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249705 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #O1 Light Grayish Ultramarine [1871 2 skilling Official] Used with XF centering and neat 216 3-ring numeral cancellation (of the Jyske Jerbane RAILWAY). While this color is, in my opinion, best described as being in the Ultramarine family, many of the catalogs describe this as one of the "Blue" shades of Printing 2 (December 1871). Because of the very thin paper, this stamp is quite difficult to find in undamaged quality. This is an outstanding example of this scarce stamp, without any faults! ACTUAL item. |
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195.00 |
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215184 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
O1a First Printing, Light Clear Ultramarine [1871 2 Skilling Official] Used VF pair on neat piece canceled at ODENSE. Grønlund photo certificate. Unusually nice quality; these stamps are usually either poorly centered or defective. Priced only as two single stamps. ACTUAL item. |
280.00 |
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249704 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #O1a Ultramarine [1871 2 skilling Official] Used with F-VF centering, but has small faults (a couple rounded corner perforations, and only visible from the backside, a thin spot and a hard-to-see crease). An attractive example of the strong Ultramarine color. Without the quality problems, this centering would be $130! ACTUAL item. |
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24.00 |
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249806 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #O1b IMPERFORATE Ultramarine [1871 2 skilling Official] Mint, without gum, with large to huge margins (VF), but with a faint crease (may require magnification to see it). This is an imperforate of the first printing (ultramarine) on stamp paper, WITH CROWN WATERMARK (this is not a reprint). While examples with gum may have originally existed and may still exist, the very few (less than five) examples that I have had in the last 51 years have been without gum. This is an extremely scarce stamp, so infrequently seen that the catalogs are not really able to properly track the market value. The 2016 AFA Specialized Catalog (the most recent edition as of 4/2025) values this stamp at DKK 3000 or around US$450. While this stamp does have a very faint crease, that fact is virtually without consequence considering the rarity of this classic stamp. ACTUAL item. |
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325.00 |
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232459 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
O6 Print 1 (Dark Color) [1875 3 øre Perforation 14 x 13.5 Official] NH Fine. Remarkably fresh and with unusually nice perforations for this stamp. AFA 2016 (most recent) Specialized value DKK 900 = $125 (10/2022). This early stamp is quite hard to find in NH condition. ACTUAL item. |
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59.00 |
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247732 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #O7 Blue, Plate Variety [1875 4 øre blue Official, Perforation 14 x 13.5] Used with VF centering and 1901 cancellation (thus from a later printing). This unusual example bears a very obvious plate variety: Heavily dented and rumpled left frame line along the top 5 mm. This variety is neither listed by AFA nor is it listed by Regeling in Service Stamps of Denmark 1871-1923 (the primary handbook on the Official stamps). Regeling either missed seeing this large plate variety (which is very unlikely as it is more obvious than virtually any of the plate varieties that have been recorded) or the major cliche damage was quickly noticed by the printers and the cliche was quickly repaired and replaced -- and Regeling did not have an example of it (from the limited set of sheets which are in the Postal Museum) and thus he did not know about it to list it. If the latter situation is true, then this is a very scarce variety indeed! Quite an interesting and special stamp. ACTUAL item. |
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28.00 |
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249703 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #O9 Yellow Green, Facit #Tj9b AFA #TJ7a [1875 32 øre Official, Perforation 14 x 13.5] Used with VF centering and RINGKJØB(ING) town cancellation. There is a space for this Yellow Green stamp in many European-made albums; the catalogs value this color a just over twice the value of the normal Green color. An excellent example of this scarce stamp. ACTUAL item. |
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70.00 |
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249699 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #O9 Yellow Green, Facit #Tj9b AFA #TJ7a [1875 32 øre Official, Perforation 14 x 13.5] Used with F-VF++ centering and neat cancellation. Upper left corner perforation tooth rounded, but no other defects on this hard-to-find stamp. There is a space for this Yellow Green stamp in many European-made albums; the catalogs value this color a just over twice the value of the normal Green color. If not for the rounded corner tooth, this would be $60. A pretty example of a scarce stamp. ACTUAL item. |
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32.00 |
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247733 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
O9A [1897 3 øre Official, Perf 12.75, Small Crown Watermark] NEVER HINGED BLOCK OF FOUR with F-VF centering. Wonderfully fresh. Priced at less than the break-up value of the four singles! ACTUAL item. |
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38.00 |
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247734 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
O9A [1897 3 øre Official, Perf 12.75, Small Crown Watermark] NEVER HINGED BLOCK OF FOUR with F-VF centering. Wonderfully fresh. Priced at less than the break-up value of the four singles! ACTUAL item. |
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38.00 |
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