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Denmark: Gallery: Select Stamps - Scott #35-56: 1895-1905 "Perf 13 Bicolors" and "Arms"

A selection of especially interesting seldom-offered items in particularly nice quality. All are available for approval viewing. Scott numbers have been used unless otherwise mentioned.

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Select Stamps - Scott #35-56: 1895-1905 "Perf 13 Bicolors" and "Arms"

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Hinged

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Used

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230817

35 Used VF++ with nearly perfect centering and neat postmark. Printed on very thin paper, this issue is very scarce without defects and with such nice fresh appearance.

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125.00

240608

35 [1882 5 øre Arms, Small Corner Numerals] Used with VF centering, nice color, and excellent perforations.

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120.00

249675

Scott #35 Light Green, Printing 3 [1882 (June 1883 printing) 5 øre Arms with Small Corner Numerals] Used with F-VF centering, but with a thin and one short perforation tooth (hidden by the cancellation). Almost perfectly centered (Superb) "KJØBENHAVN / KB" single-ring cancellation. (This specific cancellation style never included a year date.) This cancellation style is actively collected -- nicely struck examples are challenging to find. The paper of the "Small Corner Numerals" stamps is extremely thin, thus easily damaged and not many have survived without defects. A very attractive-looking example of a scarce stamp, at a great price. Otherwise, this centering with this wonderful postmark quality would be $110!

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24.00

232436

37 Used VF with Superb cancellation. Light Blue (First Printing) with excellent centering, perfect AARHUS postmark, and excellent perforations. This stamp is quite hard to find without defects and well centered. It is rare with such a nice postmark. An extraordinary example.

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175.00

232438

37 Inverted Watermark. Used VF+ with neat numeral cancellation. Very attractive.

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89.00

248284

39 [1885 10 øre Arms with Large Corner Numerals, Perf 14 x 13.5] Used with F-VF centering and neat, almost full cancellation "KØBENH. BAN... / KB". Plate variety with chamfered upper left corner. An interesting example.

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4.50

247849

39a, Facit #51, AFA #35x [1885 (Print 6, 1888) 10 øre Arms with SMALL Corner Numerals, Perf 14 x 13.5] Used with F-VF centering and neat "(KØBE)NHAVN G" cancellation. This error came about when three reserve cliches from the 1882 postal card issue were accidentally placed among the cliches for printing stamps. The three error cliches only exist from sheet positions 94, 96, and 97, all only in Printing 6. Interestingly, Scott and AFA list this stamp as varieties of the large corner numeral issues, however Facit lists it with the 5 and 20 øre small corner numeral stamps (Scott #35 and 37), considering it a "major" stamp, not a variety. Due to the plate layout vs the cliche size, and how the printers registered the perforations (selected a place on the sheet where the stamps would be well centered), the bottom row -- where all these come from -- is virtually always only Fine centered or worse. This example is F-VF centered, which is actually quite a bit nicer than usual for this "rare" item. A "rare" stamp that is missing from virtually all collections of Denmark. Facit 2024 value SEK 6,500 (about $650 1/2024); AFA 2023 value is DKK 4,500 (about $675 1/2024). An outstanding example of a stamp that is seldom offered. This is the first Used example that I have been able to offer in many years. This stamp is accompanied by a Jay Smith color image certificate with lifetime guarantee (further details of the guarantee are available). [C#02852-01-007]

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490.00

247508

39c PAIR Containing Scott #39a. Facit #51v2, AFA #35x [1885 (Print 6, 1888) 10 øre Arms with SMALL Corner Numerals, Perf 14 x 13.5] Mint hinged with Just-Fine centering. Original gum, slightly disturbed, with hinge remnant in place to help stabilize the pair. Horizontal PAIR of Scott #39 and #39a (thus Scott #39c pair). The #39a, small corner numerals stamp, is on the right, and is from plate position 96. This pair is INTACT, but with some perforation separation, with the remaining intact perforations reinforced by a hinge remnant. This error came about when three reserve cliches from the 1882 postal card issue were accidentally placed among the cliches for printing stamps. The three error cliches exist from sheet positions 94, 96, and 97, all only in Printing 6. The three positions can be discerned by small details in the printing impression and by the small irregularities in the perforation teeth. The crisp paper and the fine, large-hole perforations result in pairs / multiples being fragile, with the consequence that most pairs have fallen apart many a very long time ago. Interestingly, Scott and AFA list this stamp as varieties of the large corner numeral issues, however Facit lists it with the 5 and 20 øre small corner numeral stamps (Scott #35 and 37). Due to the plate layout vs the cliche size, and how the printers registered the perforations (selected a place on the sheet where the stamps would be well centered), the bottom row -- where all these come from -- is virtually always only Fine centered or worse. This example is Just Fine centered, which is actually typical for this item. The perforations of the left stamp (normal 39) barely clear the design, but the right stamp (the 39a variety) is Fine with perforations completely clearing the design. A "rare" item that is missing from virtually all collections of Denmark. Facit 2024 value SEK 5000 (about $500 10/2023); AFA 2023 value is DKK 4000 (about $600 10/2023); and Scott 2023 value is $600. This pair is much scarcer than those catalog values would suggest. Accompanied by a Jay Smith certificate with "lifetime" guarantee.

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274.00

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230819

40 Used Superb with perfect centering and full, well centered "HELSINGØR 3 TOG" railway postmark. Very fresh and attractive.

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13.00

246515

Scott #41d, AFA #22Cy, Facit #38bb. INVERTED FRAME from Printing 22 OR 25 (hard to distinguish) from Positions 91-100. [1902 3 øre Bicolor, Perforation 12.75, Large Crown Watermark] Used with VF centering and neat (RA)NDERS [probably] December 1904 bridge-style town cancellation. This example has the darker color frame and oval of Printings 22 and 25. The inverted frame on this watermark only exists from positions 51 and 91-100 of printings 22-25; the colors of Printings 23 and 24 are lighter. The position 91-100 inverted frame stamps from all four printings have the same value. An outstanding example of a stamp that is quite hard to find in such nice quality.

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89.00

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Used

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246516

Scott #41d, AFA #22Cy, Facit #38bb. INVERTED FRAME from Printing 24 from Positions 91-100. [1902 3 øre Bicolor, Perforation 12.75, Large Crown Watermark] Used with Fine centering and neat November 1904 bridge-style town cancellation. This example has the lighter color frame and oval, with smooth print, of Printing 24. The inverted frame on this watermark only exists from positions 51 and 91-100 of printings 22-25; the colors of Printings 22 and 25 are darker; Printing 23 has light colors, but a vertically-lined texture to the print. The position 91-100 inverted frame stamps from all four printings have the same value. A completely sound example, at a great price, of a stamp that is quite hard to find in such nice quality.

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44.00

232442

42/42a Normal/Inverted Frame Tete-Beche Horizontal Pair. Used Fine+ with neat BÆLUM cancellations. Such pairs are surprisingly scarce.

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19.00

232443

42b [4 øre Bicolor; Large Watermark, Normal Frame] NEVER HINGED 4-BLOCK. Two stamps Fine+, one Fine, and one Average centered. Fresh and bright. Break-up value as singles is $144 (9/2024). Blocks are seldom offered.

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139.00

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246517

42c INVERTED FRAME [1903 4 øre Bicolor, Perf 12.75, Large Crown Watermark] Used SUPERB with extremely light cancellation. The inverted frame stamps on this watermark exist from positions 91-100 on only three printings: 125-127, all with similar color and usually not possible to distinguish. This is an greatly under-rated and under-valued stamp that is missing from most collections. "Rare" in such nice quality! This is surely the nicest Used example I have had in 49 years.

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179.00

248644

43 variety, AFA 34B variety, Facit 58a variety [1895 5 øre Arms, Perf 12.75, Small Crown Watermark] Used with Fine centering and fully dated 6 October 1896 cancellation. Has very clear plate variety not listed in the major catalogs: "White spot to right of N of DANMARK". Other, catalog-listed, plate varieties on this stamp have a catalog value of DKK 150. An interesting and obvious variety -- it would be fun to find more examples on different printings (color shades) of this stamp.

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5.00

247510

44a INVERTED FRAME [1895 8 øre Bicolor, Perf 12.75, Small Crown Watermark] NEVER HINGED Left margin BLOCK OF FOUR with F-VF centering. Based on the colored registration dot in the left margin, this block is from positions 51-52/61-62. This is from one of the virtually indistinguishable May 1899 to March 1902 Inverted Frame printings (prints 100-119). The gum has the usual variation in thickness, but all are NH. Very fresh with bright color! Priced below the break up value of $48 for this centering.

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44.00

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247511

44a INVERTED FRAME [1895 8 øre Bicolor, Perf 12.75, Small Crown Watermark] NEVER HINGED BLOCK OF FOUR with F-VF centering. Divided from a larger multiple, this block is from positions 53-54/63-64. This is from one of the virtually indistinguishable May 1899 to March 1902 Inverted Frame printings (prints 100-119). The gum has the usual variation in thickness, but all are NH. Very fresh with bright color! Priced below the break up value of $48 for this centering.

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39.00

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247512

44a INVERTED FRAME [1895 8 øre Bicolor, Perf 12.75, Small Crown Watermark] NEVER HINGED BLOCK OF FOUR with F-VF centering. Divided from a larger multiple, this block is from positions 55-56/65-66. This is from one of the virtually indistinguishable May 1899 to March 1902 Inverted Frame printings (prints 100-119). The gum has the usual variation in thickness, but all are NH. Very fresh with bright color! Priced below the break up value of $48 for this centering.

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39.00

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249672

Scott #44a [1898 8 øre Bicolor Perf 12.75; Small Watermark, Inverted Frame] Used with VF centering and VF "VALLØ / 2 P(OST)" cancellation. (This specific cancellation style never included a year date.) Very fresh, with brilliant color and perfect perforations. As of 3/2025, I do not recall ever before having an example of a VALLØ cancellation -- it is a very small town that in 2007 was merged into a surrounding municipality. This cancellation style is actively collected -- nicely struck examples are challenging to find.

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9.00

223856

44d, Facit #40b, AFA #25C [8 øre Perf 12.75, WATERMARK NEW CROWN, Print 121 (1902)]. Brilliant right margin NEVER HINGED 4-BLOCK from positions A29-30/39-40 with Fine/F-VF centering. Appears to have been last sold in 1993 in a Christies auction where it was described as being from "the unique quarter sheet discovered by F.T.N. Caröe". Accompanied by Lasse Nielsen certificate stating "very fine item". An extremely scarce stamp as a single in Mint hinged condition and RARE as either a block or a single in NH condition. Value AS SINGLES: Facit 2024 SEK 40,000 = $4,000 but this is well behind the market for rare NH condition. AFA 2023 value AS SINGLES DKK 40,000 = $6,000. The AFA 2017 (most recent edition) BLOCK catalog does not price this era in NH condition, but in Hinged condition, it uses about a 1.35 times (per stamp) multiple, which would result in a NH block value of around DKK 52,000 or US$7,800. (US$ conversions as of 9/1/2024). This block certainly has a break-up value of more than my price. This block is a showpiece with excellent investment potential as the value is supported by the four stamps which are constantly sought after by every serious collector of Danish stamps.

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3700.00

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Used

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248683

48 [1895 20 øre Coat of Arms, Perf 12.75, Small Watermark] Used with XF centering and neat cancellation. AFA-listed plate variety 36Bz: "broken circle around / above right 20". An unusually attractive example of this variety!

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15.00

249676

Faroe: (TR)ANGISVAAG (Daka #02.04; bridge style) June 1903 town cancellation neatly struck on Denmark Scott #50 [1898 50 øre Bicolor, Small Crown Watermark, Normal Frame]. The stamp has Fine+ centering, but with a crease that is hard to see from the front. The cancel is F-VF+, perfectly upright and with almost the complete date, but the cancel device was so large that only three-quarters of it will fit on a stamp. Scarcer use; the higher-face-value stamps are seldom found used in the Faroes. This cancellation device was used 1899-1933, but early uses such as this 1903 are seldom found. Very attractive.

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246519

51c INVERTED FRAME, Printing 12-13 [1903 50 øre Bicolor Perf 12.75, Large Watermark] Used with F-VF+ centering and with neat fully dated ODENSE 10 February 1905 cancellation that allows clear showing the characteristics of the inverted frame. Inverted frames exist in three (11-13) of the four printings with this watermark, in positions 51 and 91-100. Printing 11 has a lighter colored oval than 12-13; the latter two printings are usually not possible to distinguish. A very scarce stamp missing from almost all collections. Very difficult to find in such nice quality.

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239.00

249673

Scott #52b [1903 100 øre Bicolor, Perf 12.75, Large Crown Watermark, Normal Frame] Used with VF centering and complete, very well centered 1 May 1905 KJØBENHAVN bridge-style cancellation. A handsome example.

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19.00

249673

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19.00

246520

52c INVERTED FRAME, Printing 9-10 [1903 100 øre Bicolor Perf 12.75, Large Watermark] Used with XF centering and wonderfully fresh and bold color on unusually bright white paper. Inverted frames exist in two (9-10) of the three printings with this watermark, from positions 51 and 91-100. Printing 9 may sometimes have darker colors than 10, it is usually not possible to distinguish the two printings. Based on my Lasse Nielsen verified reference examples, this example is most likely from Printing 9. A very scarce stamp missing from almost all collections. "Rare" with such nice centering.

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279.00

242524

52c, Facit #45bb, AFA #31Cy [1903 100 øre Bicolor, Perforation 12.75, Large Crown Watermark, Inverted Frame] Used with F-VF centering and a very clear, well-centered and upright "KJØBENHAVN B / 2 POST" single-ring cancellation. The cancellation is unusual in that this high denomination stamp was often used for parcels and usually received multiple cancellation strikes -- it is unusual, especially for the inverted frame stamp, to find an example with a single, neat, mostly full cancellation strike. The stamp clearly has an inverted frame; this can be partially seen at the top left as usual, but also if the stamp is rotated 180 degrees it looks like a normal frame, which when positioned upside down, means that it is an inverted frame stamp. Certainly one of the scarcest of the Watermark Large Crown Bicolors and is on most want lists. AFA 2021 value DKK 2000 = US$320.

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290.00

248986

54 GROUP OF 5 COLORS [1902 15 øre Arms] Used with VF-XF centering, an unusual group of five different colors. This stamp had nine printings, but these five colors nicely book-end the range of colors. This is not a "scarce" stamp, but finding nicely centered examples is surprising difficult and especially in a range of colors.

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9.50

248987

54 [1902 15 øre Arms] Used with VF centering and an XF-Superb NYBORG 8 May 1905 bridge-type cancellation (Swiss style because of the vertical bars). Because this stamp was issued for and mostly saw use on either parcel cards or as the registry fee on registered letters, they tend to have heavy and poorly centered cancellations. Examples of this stamp with such a neat and well-centered cancellation are remarkably scarce compared to other stamps of the same time period.

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14.00

248988

54 [1902 15 øre Arms] Used with F-VF centering and an almost perfectly centered KOLDING April 1905 bridge-type cancellation (Swiss style because of the vertical bars), but slightly irregular impression. Because this stamp was issued for and mostly saw use on either parcel cards or as the registry fee on registered letters, they tend to have heavy and poorly centered cancellations. Examples of this stamp with such a neat and well-centered cancellation are remarkably scarce compared to other stamps of the same time period.

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4.00

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