| Select Stamps - Scott #25-34: 1875-1895 "Perf 14 Bicolors" |  Top |
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400655 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #25h, AFA #22yx, Facit #28iv. Printing 8. Position 54 (missing A of DAN) in Inverted Frame sheet. [1875 (December 1888 printing) 3 øre Bicolor, Perforation 14 x 13.5, Inverted Frame, MISSING "A"] HORIZONTAL PAIR with "normal" Scott #25g [Blue and Gray, Inverted Frame] stamp on the left and this MISSING "A" variety stamp on the right. Mint with Fine centering but has disturbed original gum, old hinge remnants, and an old hinge acting as reinforcement of the pair. (Most often, examples of this variety are completely missing their gum, so the hinge remnants are NOT so much of a negative.) This well-known missing "A" error occurs in only two printings: this Printing 8 with INVERTED FRAME with the variety in position 54; and Printing 9 with Normal Frame and with the variety in position 77. Thus this (Printing 8) is the only way to get the Inverted Frame version of the variety / error. Starting with the 2025 Scott Classic Catalogue, Scott DOES now list both inverted (this one) and normal frames for the "missing A" stamp (but there is some confusion in the listing in the 2025 and probably the 2026 editions; I have already contacted the Scott editors). Despite the disturbed gum, this example has overall attractive appearance. AFA 2016 Specialized Catalog (still the most recent edition as of 11/2025) value is DKK 600 (as of 11/25/2025 about US$90), but this variety is much scarcer in the marketplace than that relatively low value suggests. The variety stamp being in a pair with a "normal" stamp is much more desirable, but because of the gum quality of this example, it does not actually increase the price very much. This major error / variety is missing from most collections! ACTUAL item. |
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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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400657 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #27, AFA #24.3æ, Facit #30bv2 variety. Printing 3 with catalog-listed variety "Small Pearl Flaw" (position A63 in Printing 3). [1879 5 øre Bicolor, July 1880 printing] Used with Average-Fine centering, but some blunted perforation teeth at top. Neat KJØBENHAVN cancellation that is completely clear of the variety area. Accompanied by a 2003 Lasse Nielsen "Opinion" certificate (LN did not use pictures on the "Opinion" style certificates; but the correct postmark date of this stamp is stated on the "Opinion" certificate) stating "Genuine and without repairs" and "Acceptable copy". For decades, LN was the primary Danish expert for Danish Bicolor stamps. The 2016 AFA Specialized Catalog (still the most recent edition as of 11/2025) catalog value for this variety on this printing is DKK 1600 (as of 11/2025 about $250). This is a reasonable-looking example of a very scarce variety, at a very low price! ACTUAL item. |
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119.00 |
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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 |