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247900 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small}  "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small}  "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small}  "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Denmark Scott #16 [1871 2 sk Bicolor, Perforation 14 x 13.5] on 1874 COVER MAILED FROM ICELAND TO DENMARK. Business message written on pre-printed form of the Icelandic firm "H. Th. A. Thomsen", dated 26 July 1874 at Reykjavik, Iceland. PRIVATELY CARRIED BY MESSENGER FROM ICELAND to København, Denmark, and there franked with the 2 skilling Danish Bicolor stamp, at the local postage rate, and entered into the Danish post, with the København FOOTPOST completing the delivery. The clear footpost "FP in elongated oval" postmark is dated 7 August 1874. The reverse of the cover (folded form) bears a colorless embossed letter-seal impression of the Thomsen company and Reykjavik location (this is hard to see in scanned images, but it is easy to see under oblique lighting). The recipient company filed the message with their docketing marking, naming the Thomsen firm and stating the sender location of Reykjavik. At this time, the "Diana" postal steamer sailed on the København - Faroe Islands - Reykjavik route. The Reykjavik date and the København date reflect a reasonable transit time for the "Diana". The stamp is Fine-centered, with a creased lower right corner perforation tooth, and bearing a clear #1 3-ring numeral cancellation. This is a rare use that is perhaps unique (?). "DAKA Nordatlant Handbook 1998" listed only five such uses privately carried from Iceland that were mailed, with Danish franking, through the København Footpost, but only in 1852-1864, and only one or two of each franking. Other such Skilling Bicolor uses may also exist and may have been subsequently recorded, but if so, such are extremely rare. This example had not been previously recognized and recorded. Consultation with other experts has confirmed my description, with estimates of value ranging from a few to several thousand dollars. Icelandic covers of this early date are very rare. A very important piece of postal history either for an Icelandic collection or a Danish Bicolor Skilling collection. ACTUAL item. ACTUAL item. ACTUAL item. ACTUAL item. |
3400.00 |
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229350 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
27 (Fine) on attractive 1902 cover to Denmark, from SEYDISFJORDUR, with receivers. Facit 2009 SEK 9000 = US$1215 (12/08). Very scarce! ACTUAL item. |
775.00 |
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229349 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
28a (Fine+) Ultramarine on neat 1900 cover to U.S. with Edinburgh transit and U.S. receivers. Facit 2009 SEK 10000 = US$1350 (12/08). Very scarce! ACTUAL item. |
975.00 |