| 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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Scott #25 Light Gray [1883 2 penni gray 4-Numerals, Perforation 12.5] Used with F-VF+ centering and light cancellation, but with a tiny thin speck (you may need to use a 10x magnifier to find it). This centering would otherwise be $17.00! ACTUAL item. |
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4.00 |
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238765 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
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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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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401618 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #27 Light Olive Brown, Facit #15SC2b [1882 10 penni 4-Numeral, "Senate" Printing, Perforation 12.5] Used with XF-Superb centering and great color, "perfect" perforations, and a very light, correct cancellation. Very pretty example! ACTUAL item. |
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33.00 |
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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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243892 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
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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401718 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #27 [1882 10 penni brown 4-Numerals, Perforation 12.5] Used with F-VF+ centering, but with a very faint, small thin spot (you may need a magnifying glass to see it). Especially interesting on this stamp -- which for some reason is quite unusual with a railway cancellation -- is that it has a "(FINSKA) POST KU(PEN) / No 10" 14 January 1884 RAILWAY cancellation. Though the cancellation is a partial strike, all the identification and dating details are complete. Not adding any value for the cancellation, an example of the ordinary stamp with this centering would be $22! ACTUAL item. |
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6.50 |
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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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