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Scott #B8 [1979 1.30 Rasmussen and Inuit People Semi-Postal] (VF) on neat and attractive 19 January 1980 philatelic cover from DUNDAS (circular town cancellation) to København, Denmark. Correct franking [1979 Apr 17 - 1981 Jan 1] to Denmark. In addition to the stamp, the send applied a 15 øre THULE LOCAL POST REPRINT stamp from the 1979 Red Cross reprint souvenir sheet. Even thought the local stamp face value was not needed to pay the postage, it was recognized as being invalid (i.e. "illegal") for postage and it was "boxed out" with "O" written next to it -- the universal postal method of noting invalid stamps. No markings on reverse. Though obviously a collector was having fun with this item, it is a very interesting item for a Thule Local Post collection and also it does genuinely demonstrate the proper (postal history) technique of indication that a "stamp" is not valid for postage. This is the only such Thule local reprint (1979) attempted modern use I can recall seeing and only one of two or three such "invalid stamp" boxing-out that I have seen from Greenland. ACTUAL item. |
29.00 |