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244974 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
1926 Forerunner Charity Seal design: 1926 Printing Perforated 11.5, rose-carmine and dark blue, paper bright white (bright white under UV). Daka #1A. Greenlandic Mother and Child in traditional Greenlandic clothing. Sold for 2 øre per seal to raise money for the education in Denmark of young Greenlandic women. The 1933 second printing is perforated 10.75 and printed in carmine to dark carmine and dark blue, paper off-white (darker under UV); imperforates and tete-beche pairs of the 1926 printing exist, but not of the 1933 printing. The approximate issue dates stated in the 1978 Wowern Seal Catalog seem to have been reversed. An imperforate 1988 reprint souvenir sheet was also issued for charity. (Please inquire for any items not listed here.) This first printing seal is remarkably scarce in undamaged condition! Mint hinged, with VF centering. ACTUAL item. |
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WANTED |
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244972 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
1926 Forerunner Charity Seal design: 1933 Printing Perforated 10.75, carmine to dark carmine and dark blue, paper off-white (darker under UV). Daka #1B. Greenlandic Mother and Child in traditional Greenlandic clothing. Sold for 2 øre per seal to raise money for the education in Denmark of young Greenlandic women. The 1926 first printing is perforated 11.5 and printed in rose-carmine and (lighter) blue on bright-white paper (bright white under UV); imperforates and tete-beche pairs of the 1926 printing exist, but not of the this 1933 printing. The approximate issue dates stated in the 1978 Wowern Seal Catalog seem to have been reversed. An imperforate 1988 reprint souvenir sheet was also issued for charity. (Please inquire for any items not listed here.) NEVER HINGED with SUPERB centering. Wonderfully fresh. Such nice centering is seldom offered. ACTUAL item. |
WANTED |
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244976 "View REPRESENTATIVE Image"){kind=small} |
1926 Forerunner Charity Seal design: 1988 REPRINT Imperforate (always) Souvenir Sheet. Illustrates an original sketch for the design, a subsequent essay, and then the final issued design. This souvenir sheet was issued and sold to benefit Greenlandic charities (it is not just a philatelic creation). Greenlandic Mother and Child in traditional Greenlandic clothing. The original seals sold for 2 øre per seal to raise money for the education in Denmark of young Greenlandic women. [The 1926 first printing of the seal is perforated 11.5, carmine to rose-carmine and (lighter) blue, paper bright white (bright white under UV). The 1933 second printing is perforated 10.75 and printed in carmine to dark carmine and dark blue, paper off-white (darker under UV). Imperforates and tete-beche pairs of the 1926 printing exist, but not of the 1933 printing.] The approximate issue dates for the original seals stated in the 1978 Wowern Seal Catalog seem to have been reversed. (Please inquire for any items not listed here.) NH VF ungummed as issued. REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design. |
WANTED |
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244978 "View REPRESENTATIVE Image"){kind=small} |
VF: 1942 Forerunner Charity Seal, Perforated 4-sides, Daka #1c. "DANMARKIMUT", Danish flag and icebergs. Issued in Greenland by the Danmarkimut Committee to collect funds for the eventual post-war reconstruction of Denmark. Sold through the Greenland Post for 5 øre each. Though domestic letter postage in Greenland was free 1938-1958, the authorities requested that all governmental (official) mail bear one of these seals from March 1944 until the end of the war in May 1945. (Per Daka Grønland Cinderella 1999.) Issued in sheets of 50 (10 columns of 5 rows) with straight edges on all four sides. Collected in three basic forms, and by some in all nine possible positions: Perforated 4 sides (24 stamps per sheet), perforated 3 sides (8 each top and bottom positions, 3 each left and right side positions) and perforated 2 sides (4 corner positions). REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design. |
20.00 |
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244979 "View REPRESENTATIVE Image"){kind=small} |
VF: 1942 Forerunner Charity Seal, Perforated 3-sides, straight edge top or bottom, Daka #1b. "DANMARKIMUT", Danish flag and icebergs. Issued in Greenland by the Danmarkimut Committee to collect funds for the eventual post-war reconstruction of Denmark. Sold through the Greenland Post for 5 øre each. Though domestic letter postage in Greenland was free 1938-1958, the authorities requested that all governmental (official) mail bear one of these seals from March 1944 until the end of the war in May 1945. (Per Daka Grønland Cinderella 1999.) Issued in sheets of 50 (10 columns of 5 rows) with straight edges on all four sides. Collected in three basic forms, and by some in all nine possible positions: Perforated 4 sides (24 stamps per sheet), perforated 3 sides (8 each top and bottom positions, 3 each left and right side positions) and perforated 2 sides (4 corner positions). REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design. |
25.00 |
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244982 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
1942 Forerunner Charity Seal, Perforated 2-adjacent-sides, STRAIGHT EDGES BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER POSITION (each of the four corner positions is only 1 stamp out of 50), Daka #1a. "DANMARKIMUT", Danish flag and icebergs. Issued in Greenland by the Danmarkimut Committee to collect funds for the eventual post-war reconstruction of Denmark. Sold through the Greenland Post for 5 øre each. Though domestic letter postage in Greenland was free 1938-1958, the authorities requested that all governmental (official) mail bear one of these seals from March 1944 until the end of the war in May 1945. (Per Daka Grønland Cinderella 1999.) Issued in sheets of 50 (10 columns of 5 rows) with straight edges on all four sides. Collected in three basic forms, and by some in all nine possible positions: Perforated 4 sides (24 stamps per sheet), perforated 3 sides (8 each top and bottom positions, 3 each left and right side positions) and perforated 2 sides (4 corner positions). Used Superb with (GODT)HAAB 1948 cancellation. An extremely scarce used seal, in the scarcest position category, in exceptional quality! ACTUAL item. |
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125.00 |
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244983 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
1942 Forerunner Charity Seal, Block of Four UL stamp Perforated 2-adjacent-sides, STRAIGHT EDGES UPPER LEFT CORNER POSITION (each of the four corner positions is only 1 stamp out of 50), Daka #1a. Also includes #1b SE on left (only 3 out of 50), #1b SE on top (only 8 out of 50), and #1c perforated 4 sides. "DANMARKIMUT", Danish flag and icebergs. Issued in Greenland by the Danmarkimut Committee to collect funds for the eventual post-war reconstruction of Denmark. Sold through the Greenland Post for 5 øre each. Though domestic letter postage in Greenland was free 1938-1958, the authorities requested that all governmental (official) mail bear one of these seals from March 1944 until the end of the war in May 1945. (Per Daka Grønland Cinderella 1999.) Issued in sheets of 50 (10 columns of 5 rows) with straight edges on all four sides. Collected in three basic forms, and by some in all nine possible positions: Perforated 4 sides (24 stamps per sheet), perforated 3 sides (8 each top and bottom positions, 3 each left and right side positions) and perforated 2 adjacent sides (4 corner positions). NEVER HINGED 4-Block, VF (upper stamps) and XF-Superb (lower stamps). ACTUAL item. |
140.00 |
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244977 "View REPRESENTATIVE Image"){kind=small} |
VF: 1955 Forerunner T-B Christmas Seal, Perforated 4-sides, Wowern and Daka #2c. Boy and Polar Bear design. REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design. |
16.00 |
12.00 |
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| 244977 |
F-VF: 1955 Forerunner T-B Christmas Seal, Perforated 4-sides, Wowern and Daka #2c. Boy and Polar Bear design. REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design. |
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9.00 |
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244967 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
1955 Forerunner T-B Christmas Seal, Perforated 4-sides, Wowern and Daka #2c. Boy and Polar Bear design. NH Superb example. ACTUAL item. |
20.00 |
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215266 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
1955 Forerunner T-B Christmas Seal, Wowern and Daka #2c. Boy and Polar Bear design. Perforated 4-sides, with constant variety from one position: break in right frame line near top. NH Superb example. ACTUAL item. |
20.00 |
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