| Select Stamps - Scott #25-34: 1875-1895 "Perf 14 Bicolors" |  Top |
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249887 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #25, AFA #22, Facit #28g. Printing 7. [1875 (1884 printing: grayish ultramarine and gray) 3 øre Bicolor, Perf 14 x 13.5] Used with Fine+ centering and neat, well-centered "(KJØ)BENHAVN. V." cancellation; this cancel style did not include a year date. This cancellation has an unusual style, with small town name lettering. This Print 7 can be confused with Print 6, but THIS Print 7 has thicker paper and the frame color is more grayish. Also, perhaps because of the thicker paper, Print 7 tends to have wider perforation teeth (smaller perf holes). An attractive example. As of the 2025 edition, the Scott Classic Catalogue assigns numbers to the major color groups of these 3 øre stamps; this color combination is now the main #25 number. Facit 2024 value SEK 450. ACTUAL item. |
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24.00 |
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249889 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #25e, AFA #22, Facit #28h. Printing 11. [1875 (1892 printing: clear blue and pearl gray) 3 øre Bicolor, Perf 14 x 13.5] Used with F-VF centering and a mostly "face free" cancellation. An attractive example. While this is not a scarce printing, the identification requires comparison examples (which I do have identified by Lasse Nielsen) and thus it is seldom offered fully identified. As of the 2025 edition, the Scott Classic Catalogue assigns numbers to the major color groups of these 3 øre stamps. ACTUAL item. |
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16.00 |
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249888 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #25i, AFA #22a, Facit #28a. Printing 1. [1875 (1875 printing: ultramarine and gray) 3 øre Bicolor, Perf 14 x 13.5] Used with F-VF centering and neat #24 (Helsingør) 3-ring numeral cancellation. Has a couple small faults (couple blunted perfs at upper left side and tiny margin tear at top center that needs a magnifying glass to see). This first printing is quite scarce in any quality -- this is an attractive example at a great price. The 2025 Scott value for #25i is $75, but that is really for the much more common Print 4. As of the 2025 edition, the Scott Classic Catalogue assigns numbers to the major color groups of these 3 øre stamps. The Facit 2024 value for this Print 1 is SEK 1600!! ACTUAL item. |
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29.00 |
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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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249066 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #29a variety, AFA #26a, Facit #32h. Printing 11. The striking "WINE" COLOR printing. With clear and identifiable oval plate variety: Scratches all the way through "TFRIM 12". Used with Fine+ centering and very neat, light cancellation. This printing is always with slightly thicker paper and with somewhat irregular perforation holes. This example is much cleaner and brighter than usually seen, with wonderful color. ACTUAL item. |
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16.00 |
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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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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 |