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400101 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
DRUMSÖ Shipping Company Stamp: Lape #28 [1914 10 penni multicolored] This ferry service, founded by businessman Julius Tallberg, served the island of Drumsö (now within greater Helsinki), from 1914 to 1936, with a purpose-built steam ferry also named Drumsö and pictured on the stamps. The ferry could travel in both directions without turning around. The stamps were used on letters (and parcels) May 3, 1914 through May 31, 1915 when a government mailbox was placed on the island; after that time the stamps could only be used for parcels. Used examples are rare. The stamps are all similar design, lithographed, perforated 11.5, and were printed in different sheet sizes for different issues. Imperforates or proofs exist of some (rare). Of all the Finnish shipping company stamps, the Drumsö stamps are certainly the most artistic and colorful. Perhaps because of the proximity to philatelic life in Helsinki, the Drumsö stamps are more available than most of the Finnish shipping company stamps, but can still be quite hard to find. The handbook by Connell states that this stamp was printed in sheets of ten (2x5), but based on my observations, either the sheet size was larger or there was more than on version of the lithograph plate (stone). Printing this 4-color stamp would have been a very complex process. SINGLE STAMP, NEVER HINGED with F-VF centering. Very fresh. ACTUAL item. |
27.00 |
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400097 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
DRUMSÖ Shipping Company Stamp: Lape #28 [1914 10 penni multicolored] This ferry service, founded by businessman Julius Tallberg, served the island of Drumsö (now within greater Helsinki), from 1914 to 1936, with a purpose-built steam ferry also named Drumsö and pictured on the stamps. The ferry could travel in both directions without turning around. The stamps were used on letters (and parcels) May 3, 1914 through May 31, 1915 when a government mailbox was placed on the island; after that time the stamps could only be used for parcels. Used examples are rare. The stamps are all similar design, lithographed, perforated 11.5, and were printed in different sheet sizes for different issues. Imperforates or proofs exist of some (rare). Of all the Finnish shipping company stamps, the Drumsö stamps are certainly the most artistic and colorful. Perhaps because of the proximity to philatelic life in Helsinki, the Drumsö stamps are more available than most of the Finnish shipping company stamps, but can still be quite hard to find. The handbook by Connell states that this stamp was printed in sheets of ten (2x5), but based on my observations, either the sheet size was larger or there was more than on version of the lithograph plate (stone). Printing this 4-color stamp would have been a very complex process. SINGLE STAMP, NEVER HINGED with F-VF centering. Very fresh. ACTUAL item. |
27.00 |
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400098 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
DRUMSÖ Shipping Company Stamp: Lape #28 [1914 10 penni multicolored] This ferry service, founded by businessman Julius Tallberg, served the island of Drumsö (now within greater Helsinki), from 1914 to 1936, with a purpose-built steam ferry also named Drumsö and pictured on the stamps. The ferry could travel in both directions without turning around. The stamps were used on letters (and parcels) May 3, 1914 through May 31, 1915 when a government mailbox was placed on the island; after that time the stamps could only be used for parcels. Used examples are rare. The stamps are all similar design, lithographed, perforated 11.5, and were printed in different sheet sizes for different issues. Imperforates or proofs exist of some (rare). Of all the Finnish shipping company stamps, the Drumsö stamps are certainly the most artistic and colorful. Perhaps because of the proximity to philatelic life in Helsinki, the Drumsö stamps are more available than most of the Finnish shipping company stamps, but can still be quite hard to find. The handbook by Connell states that this stamp was printed in sheets of ten (2x5), but based on my observations, either the sheet size was larger or there was more than on version of the lithograph plate (stone). Printing this 4-color stamp would have been a very complex process. SINGLE STAMP, NEVER HINGED with F-VF centering. Very fresh. ACTUAL item. |
27.00 |
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400099 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
DRUMSÖ Shipping Company Stamp: Lape #28 [1914 10 penni multicolored] This ferry service, founded by businessman Julius Tallberg, served the island of Drumsö (now within greater Helsinki), from 1914 to 1936, with a purpose-built steam ferry also named Drumsö and pictured on the stamps. The ferry could travel in both directions without turning around. The stamps were used on letters (and parcels) May 3, 1914 through May 31, 1915 when a government mailbox was placed on the island; after that time the stamps could only be used for parcels. Used examples are rare. The stamps are all similar design, lithographed, perforated 11.5, and were printed in different sheet sizes for different issues. Imperforates or proofs exist of some (rare). Of all the Finnish shipping company stamps, the Drumsö stamps are certainly the most artistic and colorful. Perhaps because of the proximity to philatelic life in Helsinki, the Drumsö stamps are more available than most of the Finnish shipping company stamps, but can still be quite hard to find. The handbook by Connell states that this stamp was printed in sheets of ten (2x5), but based on my observations, either the sheet size was larger or there was more than on version of the lithograph plate (stone). Printing this 4-color stamp would have been a very complex process. SINGLE STAMP, NEVER HINGED with F-VF centering. Very fresh. ACTUAL item. |
27.00 |
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400100 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
DRUMSÖ Shipping Company Stamp: Lape #28 [1914 10 penni multicolored] This ferry service, founded by businessman Julius Tallberg, served the island of Drumsö (now within greater Helsinki), from 1914 to 1936, with a purpose-built steam ferry also named Drumsö and pictured on the stamps. The ferry could travel in both directions without turning around. The stamps were used on letters (and parcels) May 3, 1914 through May 31, 1915 when a government mailbox was placed on the island; after that time the stamps could only be used for parcels. Used examples are rare. The stamps are all similar design, lithographed, perforated 11.5, and were printed in different sheet sizes for different issues. Imperforates or proofs exist of some (rare). Of all the Finnish shipping company stamps, the Drumsö stamps are certainly the most artistic and colorful. Perhaps because of the proximity to philatelic life in Helsinki, the Drumsö stamps are more available than most of the Finnish shipping company stamps, but can still be quite hard to find. The handbook by Connell states that this stamp was printed in sheets of ten (2x5), but based on my observations, either the sheet size was larger or there was more than on version of the lithograph plate (stone). Printing this 4-color stamp would have been a very complex process. SINGLE STAMP, NEVER HINGED with F-VF centering. Very fresh. ACTUAL item. |
27.00 |
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400096 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
DRUMSÖ Shipping Company Stamp: Lape #28 [1914 10 penni multicolored] This ferry service, founded by businessman Julius Tallberg, served the island of Drumsö (now within greater Helsinki), from 1914 to 1936, with a purpose-built steam ferry also named Drumsö and pictured on the stamps. The ferry could travel in both directions without turning around. The stamps were used on letters (and parcels) May 3, 1914 through May 31, 1915 when a government mailbox was placed on the island; after that time the stamps could only be used for parcels. Used examples are rare. The stamps are all similar design, lithographed, perforated 11.5, and were printed in different sheet sizes for different issues. Imperforates or proofs exist of some (rare). Of all the Finnish shipping company stamps, the Drumsö stamps are certainly the most artistic and colorful. Perhaps because of the proximity to philatelic life in Helsinki, the Drumsö stamps are more available than most of the Finnish shipping company stamps, but can still be quite hard to find. The handbook by Connell states that this stamp was printed in sheets of ten (2x5), but based on my observations, either the sheet size was larger or there was more than on version of the lithograph plate (stone). Printing this 4-color stamp would have been a very complex process. BLOCK OF 10 Without Margins AN APPARENT FULL SHEET (per Connell), NEVER HINGED with F-VF/VF/XF centering. Only minor perforation separation between the bottom two stamps. Very fresh. AN IMPORTANT ITEM DOCUMENTING PLATE POSITIONS. Break-up value is at least $330 based on centering. ACTUAL item. |
285.00 |
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400107 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
DRUMSÖ Shipping Company Stamp: Lape #30 [1915 (?) 25 penni red/vermilion] This ferry service, founded by businessman Julius Tallberg, served the island of Drumsö (now within greater Helsinki), from 1914 to 1936, with a purpose-built steam ferry also named Drumsö and pictured on the stamps. The ferry could travel in both directions without turning around. The stamps were used on letters (and parcels) May 3, 1914 through May 31, 1915 when a government mailbox was placed on the island; after that time the stamps could only be used for parcels. Used examples are rare. The stamps are all similar design, lithographed, perforated 11.5, and were printed in different sheet sizes for different issues. Imperforates or proofs exist of some (rare). Of all the Finnish shipping company stamps, the Drumsö stamps are certainly the most artistic and colorful. Perhaps because of the proximity to philatelic life in Helsinki, the Drumsö stamps are more available than most of the Finnish shipping company stamps, but can still be quite hard to find. The handbook by Connell states that this stamp was printed in sheets of four (2x2) with the rows tete-beche relative to each other (JSA: the two rows are always head-to-head). Based on my observation that all the sheets of this stamp that I have examined have identical plate varieties in the diagonally opposite stamps, these likely were printed with two strikes of a two-subject plate using a technique called "run and turn", thus creating the tete-beche result. Connell also stated that "It is clear that the 25 penni had several printings... [which can be] subdivided into ... smooth ... [vs] ... vertical streaking. Within the smooth (glassy) gum, I have recorded yellowish vs white paper and more and less intense color (which may or may not be a different printing). LOWER RIGHT CORNER, YELLOWISH PAPER, INTENSE COLOR, GLASSY GUM, SINGLE STAMP, NEVER HINGED with XF centering. Very fresh. ACTUAL item. |
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400108 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
DRUMSÖ Shipping Company Stamp: Lape #30 [1915 (?) 25 penni red/vermilion] This ferry service, founded by businessman Julius Tallberg, served the island of Drumsö (now within greater Helsinki), from 1914 to 1936, with a purpose-built steam ferry also named Drumsö and pictured on the stamps. The ferry could travel in both directions without turning around. The stamps were used on letters (and parcels) May 3, 1914 through May 31, 1915 when a government mailbox was placed on the island; after that time the stamps could only be used for parcels. Used examples are rare. The stamps are all similar design, lithographed, perforated 11.5, and were printed in different sheet sizes for different issues. Imperforates or proofs exist of some (rare). Of all the Finnish shipping company stamps, the Drumsö stamps are certainly the most artistic and colorful. Perhaps because of the proximity to philatelic life in Helsinki, the Drumsö stamps are more available than most of the Finnish shipping company stamps, but can still be quite hard to find. The handbook by Connell states that this stamp was printed in sheets of four (2x2) with the rows tete-beche relative to each other (JSA: the two rows are always head-to-head). Based on my observation that all the sheets of this stamp that I have examined have identical plate varieties in the diagonally opposite stamps, these likely were printed with two strikes of a two-subject plate using a technique called "run and turn", thus creating the tete-beche result. Connell also stated that "It is clear that the 25 penni had several printings... [which can be] subdivided into ... smooth ... [vs] ... vertical streaking. Within the smooth (glassy) gum, I have recorded yellowish vs white paper and more and less intense color (which may or may not be a different printing). LOWER RIGHT CORNER, WHITE PAPER, INTENSE COLOR, GLASSY GUM, SINGLE STAMP, NEVER HINGED with XF centering, but a couple blunted perforations at top. Very fresh. ACTUAL item. |
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400110 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
DRUMSÖ Shipping Company Stamp: Lape #30 [1915 (?) 25 penni red/vermilion] This ferry service, founded by businessman Julius Tallberg, served the island of Drumsö (now within greater Helsinki), from 1914 to 1936, with a purpose-built steam ferry also named Drumsö and pictured on the stamps. The ferry could travel in both directions without turning around. The stamps were used on letters (and parcels) May 3, 1914 through May 31, 1915 when a government mailbox was placed on the island; after that time the stamps could only be used for parcels. Used examples are rare. The stamps are all similar design, lithographed, perforated 11.5, and were printed in different sheet sizes for different issues. Imperforates or proofs exist of some (rare). Of all the Finnish shipping company stamps, the Drumsö stamps are certainly the most artistic and colorful. Perhaps because of the proximity to philatelic life in Helsinki, the Drumsö stamps are more available than most of the Finnish shipping company stamps, but can still be quite hard to find. The handbook by Connell states that this stamp was printed in sheets of four (2x2) with the rows tete-beche relative to each other (JSA: the two rows are always head-to-head). Based on my observation that all the sheets of this stamp that I have examined have identical plate varieties in the diagonally opposite stamps, these likely were printed with two strikes of a two-subject plate using a technique called "run and turn", thus creating the tete-beche result. Connell also stated that "It is clear that the 25 penni had several printings... [which can be] subdivided into ... smooth ... [vs] ... vertical streaking. Within the smooth (glassy) gum, I have recorded yellowish vs white paper and more and less intense color (which may or may not be a different printing). FULL TETE-BECHE SHEET OF FOUR, YELLOWISH PAPER, MUTED COLOR, GLASSY GUM, NEVER HINGED with XF centering. Very fresh. ACTUAL item. |
130.00 |
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400111 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
DRUMSÖ Shipping Company Stamp: Lape #30 [1915 (?) 25 penni red/vermilion] This ferry service, founded by businessman Julius Tallberg, served the island of Drumsö (now within greater Helsinki), from 1914 to 1936, with a purpose-built steam ferry also named Drumsö and pictured on the stamps. The ferry could travel in both directions without turning around. The stamps were used on letters (and parcels) May 3, 1914 through May 31, 1915 when a government mailbox was placed on the island; after that time the stamps could only be used for parcels. Used examples are rare. The stamps are all similar design, lithographed, perforated 11.5, and were printed in different sheet sizes for different issues. Imperforates or proofs exist of some (rare). Of all the Finnish shipping company stamps, the Drumsö stamps are certainly the most artistic and colorful. Perhaps because of the proximity to philatelic life in Helsinki, the Drumsö stamps are more available than most of the Finnish shipping company stamps, but can still be quite hard to find. The handbook by Connell states that this stamp was printed in sheets of four (2x2) with the rows tete-beche relative to each other (JSA: the two rows are always head-to-head). Based on my observation that all the sheets of this stamp that I have examined have identical plate varieties in the diagonally opposite stamps, these likely were printed with two strikes of a two-subject plate using a technique called "run and turn", thus creating the tete-beche result. Connell also stated that "It is clear that the 25 penni had several printings... [which can be] subdivided into ... smooth ... [vs] ... vertical streaking. Within the smooth (glassy) gum, I have recorded yellowish vs white paper and more and less intense color (which may or may not be a different printing). FULL TETE-BECHE SHEET OF FOUR, YELLOWISH PAPER, MUTED COLOR, GLASSY GUM, NEVER HINGED with XF centering. Very fresh. ACTUAL item. |
130.00 |
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