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Finland: Cancellations: By Stamp - 1881-1884 4-Numerals - Perf 12.5

Scott numbers have been used for the stamps unless otherwise indicated. Both single stamps and pieces bearing nice cancellations and complete covers / cards bearing nice cancellations (including transit and receiver postmarks when relevant) have been included in this "cancellation" listing. In the case of cancellations on individual stamps, the quality / centering of the stamp is stated separately from the quality / centering of the cancellation. In a postmark / cancellation context, the quality / centering of the cancellation is usually the dominant driver of the value. All of these items and many thousands more are available for viewing on approval. Please request approvals; due to lack of time, the vast majority of my Finnish cancellations and covers stock will never make it to the website or price lists.

Many cancellations will be listed (copied) by multiple methods of organization: By Town and/or By Type (for many, but not all types) and/or By Service (railway, ship, etc.). The By Type organization (web pages) has only been created for cancellation types that either older and/or typically exist for fewer towns and/or are particularly popular types. Thus some of bridge-style types and all the later single-ring types are usually only listed By Town. (I am willing to consider expanding the By Type organization if clients express serious interest in having such.) Finnish stamps used in Åland may be listed here in some cases, but the best places to look for those are in the completely separate listings of Åland covers and cancellations.

Cancellations starting with the letter "Å", "Ä" and "Ö" are at the end of the A-Z alphabet. Many Finnish cancellations, particularly on the western side of the country where Swedish is the dominant language, have both Finnish-language and Swedish-language spellings. When a cancellation includes both spellings, both will have been copied to their respective alphabetical order in this listing. However, Russian-language spellings have not been copied into this listing (look for those by the Finnish spelling). Additionally, some town name spellings have changed over time. For the purpose of this cancellation listing, the spelling actually in the cancellation has been used, thus if you are looking for a particular town, look in the appropriate multiple places each possible spelling might be located in the alphabet.

There is no single reference book for Finnish cancellations. In fact, for certain types of cancellations, there may be no published reference books at all. However, there is a book that lists all post office names, as well as several books that either list cancellations by type or, in certain cases, by region (Arctic, Lost Territories, Åland). Most of these books are long out of print, but I do sometimes have them available for sale. Please inquire regarding your specific interests.

By Stamp - 1881-1884 4-Numerals - Perf 12.5

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249831

Scott #25 [1883 2 penni gray 4-Numerals, Perforation 12.5] Used with XF centering, but with a thin. Fresh and delicate color and with a neat, crisp, partial circular grid of squares carved / cork cancellation. Enough of the cancellation is present that it might be possible to identify the town at which this device was used. A handsome example.

ACTUAL item.

8.00

243080

26 Salmon, Facit #13LC2a [1881 (1882 printing, thin frame lines) 5 penni 4-Numeral, Perf 12.5] Used XF-Superb with Superb centered (but inverted) arc-style HELSINGFORS cancellation in which the year date seems to have been intentionally (?) omitted. Delicate color, wonderful appearance.

ACTUAL item.

22.00

401718

Scott #27 [1882 10 penni brown 4-Numerals, Perforation 12.5] Used with F-VF+ centering, but with a very faint, small thin spot (you may need a magnifying glass to see it). Especially interesting on this stamp -- which for some reason is quite unusual with a railway cancellation -- is that it has a "(FINSKA) POST KU(PEN) / No 10" 14 January 1884 RAILWAY cancellation. Though the cancellation is a partial strike, all the identification and dating details are complete. Not adding any value for the cancellation, an example of the ordinary stamp with this centering would be $22!

ACTUAL item.

6.50

401719

Scott #30, Facit #19LC2c Pale Bluish Lilac [1882 1 mark 4-Numerals, Perforation 12.5] Used with Superb centering and a bold carved "cork" cancellation (circular area divided into squares and bars). The cancellation strike appears to be about 70% complete and has a very distinctive longer "corner bar" that spans two columns [at upper left in the image of the stamp]. The only even-close match that I can find for this carving is Laitinen #182 used at Nystad. That cancellation device is known used on stamps of the 1882-1889 stamp issues and over that long time (a long time for a carved cancel device) the device wore significantly. However, this cancellation strike is very sharp with quite large segments compared to the two illustrations in Laitinen, suggesting that this cancellation strike was done early in the life of the device. This particular stamp printing was distributed starting 7 January 1883, thus that fits with an early strike of that cancellation device. A stunning example! Such pretty examples of this printing are seldom offered; they are especially difficult to find with carved cancellations.

ACTUAL item.

69.00

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