF centering. Fresh and attractive with true colors and very light cancellation. AFA Specialized 2016 Catalog (most recent edition as of 4/2026) value DKK 750 (US$113 4/2026). Though this stamp fits under the umbrella of Scott #30a, the Scott value for #30a is for a later printing "light gray and brown", not for this early and much scarcer printing. Because of the very thin paper used for Printing 1, undamaged examples are quite hard to find. A handsome example! ACTUAL item. |
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79.00 |
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247008 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
31 INVERTED WATERMARK, Print 4. Facit #34dvm. AFA #28.4 omv vm. [1875 20 øre Bicolor, Perf 14 x 13.5] Used VF with well-struck and complete #152 numeral cancellation (Skibby). An outstanding example that is fault-free (scarce on this thin paper), excellent centering, and complete numeral cancellation. Inverted watermark examples are seldom seen so nice! ACTUAL item. |
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65.00 |
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247009 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
31 Print 3b. Facit #34cc variety. AFA #28.3b variety. [1875 20 øre Bicolor, Perf 14 x 13.5] Used with Fine centering and very light cancellation, but one short perf tooth. OVAL VARIETY "white spot before P" is very clear. Printing 3 is interesting because it is listed as 3a and 3b, with two different colors, thus one would think it would be divided into two different printings. That this is printing 3b is confirmed by a small note in Lasse Nielsen handwriting (I had submitted the stamp to him ca.2010). There is additional information in the AFA Specialized 2016 regarding the frames from plates A and B, but I have not (yet?) found that information presented by Lasse Nielsen. The oval variety is clear and according to the Lasse Nielsen handbook, it can only be Oval Flaw 62 (OF.62). However, the Nielsen handbook does not state the plate position of OF.62 in Printing 3a or 3b -- I am not sure if this is simply because the position was not known or if it is because examples of OF.62 on printing 3b had not been observed. An attractive example of an interesting stamp. ACTUAL item. |
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44.00 |
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401491 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #31b, AFA #28y.1b, Facit #34a. Printing 1b (Thick Inverted Frame) [1875 20 øre Bicolor, Perforation 14 x 13.5] Mint, original gum, moderately hinged, with fairly typical (for this printing) Average centering. The lower right corner perforation is rounded. Otherwise a fresh example with nice color. All of the Printing 1 one stamps have THICK FRAMES. Printing 1a stamps are Dark Red and Gray; Printing 1b stamps are Dull Red and Light Gray. All of the Printing 1a and 1b stamps have Inverted (Thick) Frames, except for sheet position 56 which has a Normal (Thick) Frame. Despite the catalog value of Mint Printing 1a and 1b stamps being about the same as some of the other printings of this 20 øre issue, in my experience, Mint examples of Printing 1b stamps are significantly scarcer. The AFA Specialized Catalog 2016 (still the most recent edition as of June 2026) value for Mint Printing 1b is DKK 850 or about US$128 (6/2026). ACTUAL item. |
29.00 |
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249895 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #33a, AFA #30a, Facit #36a. Printing 1b [1874 (1874 Print 1b, brown and violet-blue) 50 øre Bicolor, Perf 14 x 13.5] Used with F-VF centering, exceptionally strong violet-blue color, and excellent perforations for this issue. Though the cancellation is very light, it is clearly a RAILWAY cancellation (it does include "1 TOG" and "... JB"). This is an outstanding example of a scarce stamp that is extremely difficult to find with such nice color and in such nice quality, and so lightly canceled! ACTUAL item. |
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195.00 |
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401221 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #34 [Scott Classic #34d], AFA #31.3, Facit #37c. Printing 3: Blue Gray and Orange Yellow [1875 (1891 Printing) 100 øre Bicolor, Perforation 14 x 13.5, Normal Frame] Used with VF centering. Neatly struck (HU)MBLE town cancellation. The "mble" ending of the town name is rare in Denmark; according to my information HUMBLE is the only possible town (a small village on the island of Langeland). The AFA Specialized 2016 Catalog (still the latest edition as of 4/2026) value is DKK 600 (US$90 4/2026). A very attractive example of the stamp with nothing added to the price for the scarce cancellation. ACTUAL item. |
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69.00 |