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248771 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
4-5, 6-11 [1860 5, 10 kop; 1866 5, 8, 10, 20, 40 penni, 1 mark Serpentines] THE COMPLETE SET OF 1893 OFFICIAL REPRINTS. NEVER HINGED, almost-matched set of lower left corner margins (only the 8 penni is not; it has only a bottom margin). FULL TEETH and with VF OR BETTER CENTERING. Incredibly fresh and bright. [Around 1995 I sold this set is from a freshly broken block; recently I purchased the entire collection of that client.] Only 1000 printed; undervalued in the catalogs, especially in such pristine condition. Wonderfully fresh -- a stunning set! ACTUAL item. |
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401186 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #4, K Spacing, Light Blue (Facit #3C1Kd) [1860 5 kopek Serpentine, Roulette I] Used with VF centering and FULL TEETH. The design is perfectly centered with small margins (excepted for K Spacing). This example has Facit "K" spacing between stamps (1.6 mm horizontally and 1.6 mm vertically). Even though measurement of the distance to the adjacent stamps is not possible because no adjacent framelines are present, the cancellation is dated 24 April 1864, which aligns with the Light Blue color of the Kd printing, and the small margins. Furthermore the LK Spacing was not distributed before 30 April 1864 and the L Spacing did not start until 5 September 1864, thus this can only be K spacing. Remarkably light color. Perfectly centered, with moderate "....FORS" 1864 "arc" style cancellation (which could be from HELSINGFORS or TAMMERFORS). There is an additional, typical, "x" (actually a double-x in one direction) manuscript cancellation that is not as neat as it could be. A nice example with good overall appearance. Facit 2024 value for FULL TEETH is SEK 1800. ACTUAL item. |
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139.00 |
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401189 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #8, Facit #7v3C3 [1866 (actually 1870 for this) 10 penni Ordinary STRAW-YELLOW Paper, Roulette III] Used with VF centering and very attractive, light, partial "arc" style cancellation. A few shorter teeth, but a remarkably nice example of a stamp that is hard to find with such nice appearance. While this is certainly not "full teeth", it is a very reasonable example at a great price. In my experience, in many collections, Scott #8 (scarcer, ordinary paper) and #13 (less scarce, laid paper) are mixed up, with a #13 (laid paper) in the place intended for #8 (ordinary paper). ACTUAL item. |
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99.00 |
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401620 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #10 Light Carmine on Pale Rose Paper, Facit #9v1C3 [1866 40 penni Roulette III, Ordinary Pale Rose Paper] Used with F-VF centering and a couple short teeth, but with two well-hidden small tears. Very attractive appearance; most people would not find the small tears without examining for a while with a 10x loupe. With a BLUE, neat RAILWAY STATION straight-line cancellation. Unfortunately, I have not been able to decipher the cancellation other than it is in a serif font and has 6-7 characters showing (with perhaps more characters off the stamp). There are only 45 straight-line (railway station) cancellations listed by Gummesson / Ossa / Stenberg (1974) -- with this stamp I will include illustrated photocopies of that listing -- perhaps you can determine which this is. All examples of this cancellation type are at least "scarce" and some are "rare". Price low for the stamp quality, but still a very unusual item! ACTUAL item. |
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14.00 |
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401190 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #12 Dark Lilac Brown on Pale Lilac LAID Paper, Facit #5v1C3a [1866 5 penni Laid Paper, Roulette III (this paper, color, and roulette 1867)] Mint, NO GUM, with Fine centering (typical for Mint / Unused examples of this stamp). Two teeth partially short (right side near top and bottom at left corner), but the initial impression is that this is a full-teeth stamp. Mint / Unused examples of this stamp are quite hard to find; with-gum examples are "very scarce". An attractive stamp in much better-than-usual quality. A nice example at a very attractive price. ACTUAL item. |
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139.00 |
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