| 1882-1884 "Four Numerals" Perforation 12.5 |  Top |
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249831 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
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. |
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8.00 |
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25 [1882 2 penni 4-Numeral, perf 12.5] original-issue stamp with boxed 23 x 8 mm black "SPECIMEN" overprint by metal handstamp (vertical, reading down from left). Mint with VF centering and full original gum, but ink stain on reverse. Wonderful appearance. Extremely scarce. It is believed that 500 were so overprinted in 1892 and 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. ACTUAL item. |
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95.00 Reference |
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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. |
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22.00 |
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27 [1882 10 penni brown 4-Numerals, Perf 12.5] NEVER HINGED 4-BLOCK with VF centering and perfect original gum. While single stamps of this quality are quite scarce; the surviving blocks are extremely scarce as they are too often broken up for the singles. The single stamps in this NH block, with this centering, would fetch $225 each. The Facit 2024 value for a NH block with normal centering is SEK 7000, but this centering is much nicer than normal. An outstanding example! ACTUAL item. |
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795.00 |
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27 Grayish Brown [1882 10 penni brown 4-Numerals, Perf 12.5] Used with F-VF centering with unusually large margins. Neat, light 2-ring cancellation. A very pretty stamp. ACTUAL item. |
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24.00 |
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27 Grayish Brown [1882 10 penni brown 4-Numerals, Perf 12.5] Used with F-VF centering and partial arc-style cancellation. Attractive example. ACTUAL item. |
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22.00 |
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Finland Scott #27 Dark Brown [1882 10 penni brown 4-Numerals, Perforation 12.5] Used with VF centering, but with a thin. Unusually dark color and with a neat, crisp, partial ÅLAND 1883 (MA)RIEHAMN arc-style cancellation. A great-looking example of a stamp that is scarce used in Åland. ACTUAL item. |
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19.00 |
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238766 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
27 [1882 10 penni 4-Numeral, perf 12.5] original-issue stamp with boxed 23 x 8 mm black "SPECIMEN" overprint by metal handstamp (vertical, reading up from right). Mint with VF centering and full original gum, but slight paper aging and very small thin spot. Extremely scarce. It is believed that 500 were so overprinted in 1892 and 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. ACTUAL item. |
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85.00 Reference |
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238767 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
28 [1882 20 penni 4-Numeral, perf 12.5] original-issue stamp with boxed 23 x 8 mm black "SPECIMEN" overprint by metal handstamp (vertical, reading up from right). Mint with F-VF+ centering and full original gum. Extremely scarce. It is believed that 500 were so overprinted in 1892 and 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. ACTUAL item. |
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130.00 Reference |
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247485 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
28 [1881 20 penni light ultramarine 4-Numeral (1882-1884 printing)] PLATE PROOF in LIGHT ULTRAMARINE with variable impression on ungummed, white paper, in imperforate right-margin horizontal pair. Never Hinged (never gummed), VF with large margins. Proof from original plate, NOT printed later from defaced, scrapped plate. Proofs of the 20 penni are not well documented. I cannot recall previously seeing this color shade. Wonderfully fresh. Proofs of this issue are quite scarce and are seldom offered. ACTUAL item. |
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