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248546 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
232 GERMAN PAPER, Facit #229a variety, AFA #204A [1933 20 øre gray Caravel, First Type] NEVER HINGED with F-VF+ centering. Wonderfully fresh. The German Paper printing was the first printing. The paper and the gum are darker under UV light; the gum is also quite a bit darker under daylight. The gray ink of the German Paper stamps are always GREEN under UV light, however, the first printing(s?) of the Danish Paper are also green under UV light (but the AFA Specialized fails to list that version, even though they list it for the 8 øre gray Numeral). The dark gum is the distinguishing characteristic for the German Paper. The German Paper stamps are only listed by the AFA Specialized Catalog. They were virtually all used up in normal postal use, thus NH or Mint examples are seldom offered. An excellent example! ACTUAL item. |
79.00 |
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240560 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
233 (German Paper) [1933 25 øre blue Caravel] Mint VF centered 4-Block, but without gum. Wonderful appearance! This stamp is one of only two (the other is the 30 øre orange) of the first engraving type that were issued only on the German Paper. Mint blocks of the German Paper stamps are scarce. This stamp is the key value of the set and the key value of the time period. Four Mint Hinged singles would sell for $336! ACTUAL item. |
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95.00 |
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Scott #233 [1933 25 øre blue Caravel] Used with F-VF+ centering and a SUPERB SKIVE 5 December 1933 cancellation. Very attractive with delicate greenish-blue color, nice centering, and excellent perforations. An outstanding example in all respects. This stamp is "extremely scarce" with such a perfectly centered cancellation. In Used condition, this is the key face-different stamp of the entire Engraved Caravel issue. This stamp is missing (or not in such nice quality) from many high-quality Used Danish collections and also missing from Danish collections in the category of "one of each stamp with a perfect cancellation"! ACTUAL item. |
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69.00 |
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238702 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
234 (Danish Paper) [1934 25 øre brown Caravel Type I (two columns of background at left)] NH VF++/Superb lower right corner margin 4-block. Wonderfully fresh. The AFA value for four singles is DKK 2240. I need singles for stock, but this block is just too nice to break. Offered at the break-up value. ACTUAL item. |
355.00 |
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401259 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Denmark Scott #236 [1934 30 öre blue Engraved Caravel, Type I] (VF) on a typical piece of money order form with clear THORSHAVN 18 May 194(0) cancellation. I believe that the year date says 1940, but the final digit is unclear. The STAMP HAS "V.L." PERFIN, SIDEWAYS, right reading upwards viewed from the right, from front of stamp, of the Valdemar Lützen company (the major Faroese oil and petroleum products company at the time). The V.L. perfins are much scarcer in positions other than upright, right-reading from the front of the stamp -- in my experience, sideways examples are very scarce. Though the market value may not be much different, they can be tremendously harder to find! In my experience, single loose used examples of this "daily use" stamp, from this time period, with an UPRIGHT VL perfin, sell quickly for $30-40, but sideways examples are "rarely" offered. I have good records since the 1990s of the stamps I have had with the VL perfin (very few). However, until about 2010, I did not keep complete records of the perfin POSITION on those stamps. However, I do not have a record of having had THIS POSITION on an earlyish VL perfin, though I may have had such prior to 2010. The different positions of perfins are sometimes the result of the stamps (in a large block or sheet) being folded, in various ways, into multiple thicknesses, before being punched. This depended upon the capability of the punch machine and the methods employed by the operator. ACTUAL item. |
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401261 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Denmark Scott #236 and #238A Large Pearls in Crown, Facit #227b [1934 30 öre blue Engraved Caravel, Type I and 1937 15 öre red Engraved Caravel] (VF) on a piece of envelope with clear THORSHAVN 19 June 1940 cancellations. ONLY THE 30 øre STAMP HAS A "V.L." PERFIN, right reading from the front of stamp, of the Valdemar Lützen company (the major Faroese oil and petroleum products company at the time). In my experience, single loose used examples of this "daily use" stamp, from this time period, with an UPRIGHT VL perfin, sell quickly for $30-40. It is quite unusual to see a piece or a cover bearing a mix of perfined and non-perfined stamps. Because perfins were a security measure to prevent theft of company-owned stamps, usually all the stamps the company used (in a specific time period) were perfined. Sometimes a mix of perfined and non-perfined stamps suggests an inappropriate use by an employee of the company, but that can only be determined if on a full cover showing non-company use. ACTUAL item. |
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237696 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
238A Large pearls in crown with Hook on spar, Facit #227bv, AFA #203b [1938 15 øre red Caravel with hook on spar] NH Superb example with wonderfully fresh color and gum. Pristine. ACTUAL item. |
165.00 |
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240558 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
238A Small Pearls in Crown, German Paper, Facit #227a German Paper variety, AFA #203A [1933 15 øre red Caravel, first issue with Small Pearls and German Paper] Mint VF+ centered 4-Block, but without gum. Wonderful sharp impression and great centering. Mint blocks of the German Paper stamps are scarce. Four Mint Hinged singles would sell for $140! ACTUAL item. |
39.00 |
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401258 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Denmark Scott #238A Large Pearls in Crown, Facit #227b [1937 15 öre red Engraved Caravel] (VF) on a small piece of envelope with clear (THOR)SHAVN 17 January 1941 cancellation. The stamp is undamaged, but the piece is roughly torn from the envelope at bottom. The STAMP HAS "V.L." PERFIN, WRONG-READING from front of stamp (right-reading from the backside), of the Valdemar Lützen company (the major Faroese oil and petroleum products company at the time). The V.L. perfins are much scarcer in positions other than right-reading from the front of the stamp. Though the market value may not be much different, they can be tremendously harder to find! The stamp, as is often the case on this porous-paper issue, has some slight gum-soak. In my experience, single loose used examples of this "daily use" stamp, from this time period, with a VL perfin sell quickly for $30-40. I have good records since the 1990s of the stamps I have had with the VL perfin (very few). However, until about 2010, I did not keep complete records of the perfin POSITION on those stamps. However, I do not have a record of having had this position on an earlyish VL perfin, though I may have had such prior to 2010. ACTUAL item. |
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401154 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #238Al [1937 15 øre Dybbøl Mill with 15 øre RED "SMALL PEARLS" Engraved Caravel (see Scott #B6-8)] NEVER HINGED with F-VF centering BLOCK OF FOUR (without booklet pane binding margin). Wonderfully fresh and bright with excellent perforations and "pristine" NH original gum. This block contains Scott #238 VARIETY, Facit #227a, the "Fine Pearls in Crown" version, which is a scarce stamp in its own right -- this example is NH F-VF which sells well at $62 for just the Wavy-Lines stamp in this condition and quality. This block is offered at only the cost of the Small Pearls stamp in this condition and centering. The Small Pearls stamp is missing from many collections (and in some other collections it is incorrectly identified and is really just the normal Large Pearls). ACTUAL item. |
62.00 |
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