| Village Cancellations on Pakke-Porto Stamps |  Top |
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240448 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Q6 [1915 20 øre Pakke-Porto, Perforation 11.25; probably Print VI] Used VF+ with VF+ strike of 2-line "Udstedet / Kaerssut" village cancellation in black (Wowern 1981 GF1 #63.01) -- a scarcer postmark. The stamp has Wowern plate variety "Fe", flattened top frame line at left corner. Wonderful centering and very neat cancellation, but one minor blunted perforation tooth at left. Such nice strikes of village cancellations are scarce! ACTUAL item. |
79.00 |
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400512 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #Q8a, Facit #P11 [1930 1 kroner Pakke-Porto, Perf 11.5, Original design with irregular lines in background around bear] Used with XF centering and perfect perforations. VF struck single-word black "Marmorilik" (Wowern #59.01) village cancellation. While this particular village cancellation is fairly unusual (though not rare), it is scarce so nicely struck. An excellent example of this cancellation. ACTUAL item. |
89.00 |
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400509 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #Q11, Facit #P18 [1937 1 kroner Pakke-Porto, Perf 11.5, Andreasen and Lachmann Printing (straight lines in background around bear)] Used with Superb centering, but a couple of shorter perforations at bottom. Superb two-line black "Handelsstedet Marmorilik" (Wowern #59.06) village cancellation. While this particular village cancellation is unusual (though not rare), it is quite scarce so nicely and clearly struck; the 1 kr AL stamp is very scarce with any village cancellation. An outstanding example of this cancellation. If not for the couple shorter perforations, this would be $125! ACTUAL item. |
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400513 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #Q8a, Facit #P11 [1930 1 krone Pakke-Porto, Perf 11.5, Original design with irregular lines in background around bear] Used with F-VF centering and Superb crown / one-line violetish-black "Kolonien Ritenbenk" (Wowern #48.04) village cancellation. While this particular village cancellation is unusual (though not rare), it is quite scarce so nicely and clearly struck. An outstanding example of this cancellation. ACTUAL item. |
89.00 |
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400514 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #Q8a, Facit #P11 [1930 1 krone Pakke-Porto, Perf 11.5, Original design with irregular lines in background around bear] Used with F-VF centering and Superb two-line violet "Udstedet Satut" (Wowern #67.02) village cancellation. While this particular village cancellation is unusual (though not rare), it is quite scarce so nicely and clearly struck. An outstanding example of this cancellation. ACTUAL item. |
89.00 |
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400516 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #Q4, Facit #P13 [1937 10 øre Pakke-Porto, Perf 10.75, Schultz Printing] Used with Superb centering, but with heavy staining on reverse (similar in appearance to fish or seal blood stains I have seen on a few Greenlandic items) that is only just barely visible from the front. A wonderful, with fully readable text and a clearly visible bear, and "rare" strike of the violet, vertical double-oval "bear in shield" "Kolonien Sukkertoppen" (Sugar Top, now Maniitsoq) village cancellation (Wowern #24.06). This style of cancellation -- from any village -- is "rare". Furthermore, any village cancellation on the 1937 Perf 10.75 (Schultz Printing) stamps is at least "scarce" and most are "rare". The stain on the reverse and the sideways position of the cancellation suggest that this may be a genuine, non-philatelic use. While this may have been a philatelically inspired cancellation strike, it is rarely seen in any context. I believe that this is the first example of this postmark that I have been able to offer in 52 years. ACTUAL item. |
179.00 |
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400510 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #Q11, Facit #P18 [1937 1 kroner Pakke-Porto, Perf 11.5, Andreasen and Lachmann Printing (straight lines in background around bear)] Used with VF-XF centering. Superbly struck (but sideways; this cancellation is almost always found sideways) two-line-plus-crown black "KOLONIEN UMANAK" (Wowern #60.18) village cancellation. This particular village cancellation is fairly scarce (though not rare), and it is quite scarce so nicely and clearly struck; the 1 kr AL stamp is very scarce with any village cancellation. An outstanding example of this stamp and this cancellation. ACTUAL item. |
119.00 |
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400511 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #Q6a, Facit #P14 [1937 20 øre Pakke-Porto, Perf 10.75, Schultz Printing] Used with XF centering and huge margins. Superbly struck (but sideways; this cancellation is almost always found sideways) two-line-plus-crown black "KOLONIEN UMANAK" (Wowern #60.18) village cancellation. This particular village cancellation is fairly scarce (though not rare), and it is quite scarce so nicely and clearly struck; the four Schultz printing stamps are very scarce with any village cancellation. An outstanding example of this stamp and this cancellation. ACTUAL item. |
119.00 |
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400517 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #Q4 Plate Variety, Facit #P13 [1937 10 øre Pakke-Porto, Perf 10.75, Schultz Printing] Used with F-VF+ centering. This stamp is from position 21 in the sheet with Wowern-listed Plate Variety Ld "small color spot on right side of right-most wave". Superb, violet, complete, crown over 2-line "KOLONIEN UPERNAVIK" (Wowern #69.10) cancellation. This is a "scarce" cancellation on any Pakke-Porto stamp, however ANY village cancellation on the 1937 Perf 10.75 (Schultz Printing) stamps is at least "scarce" and most are "rare". Though the cancellation is "perfect" in appearance, it was clearly struck before being soaked off paper and thus strongly suggests that this is a genuine use, probably from a savings book. Supporting that theory is that while Upernavik was assigned savings system (Avane) cancellation #34, as of 1988 Wowern had not been able to record an example of the Avane #34 cancellation. Perhaps the Avane #34 device had been lost or destroyed and thus this postal cancellation was used instead (but it is still quite scarce on any Pakke-Porto stamp). An attractive and important example. ACTUAL item. |
159.00 |