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Never Hinged  US$ |
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| 1913 Christmas Seal Details: 1913 was the first year in which Icelandic Thorvaldsen Society Christmas Seals were issued -- they are the "national" Christmas Seals. The 1913 seals were printed by an unusual method and, though not recorded in the catalogs, the 1913 seal exists in two colors: Dark Ultramarine (mottled appearance) and Light Ultramarine (smooth appearance). Because of the combination of color and printing appearance, there is little doubt in my mind that there were at least two printings. The sheets of 8 seals appear to have been printed using a plate of four subjects; there are design differences in each of the four subjects/positions. Within that plate of four, the top row of designs is upright and the bottom row of designs is inverted, creating foot-to-foot tete-beche pairs. The sheets of 8 were printed with two stikes of the plate of 4. For the second strike, the plate happened to be inverted. We know it was inverted because of the location of the plate varieties. However, because the plate of four itself was already tete-beche, the overall appearance of the sheet (other than the location of plate varieites) would have been the same regardless of whether the second strike was inverted or not inverted. The center 4-block, i.e. containing one row each from the first and second strikes, is tete-beche head-to-head. Because of this, there are naturally fewer tete-beche head-to-head pairs possible than foot-to-foot tete-beche pairs. Each of the four plate positions has a crescent moon at upper left and a group of three (black) stars at upper right -- sometimes the three stars are quite faint, especially on the dark blue stamps. Plate position 1 has UPPER LEFT corner straight edges and no consistent major variety features that I have noticed. Plate position 2 has UPPER RIGHT corner margin straight edges and two major plate varieties: a "large black dot" in the lower left blue area and a "extra crescent" shaped line in the upper right blue area. Plate positions 3 and 4 each have straight edges on one side, but because their cliches were inverted in the printing plate, the straight edges are on the opposite sides than one would normally expect from their position numbers. Plate position 3 has a straight edge on the RIGHT side and (on the examples I have examined) has thin blue lines outside the black right frameline. Plate position 4 has a straight edge on the LEFT side and also has the "extra crescent" shaped line in the upper right blue area (but not the large black dot). Because of how this seal was printed, the plate positions of the top 4-block are the same if the sheet is view upright or inverted, and there is (apparently, that I have determined) no way to know which of the 4-blocks that make up the sheet is the top vs the bottom. Because of differences in spacing in the plate layout vs the perforation tool, and the spacing difference that can result from two strikes of the plate, well centered examples are unusual. A scarcer rough perforation variety also exists, at least on the Light Ultramarine seals.  |
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1913 Perforated "View REPRESENTATIVE Image"){kind=small} |
VF [206915] REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design. |
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45.00 |
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| 1913 Perforated |
F-VF [206915] REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design. |
55.00 |
40.00 |
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400314 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
1913 Perforated, Light Ultramarine. Rough Perforation Variety. Left margin (straight edge) Plate Position 4. Never Hinged with VF centering. An excellent example with huge margins. This rough perforation variety is quite unusual! ACTUAL item. |
70.00 |
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400315 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
1913 Perforated, Light Ultramarine. Left margin (straight edge) Plate Position 4. Never Hinged with F-VF centering. An excellent example with huge margins. ACTUAL item. |
55.00 |
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400313 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
1913 Perforated, Dark Ultramarine. Upper left corner margin (straight edges) Plate Position 1. Mint, very lightly hinged, with Superb centering. A beautiful example with huge margins. An outstanding example; certainly one of the most attractive I have had in 52 years! ACTUAL item. |
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54.00 |
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400316 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
1913 Perforated, Dark Ultramarine. Right margin (straight edge) Plate Position 3. Mint, lightly hinged, with VF centering. An excellent example with huge margins. ACTUAL item. |
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45.00 |
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400317 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
1913 Perforated, Dark Ultramarine. Right margin (straight edge) Plate Position 3. Mint, lightly hinged, with VF centering. An excellent example with huge margins. ACTUAL item. |
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45.00 |
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1913 Perforated tete-beche foot-to-foot pair "View REPRESENTATIVE Image"){kind=small} |
VF [204000] REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design. |
WANTED |
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1913 Perforated tete-beche head-to-head pair "View REPRESENTATIVE Image"){kind=small} |
VF [234299] REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design. |
WANTED |
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1913 Perforated Sheet of 8 (contains two types of tete-beche pairs) "View REPRESENTATIVE Image"){kind=small} |
VF [234300] REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design. |
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