18, Facit #13SC1f [1875 5 penni 4-Numeral, Perf 11] Brilliant Brownish Orange Used 4-BLOCK with 14 April 1880 Helsingfors 4-ring cancellations. Centering within the block ranges from F-VF to Superb. This printing is one of the scarcer colors (Facit 2014 SEK 350 per stamp). Used blocks are very scarce; Facit 2014 indicates block values "from" SEK 3000 for the most common colors, while the Norma Catalog indicates a multiplier of 20x the singles price which is approximately 700 Euros! A handsome and scarce block!
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390.00
242644
18 [1875 5 penni 4-Numeral, Perf 11] Used with VF-XF centering and boxed "ANK" (Swedish for received or arrival) cancellation. Would be XF or Superb if not for an extremely wide left margin. Oversize stamp all around. Brilliant Yellow-Orange color. Very attractive example!
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22.00
401714
Scott #18 Pale Orange [1875 5 penni 4-Numerals, Perforation 11] Used with VF centering but has XF overall appearance. Very fresh and attractive with delicate color, very light cancellation, and "perfect" perforations. Though light and partial, the cancellation can be determined to be a sans-serif "PIELISJ(ÄRVI) arc-style cancellation. [Gummesson / Ossa / Stenberg (1974) state that this cancellation is known from "...the end of 1875 until 1890." Though this is not a "scarce" stamp, examples this nice looking are hard to find.
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13.00
244522
19 Dark Bluish Green on Medium Paper, Facit #14Sc (Bluish) [1875 8 penni 4-Numeral, Perf 11] Mint, disturbed original gum, with F-VF centering. Deep, rich color. A very attractive example!
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190.00
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231366
19 Dark Green Blue, Used with Superb centering, but tiny tear between two perfs. Very neat low-box ULEAB(ORG) cancel. Otherwise $90+!
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29.00
243075
19 Dark Bluish Green on Thin Paper, Facit #14Sc (Bluish) [1875 8 penni 4-Numeral, Perf 11] Used with VF centering and neat town (partial ABO 2-ring) cancellation. The color difference is subtle, but this is the Dark Bluish Green. The paper is always thin on this color, but this example is unusually bright white. An excellent, attractive example.
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65.00
215035
19 Dark Blue Green [1875 8 penni 4-Numeral, Perf 11] Used with F-VF centering, wonderful dark color, and neat, light, partial railway cancellation.
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46.00
242646
19 [1875 8 penni LIGHT BLUISH GREEN 4-Numeral, Perf 11] Used with Fine centering and light cancellation. Looks nice, but has crease and thin. This is the first color/printing of the 8 penni stamp; only 70,000 were printed of the total 450,000 8 penni stamps. Because it is such a distinct color I have (just now) pointed out to the Scott editors that I think it should be listed in the Scott Classic catalog. Facit SEK 650. Offered at a very low price.
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9.00
401715
Scott #21 Ultramarine [1875 20 penni 4-Numerals, Perforation 11] Used with XF centering, very large margins, and partial 9 December 1881 cancellation. Very fresh and attractive with excellent color, very light corner cancellation, and "perfect" perforations. Though this is certainly not a "scarce" stamp, examples this nice looking can be hard to find.
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6.00
237535
21 [1875 20 penni Ultramarine 4-Numeral, Perf 11] Used F-VF with sharp RAILWAY "42" 1870s cancellation. Attractive.
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7.50
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22 [1875 25 penni 4-Numeral, Perf 11] Bright (Dark) Carmine. Used F-VF with neat, light 1882 cancel. Though this color does not have a higher catalog value, it is much harder to find nice examples -- and it is the prettiest of the colors.
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20.00
401716
Scott #22 Dark Carmine [1879 25 penni carmine 4-Numerals, Perforation 11] Used with VF centering, but with a tiny tear only in the left margin (you may need a 10x magnifier to find it). Neat 2-ring ÅB(O) cancellation. Very fresh and pretty appearance with intense color. This would otherwise be $16.75!
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4.00
238563
23 Dark Carmine [1875 32 penni 4-Numerals, Perf 11] Used Superb centered WITH JUMBO MARGINS, but with unobtrusive margin thin. 1876 railway cancellation. Very attractive with brilliant color.
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22.00
401619
Scott #23 Dark Carmine [1875 32 penni 4-Numerals, Perforation 11] Used with XF centering and a Superbly struck, 98% complete, rounded-boxed "FR.KO" (franko = franco = paid) cancellation. This cancellation is often seen on covers, but much less often used to cancel the stamp(s), and seldom well centered on a stamp. Wonderful deep color with perforations as "perfect" as they get for this stamp. A beautiful example; the nicest I have seen in a long time!
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45.00
400456
Scott #23 Carmine [1875 32 penni 4-Numerals, Perf 11] Used with F-VF centering and extremely light, neat lower-corner cancellation. Wonderful color and excellent cancellations. Though "only" F-VF centered the total appearance of this stamp is of a Superb example! One of the prettiest examples I have seen in a long time!
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49.00
238769
(23) [(1875) 32 penni 4-Numeral] Perforation 12.5 Official Reprint with boxed 23 x 8 mm black "SPECIMEN" overprint by metal handstamp (diagonal lower left to upper right, reading up from right). Mint with VF centering and full original gum. Extremely scarce. Both 500 unoverprinted and 500 specimen-overprinted reprints (supplies of the original stamps were exhausted) were ordered in 1892; the specimens were sent to the Russian postal administration for onward distribution. They were likely largely distributed via the UPU to other UPU member countries and thus most are still in postal archives and museums; the few examples available to collectors have likely been "liberated" one way or another. Examples are seldom seen and are grossly undervalued in the market, largely due to never having been properly listed in the specialized catalogs.
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