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Denmark: Specialized Stamps: 1933-1944 Issues

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1933-1944 Issues

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Hinged

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248546

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

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!

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95.00

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249793

Faroe: EJDE starless (uds) cancellation, GF10 #05.02 on Denmark Scott #234 [1934 25 øre brown Engraved Caravel First Type] Used Superb with XF strike of the cancellation. Wonderful quality and on a stamp which is not often seen used from the Faroes.

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10.00

238702

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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249794

Faroe: EJDE starless (uds) cancellation, GF10 #05.02 on Denmark Scott #238D [1940 20 øre red Engraved Caravel] Used VF on small piece of parcel, COD, or money order card with F-VF strike of the cancellation.

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6.50

249792

Faroe: EJDE starless (uds) cancellation, GF10 #05.02 on Denmark Scott #238D [1940 20 øre red Engraved Caravel] Used VF on small piece of parcel, COD, or money order card with VF strike of the cancellation. The reverse of the piece happens to bear a post office processing handstamp dated 22 April 1943 -- during the WWII British Occupation of the Faroes. A very attractive war-time use.

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12.00

249795

Faroe: EJDE starless (uds) cancellation, GF10 #05.02 on Denmark Scott #238J [1940 40 øre blue Engraved Caravel] Used VF on small piece of parcel, COD, or money order card with F-VF strike of the cancellation.

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6.50

249796

Faroe: EJDE starless (uds) cancellation, GF10 #05.02 on Denmark Scott #238J [1940 40 øre blue Engraved Caravel] HORIZONTAL PAIR Used VF on small piece of parcel, COD, or money order card with TWO F-VF strikes of the cancellation.

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9.50

237696

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.

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165.00

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240558

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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249797

Faroe: EJDE starless (uds) cancellation, GF10 #05.02 on Denmark Scott #239 [1934 50 øre gray Christian X] Used VF on small piece of parcel, COD, or money order card with XF strike of the cancellation. This stamp is not as often seen used in the Faroes.

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8.00

249798

Faroe: EJDE starless (uds) cancellation, GF10 #05.02 on Denmark Scott #220 x2, 224, 240 x3 [1939 1 øre dark greenish black Wavy-Lines; 1940 6 øre orange Wavy-Lines; 1934 bluish green Christian X] Used VF on piece of parcel, COD, or money order card with SIX VF to Superb strikes of the cancellation, plus a hard-to-read Thorshavn dated cancellation. There is a violet processing date handstamp on the back, but it only reads 19 April (no year) -- however, based on the 6 øre stamp issued 23 March, we know that this must have been used in 1940 or after (based on these dates, likely 1941 or after). The 188 øre postal rate is remarkably unusual, as is the combination of stamps and overall attractiveness. A very nice item!

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29.00

242300

243 Reddish Violet [1934 5 kr Christian X] Used 4-BLOCK with XF-Superb centering and neat, centrally struck town cancellation. Since these high-denomination stamps were mostly used on parcel cards and registered letters (which were treated roughly), intact undamaged blocks are quite hard to find, especially of this color.

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60.00

242668

"NEPA / HORSENS 1936" SET OF TWO PAIRS: NH VF Stamp show overprint in RED in blank gutter above Scott #246 and in VIOLET above Scott #248 [1935 5 and 10 øre H.C. Andersen] The gutter results from the special sheet layout used to make booklet panes. The "overprint" pictures a white horse in front of a tree, the symbol for the city of Horsens, Denmark. The special booklet-making sheets from this stamp issue could be purchased by the public; the stamp show organizers printed their overprint, by typography / letterpress without official cooperation. A very popular, unusual in philately, and sought-after item. Though these NEPA items are seen from time to time, they are uncommon.

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242665

"NEPA / HORSENS 1936": NH VF Stamp show overprint in VIOLET in blank gutter above Scott #248 [1935 10 øre H.C. Andersen] The gutter results from the special sheet layout used to make booklet panes. The "overprint" pictures a white horse in front of a tree, the symbol for the city of Horsens, Denmark. The special booklet-making sheets from this stamp issue could be purchased by the public; the stamp show organizers printed their overprint, by typography / letterpress without official cooperation. A very popular, unusual in philately, and sought-after item. Though these NEPA items are seen from time to time, they are uncommon.

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30.00

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242666

"NEPA / HORSENS 1936" ONE 4-BLOCK (two pairs): NH VF Stamp show overprint in VIOLET in blank gutter above Scott #248 [1935 10 øre H.C. Andersen] The gutter results from the special sheet layout used to make booklet panes. The "overprint" pictures a white horse in front of a tree, the symbol for the city of Horsens, Denmark. The special booklet-making sheets from this stamp issue could be purchased by the public; the stamp show organizers printed their overprint, by typography / letterpress without official cooperation. A very popular, unusual in philately, and sought-after item. Though these NEPA items are seen from time to time, they are uncommon.

REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design.

55.00

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242667

"NEPA / HORSENS 1936" ONE 10-BLOCK (w/five pairs): NH VF Stamp show overprint in VIOLET in blank gutter above Scott #248 [1935 10 øre H.C. Andersen] The gutter results from the special sheet layout used to make booklet panes. The "overprint" pictures a white horse in front of a tree, the symbol for the city of Horsens, Denmark. The special booklet-making sheets from this stamp issue could be purchased by the public; the stamp show organizers printed their overprint, by typography / letterpress without official cooperation. A very popular, unusual in philately, and sought-after item. Though these NEPA items are seen from time to time, they are uncommon. A recent small find of these blocks seems to indicate that the overprinting plate printed only five at a time; each of the five positions has small, but unique, characteristics. I have not found any examples that do not match one of these five positions.

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125.00

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234794

263 [1938 DFU Stamp Show Overprint] FULL SHEET with FIRST DAY stamp show cancellations neatly centrally canceling 25 4-blocks. Has a couple inconsequential separations in the bottom selvage, as always. Just valued as 25 canceled 4-blocks, the 2011 AFA value is DKK 4750 = $850 [1/2011]!! Quite spectacular appearance and very scarce!

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395.00

248920

271 OVERPRINT ERROR [1940 20 øre Surcharge on 15 øre Red Caravel, AFA Type II (w/o hook on spar)] Vertical bottom-margin pair with XF centering, Used with "...RUP" cancellation. 4/5-th of the overprint is missing from the top stamp and the overprint is entirely missing from the bottom stamp. This is most likely a sheet fold-over error whereby the bottom left corner of the sheet was folded up toward the upper right. However, it also could be the result of piece of "foreign matter" (i.e. a loose scrap of paper) getting between the overprint plate and the sheet of stamps. Either way, this type of error is transitory and either affected only one (fold-over) or up to a few (foreign matter) sheets of stamps. In Scott Catalogue error parlance, the lower stamp would qualify (as long as it is still attached to the upper stamp) as a full-scale "missing overprint error". This distinction puts it in a very special class of Danish rarities! While this is a rarely-seen type of error on Danish overprinted stamps, it is VERY RARE on a USED item because it had to be overlooked several times between production, quality control inspection, and use -- and then the pair had to remain intact. This is very likely UNIQUE. To the best of my memory, as of 9/2024, this is the only (either Mint or Used) Danish overprint-fold-over error -- and certainly the only one that resulted in a "missing overprint error" that I have been able to offer in my 50 year career.

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243505

TB 26 Brownish Violet - Brownish Shade (Facit #TB 297av) [10 øre Christian X Brownish Violet color of Scott #280] NH with XF-Superb centering. Tete-beche WITH GUTTER. This issue is special case: AFA only lists TB 26 as existing in one color (and TB 46 Light Violet, very rare), however, TB 26 exists in both very different Dark Violet and Brownish Violet colors. Furthermore, the latter can be divided into more-grayish vs more-brownish printings. This example is one of the more-brownish colors. AFA indicates that 2060 pairs were released, but this quantity must be divided between the Dark Violet and the two shades of the Brownish Violet colors!

ACTUAL item.

55.00

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242351

TB 26 Brownish Violet (Facit #TB 297a) 10 øre Brownish Violet Christian X. [Scott #280 Brownish Violet] NH with VF centering. Tete-beche with gutter. This issue is special case: AFA only lists TB 26 as existing in one color (and TB 46 Light Violet, very rare), however, TB 26 exists in both very different Dark Violet and Brownish Violet colors. AFA indicates that 2060 pairs were released, but this quantity must be divided between the Dark Violet and Brownish Violet colors. Wonderfully fresh.

ACTUAL item.

50.00

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248880

288 "Bomb" Variety, AFA #273x, Facit #308v [1942 10 øre Round Tower] Used with XF centering and neat cancellation that leaves the variety visible. The "bomb" variety is a diagonal line in the sky to the right of the tower, just below the top rim (on this example, it is between the top two lines of the cancellation). The tower bears a Hebrew inscription which causes this basic stamp to also be sought after by Judaica collectors. This is one of the nicest looking Used examples of this variety that I have had in a long time.

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55.00

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