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249317 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #Q1a, Facit #P1, AFA #1, Daka #1, Wowern #1 [1905 1 øre Pakke-Porto Perforation 12.25] Used with XF centering, but with some blunted perforation tips. The cancellation on this stamp is one that I do not recognize and that I cannot find in the literature; it may or may not be genuinely applied. It has the appearance of being circular or a mostly-circular oval shape, potentially with some features in reverse (white on black). It recalls the appearance of "government office handstamps" and/or wax letter seal stamps. Such a cancellation is theoretically possible; if it is genuine it would be very rare. I cannot render an opinion on the genuineness of the cancellation. Regardless, the overall appearance is nice and the price is very low for this scarce stamp! Scott 2025 value is $890 Used and $660 Mint; Facit 2024 value is SEK 9000 Used and SEK 6000 Mint. As a starting point, I have priced the stamp based on the lower of those values, adjusted for the quality of the perforations, etc. ACTUAL item. |
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179.00 |
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249318 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #Q1a, Facit #P1, AFA #1, Daka #1, Wowern #1 [1905 1 øre Pakke-Porto Perforation 12.25] Used with Superb centering, but with a couple shorter perforations and a thin spot at lower left. The cancellation is a wonderful, PERFECTLY CENTERED, violet, crown over 3 lines, "STYRELESEN / AF / KOLONIERE I GRØNLAN(D)" strike ("The Administration for the Colonies in Greenland"). It appears that the violet postmark ink ran slightly when the stamp was soaked, but the overall appearance is wonderful. The price is very low for this scarce stamp! Scott 2025 value is $890; Facit 2024 value is SEK 9000 Used! If not for the thin spot, etc., this example, with such a perfectly centered and 99% complete cancellation would sell for more than full catalog value. ACTUAL item. |
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199.00 |
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249319 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #Q1a, Facit #P1, AFA #1, Daka #1, Wowern #1 [1905 1 øre Pakke-Porto Perforation 12.25] Used with F-VF centering, but the perforations trimmed at bottom. The cancellation is very nice and virtually complete "crossed swords" strike of the violet, crown over 1 line, mixed-case "(A)dminisrationen for Kolonierne I Grønlan(d)" strike ("Administration for the Colonies in Greenland"). The price is very low for this scarce stamp! Scott 2025 value is $890; Facit 2024 value is SEK 9000 Used! If not for the trimmed bottom, sell for $725! ACTUAL item. |
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89.00 |
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242956 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #Q3, Facit #P6II, Daka #8II, Wowern #23 [1918 5 øre Pakke-Porto, 1924 Printing II, Light Red Brown, Perforation 11.5] Used with XF centering and huge margins, but with light vertical crease that is mostly only visible from the backside. For reasons not known to me, vertical creases are fairly typical on this printing of the 5 øre stamp. Beautiful example. Otherwise would be $160 for this centering. ACTUAL item. |
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59.00 |
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246046 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #Q3, Facit #P6II, Daka #8II, Wowern #23 [1918 5 øre Pakke-Porto, 1924 Printing II, Light Red Brown, Perforation 11.5] Used with VF-XF centering and huge, even margins, but with natural vertical crease and generalized vertical banding that is mostly only visible from the backside. Vertical creases and banding are quite typical and "natural" in the paper on this printing of the 5 øre stamp. Wowern listed plate variety "Cg": "Extra curl on tip of left-most wave" from sheet position 25. Beautiful example with light, but completely proper black oval cancellation. Otherwise would be $150 (without consideration of the plate variety) for this centering. ACTUAL item. |
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59.00 |
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249323 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #Q3a, Facit #P2IIC, AFA#2A, Daka-Wowern #4a [5 øre Pakke-Porto, Perforation 12.25, Printing II, 1910 Light Red Brown] Used with Superb centering, but with a "hidden" tear at left and a thin. Neat "crossed swords" strike of the violet, crown over 1 line, mixed-case "Administrationen for Kolonierne I Grønland" ("Administration for the Colonies in Greenland") cancellation. This stamp is from the 1910 second printing of the Perf 12.25 5 øre, which was in light red-brown. Of this printing, only 9 stamps per sheet were perforated on all four sides; only 3600 such stamps originally existed (and today far fewer still exist). The Facit 2024 value for this stamp in undamaged condition is SEK 7500! This example looks great, but because of the faults, it is priced very low! ACTUAL item. |
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119.00 |
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249324 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #Q3a, Facit #P2IIC, AFA#2A, Daka-Wowern #4a [5 øre Pakke-Porto, Perforation 12.25, Printing II, 1910 Light Red Brown] Used with VF centering, but with a tiny thin spot in the hinge area. Full strike of the violet, double-oval "[crown] / STYRELSEN AF / KOLONIERNE I GRØNLAND" ("The Administration of the Colonies in Greenland") cancellation. The cancellation appears to have been slightly affected when the stamp was soaked off paper, but that is typical for this cancellation. This stamp is from the 1910 second printing of the Perf 12.25 5 øre, which was in light red-brown. Of this printing, only 9 stamps per sheet were perforated on all four sides; only 3600 such stamps originally existed (and today far fewer still exist). The Facit 2024 value for this stamp in undamaged condition is SEK 7500! This example looks great, but because of the tiny thin, it is priced very low! ACTUAL item. |
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269.00 |
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249328 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #Q4a, Facit #P3IIB, AFA#3A1, Daka-Wowern #5b [10 øre Pakke-Porto, Perforation 12.25, Printing II, 1910 Blue] Used with Superb centering, but faint corner crease at lower right (only visible from the reverse). This stamp is from the 1910 second printing of the Perf 12.25 10 øre, which was in a lighter, more greenish blue color and is on whiter paper. By deduction (it is a top sheet margin example with a natural straight edge and does not have the plate varieties that occur in the other two positions that could have this margin) this example is from position 2 of the sheet. Only 500 sheets (12,500 stamps total) originally existed from this printing and of those only 1500 examples originally existed with this top margin straight edge -- certainly far fewer still exist today! It seems that the majority of the extant examples have small quality problems, thus the quality of this example is somewhat typical, but this one has much better centering. The Facit 2024 value is SEK 5000. This is a wonderful looking example of a scarce stamp, at a very reasonable price. ACTUAL item. |
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169.00 |
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249332 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #Q4a, Facit #P3IID, AFA#3A2, Daka-Wowern #5c [10 øre Pakke-Porto, Perforation 12.25, Printing II, 1910 Blue] Used with Superb centering and JUMBO MARGINS, however, it has tiny bend in the left margin and a tiny thin speck -- you may need to use a 10x magnifying glass to see them. This stamp is from the 1910 second printing of the Perf 12.25 10 øre, which was in a lighter, more greenish blue color and is on whiter paper. This example is from position of the sheet with upper left straight edge sheet margins. Only 500 sheets (12,500 stamps total) originally existed from this printing and of those only 500 examples originally existed with this upper left corner margin straight edge -- certainly far fewer still exist today! It seems that the majority of the extant examples have small quality problems, thus the quality of this example is not unusual. Usual violet "crossed swords" crown-over-straight-line "Administrationen for Kolonierne I Grønland" ("The Administration of the Colonies in Greenland") cancellation. The Facit 2024 value is SEK 6000 for the normal corner-position stamp. This is a wonderful example of a scarce stamp. ACTUAL item. |
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249.00 |
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249329 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #Q4a Plate Variety, Facit #P3IIB, AFA#3A1, Daka-Wowern #5b Da [10 øre Pakke-Porto, Perforation 12.25, Printing II, 1910 Blue] Used with F-VF centering, but very faint corner crease at lower right (only visible from the reverse). This stamp is from the 1910 second printing of the Perf 12.25 10 øre, which was in a lighter, more greenish blue color and is on whiter paper. This is from sheet position 4, top sheet margin example with a natural straight edge, and has Wowern Plate variety Da "cut in bottom frame line below E of ØRE". Only 500 sheets (12,500 stamps total) originally existed from this printing and of those only 1500 examples originally existed with this top margin straight edge -- certainly far fewer still exist today! Furthermore, only 500 examples originally existed of this plate variety! The cancellation is a wonderful, PERFECTLY CENTERED, black, crown over 3 lines, "STYRELESEN / AF / KOLONIERE I GRØNLAN(D)" strike ("The Administration for the Colonies in Greenland"). It seems that the majority of the extant examples have small quality problems, thus the quality of this example is somewhat typical. The Facit 2024 value is SEK 5000 for a normal example (without plate variety). This is a very nice looking example of a scarce stamp, at a very reasonable price. ACTUAL item. |
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179.00 |
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