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23 "Light" Carmine [1875 32 penni 4-Numeral, Perf 11] This example is either the very scarce Light Carmine "c" color or the Light Reddish Carmine "e" color (Facit 18Sc or 18Se). The c and e designations are used by most or all specialized catalogs following the modern standards for the 1875 issue. (This is not the Rose color.) The "c" color is the rarest of all the colors of this stamp; the "c" color is valued at five times the "e" color. Based on the color digital images in the 1875 book by Heikki Reinikainen, Jussi Murtosaari, and Jeffrey Stone, I believe it to be the very scarce "c" color, but I do not have adequate reference examples to prove it. While the cancellation is a scarcer type on this stamp, the lack of cancellation date does not help with the color / printing identification. Used with F-VF+ centering and a scarce, neat, 95% complete (but inverted), "FR.KO" [paid] boxed with angled corners cancellation. Very attractive and likely very scarce. Priced with a premium for the cancellation, but not at the value of the "c" color. |
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