J1, AFA Porto #1u [1921 Postage Due "PORTO" overprint on 1 øre Wavy-Line/Numeral] Used with Superb centering. AFA-listed overprint variety: "Right leg of R nearly disconnected"; position 32 in the sheet of 100. Neat cancellation that is clear of the variety. Scarce, seldom-offered variety.
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20.00
244041
J1, AFA Porto #1w [1921 Postage Due "PORTO" overprint on 1 øre Wavy-Line/Numeral] Used with F-VF centering, but rounded lower right corner tooth (but hidden by the cancellation). AFA-listed overprint variety: "Dent in top of R". Neat cancellation well away from the variety.
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6.00
244043
J2, AFA Porto #2w + Rough Perforation Variety [1921 Postage Due "PORTO" overprint on 5 øre Christian X] Mint, moderately hinged, with VF centering. AFA-listed overprint variety: "Dent in top of R". The perforations must be the roughest I have ever seen on this stamp (a variety, not a defect). AFA 2016 Specialized (most recent) value DKK 100 without factoring in the rough perforation variety.
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14.00
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244044
J3 YELLOW, Rough Perforation Variety [1921 Postage Due "PORTO" overprint on 7 øre Christian X] Used with Superb centering and very neat cancellation. This "yellow" color used to be catalog-listed and it is a legitimate color/printing, not the result of fading. However, for reasons not known to me, it is no longer listed in the catalogs, but there are still spaces for it in many of the European-made albums. Perfect centering! The perforations must be the roughest I have ever seen on this stamp color (a variety, not a defect). While the normal orange color of this stamp is common, this yellow color is much scarcer. This is probably the nicest looking Used example I have had in 48 years!
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30.00
244048
J5 [1921 Postage Due "PORTO" overprint on 20 øre Christian X] HORIZONTAL PAIR Used with F-VF centering and neat, single cancellation strike. The left stamp of this pair has an unlisted plate variety: "color spot in C above X of upper left monogram". Used multiples of Danish postage due stamps seem to be less often seen that multiples of postage dues from many other countries. Very fresh and attractive. Priced at barely more than double the single value for this centering.
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21.00
248976
J6 [1921 Postage Due "PORTO" overprint on 25 øre Christian X] Used with VF-XF centering and 98% complete and well-centered FREDERIKSHAVN 10 January 1924 cancellation. (If the cancellation were perfectly upright, not as much of it would have fit on the stamp. The overprinted postage due stamps are hard to find with such nice centering and such complete cancellations. An ordinary Used example of this stamp with this centering would be $11 -- with such a nice cancellation it is much, much scarcer!
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16.00
244049
J6, AFA Porto #6u [1921 Postage Due "PORTO" overprint on 25 øre Christian X] HORIZONTAL PAIR, Used with F-VF centering. The left stamp has AFA-listed overprint variety: "Right leg of R [now completely!] disconnected". The cancellation is heavy on the lower part of the stamp, but the cancellation is completely clear of the overprint variety. Scarce, seldom-offered variety. AFA 2016 Specialized (most recent edition) value is DKK 200 (US$33) just for the variety stamp!
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26.00
238793
J7 [1921 50 øre PORTO overprinted Christian X postage due] NH VF/XF 4-block. Fresh and bright. Unusually well centered.
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132.00
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244050
J7 [1921 Postage Due "PORTO" overprint on 50 øre Christian X] Mint, very lightly hinged, with Superb centering. This example is overprinted on an earlier printing, with yellow gum, of the underlying stamp. (The underlying stamp had 8 printings, but only parts of printings 5, 6, and 7 were overprinted "PORTO". There are color shade differences of those three printings. The quantities overprinted from each of those three printings does not seem to be specified in the literature. Based on my experience, I believe that this one is much scarcer than the other two.) Very attractive and seldom offered so nice!
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22.00
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244052
J8, Rough Perforation Variety [1921 Postage Due "PORTO" overprint on 10 øre Christian X with "SF" military overprint] Mint, moderately hinged, with Superb centering and great color. The perforations are unusually rough for this stamp (a variety, not a defect). Very attractive and seldom offered.
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J23 [1925 1 kr brown and blue Postage Due] NH VF+ 4-block. Wonderfully fresh with near-perfect centering and perforations. It seems that few nice NH blocks of these issues remain. Priced at only four times a single NH VF stamp.
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148.00
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242358
J24 [1924 5 kr violet Postage Due] NH VF 4-block. Wonderfully fresh with near-perfect centering, brilliant color, and great perforations. It seems that few nice NH blocks of these issues remain. Priced at just below four times a single NH VF stamp.
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295.00
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247702
VF: 1938 Postage Due Overprint 5 øre YELLOW GREEN Ferie (Vacation) Savings Stamp. This is a scarcer stamp. As of November 2023, in 50 years I had only recorded having 6 examples (6 NH, plus another 1-2 examples before I started recording in the 1990s) of this stamp.
REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design.
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248119
J29 (1950 8 øre Engraved Postage Due) Used with XF centering, 4-BLOCK with a single, perfectly centered strike of a SØBORG 30 March 1954 cancellation. Taken from a larger block that had been used for bulk payment of postage due fees. Though according to the specialized catalogs, this stamp is not quite as scarce as the gray-violet 15 øre of the same series, in my experience it is much scarcer and it is constantly selling out whenever I can find a few examples. It is not a costly stamp by any means, but maybe it should be? This is the first time in 50 years that I have been able to offer any Used blocks!
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25.00
248120
J29 (1950 8 øre Engraved Postage Due) Used with VF centering, 4-BLOCK with a single, perfectly centered strike of a SØBORG 30 March 1954 cancellation. Taken from a larger block that had been used for bulk payment of postage due fees. Though according to the specialized catalogs, this stamp is not quite as scarce as the gray-violet 15 øre of the same series, in my experience it is much scarcer and it is constantly selling out whenever I can find a few examples. It is not a costly stamp by any means, but maybe it should be? This is the first time in 50 years that I have been able to offer any Used blocks!
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19.00
247837
1938 Postage Due Overprint 10 øre LIGHT ORANGE Ferie (Vacation) Savings Stamp. Mint, lightly hinged, with VF centering. As of 26 December 2023, this is one of only three examples, in any condition or quality, of this stamp that I believe that I have had in 50 years (and the only example that I have actually recorded having, in any condition or quality, since I started recording them in the 1990s). Very seldom offered!
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247838
1938 Postage Due Overprint 15 øre BRIGHT VIOLET Ferie (Vacation) Savings Stamp. Mint, without gum, with XF centering. As of 26 December 2023, this is one of only seven examples, in any condition or quality, of this stamp that I believe that I have had in 50 years (and only the 5th example that I have actually recorded having, in any condition or quality, since I started recording them in the 1990s -- but four of those had toned spots). Very seldom offered!
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247839
1938 Postage Due Overprint 25 øre GREENISH BLUE Ferie (Vacation) Savings Stamp. Mint, without gum, with F-VF centering. As of 26 December 2023, this is one of only two examples, in any condition or quality, of this stamp that I believe that I have had in 50 years (and the only example that I have actually recorded having, in any condition or quality, since I started recording them in the 1990s). Very seldom offered!
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