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Iceland: Gallery: Select Stamps - Scott #C1-31 Airmails

A selection of especially interesting seldom-offered items in particularly nice quality. All are available for approval viewing. Scott numbers have been used unless otherwise mentioned.

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Select Stamps - Scott #C1-31 Airmails

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Never
Hinged

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Mint
Hinged

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Used

US$

239617

C2 [1929 Airplane overprint on 50 aur Two Kings] Mint with VF+ centering. Rough perforations variety; seldom seen so rough.

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79.00

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217212

C3 [1930 triangle Airmail] NH VF 3-strip. A great way to collect this unusual issue.

ACTUAL item.

150.00

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401323

Scott #C3 [1930 10 aur triangle Althing / Parliament Millennium Falcon Airmail] STRIP OF THREE, Mint Hinged with VF centering. Very fresh and bright with great centering, "perfect" perforations, and wonderful overall appearance. Just counted as five VF Hinged stamps, the total selling price would be $76.50. While multiples of this stamp were easier to find 40 or more years ago, such multiples have since mostly been broken up and are now harder to find. This is a beautiful example of a "classic" Icelandic stamp design at below the break-up value of the strip!

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69.00

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231300

C3 Used Superb. Scarce with such nice centering, perforations, and neat postmark.

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85.00

231301

C3 Used Superb. Scarce with such nice centering, perforations, and neat postmark.

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85.00

401338

Scott #C4 [1930 15 aur Parliament Airmail] NEVER HINGED with VF centering. Wonderfully fresh with bright colors, bright white paper, excellent centering, and "perfect" never hinged correct original gum. This set was the first Icelandic stamp issue to be printed by the De La Rue company in England, resulting in different characteristics, but even so, its production was quite different than later Icelandic stamp issues that were printed by De La Rue. The paper is quite thick and is coated for improved printing impression. The watermark is a lotus flower design not used for any other Icelandic stamps. The gum is usually slightly yellowish, and is grainy-shiny, but not smooth-glossy; the gum follows the contours of strong typographed printing impression. 40,000 each of the first two values of the set were printed; the final three values had printings of only 25,000 each. Scarce with such nice centering. An excellent example.

ACTUAL item.

75.00

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242898

C4 [1930 15 aur Parliament Airmail] Mint, very lightly hinged, with XF-Superb centering. Scarce with such nice centering and perforations. Wonderfully fresh.

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39.00

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242895

C5 [1930 20 aur Parliament Airmail] NEVER HINGED with XF-Superb centering. Wonderfully fresh. Scarce with such nice centering, perforations, and freshness.

ACTUAL item.

85.00

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401339

Scott #C5 [1930 20 aur Parliament Airmail] NEVER HINGED with F-VF+++ centering. Wonderfully fresh with bright colors, bright white paper, excellent centering, and "perfect" never hinged correct original gum. This set was the first Icelandic stamp issue to be printed by the De La Rue company in England, resulting in different characteristics, but even so, its production was quite different than later Icelandic stamp issues that were printed by De La Rue. The paper is quite thick and is coated for improved printing impression. The watermark is a lotus flower design not used for any other Icelandic stamps. The gum is usually slightly yellowish, and is grainy-shiny, but not smooth-glossy; the gum follows the contours of strong typographed printing impression. 40,000 each of the first two values of the set were printed; the final three values had printings of only 25,000 each. Scarce with nice centering. An excellent example.

ACTUAL item.

67.00

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242899

C5 [1930 20 aur Parliament Airmail] Mint, lightly hinged, with Superb centering. Wonderfully fresh and perfect! Scarce with such nice centering, perforations, and freshness.

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46.00

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Hinged

US$

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Hinged

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Used

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242900

C5 [1930 20 aur Parliament Airmail] Mint, lightly hinged, with XF-Superb centering. Wonderfully fresh! Scarce with such nice centering, perforations, and freshness.

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39.00

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401340

Scott #C6 [1930 35 aur Parliament Airmail] NEVER HINGED with F-VF centering. Wonderfully fresh with bright colors, bright white paper, nice centering, and "perfect" never hinged correct original gum. This set was the first Icelandic stamp issue to be printed by the De La Rue company in England, resulting in different characteristics, but even so, its production was quite different than later Icelandic stamp issues that were printed by De La Rue. The paper is quite thick and is coated for improved printing impression. The watermark is a lotus flower design not used for any other Icelandic stamps. The gum is usually slightly yellowish, and is grainy-shiny, but not smooth-glossy; the gum follows the contours of strong typographed printing impression. 40,000 each of the first two values of the set were printed; the final three values had printings of only 25,000 each. Scarce with nice centering. An excellent example.

ACTUAL item.

129.00

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401341

Scott #C7 [1930 50 aur Parliament Airmail] NEVER HINGED with VF centering. Wonderfully fresh with bright colors, bright white paper, excellent centering, and "perfect" never hinged correct original gum. This set was the first Icelandic stamp issue to be printed by the De La Rue company in England, resulting in different characteristics, but even so, its production was quite different than later Icelandic stamp issues that were printed by De La Rue. The paper is quite thick and is coated for improved printing impression. The watermark is a lotus flower design not used for any other Icelandic stamps. The gum is usually slightly yellowish, and is grainy-shiny, but not smooth-glossy; the gum follows the contours of strong typographed printing impression. 40,000 each of the first two values of the set were printed; the final three values had printings of only 25,000 each. Scarce with such nice centering. An excellent example.

ACTUAL item.

175.00

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242897

C8 [1930 1 krona Parliament Airmail] NEVER HINGED with Superb centering. Perfect and wonderfully fresh! Scarce with such nice centering, perforations, and freshness.

ACTUAL item.

210.00

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401342

Scott #C8 [1930 1 kr Parliament Airmail] NEVER HINGED with VF-XF centering. Wonderfully fresh with bright colors, bright white paper, excellent centering, and "perfect" never hinged correct original gum. This set was the first Icelandic stamp issue to be printed by the De La Rue company in England, resulting in different characteristics, but even so, its production was quite different than later Icelandic stamp issues that were printed by De La Rue. The paper is quite thick and is coated for improved printing impression. The watermark is a lotus flower design not used for any other Icelandic stamps. The gum is usually slightly yellowish, and is grainy-shiny, but not smooth-glossy; the gum follows the contours of strong typographed printing impression. 40,000 each of the first two values of the set were printed; the final three values had printings of only 25,000 each. Scarce with such nice centering. An excellent example.

ACTUAL item.

186.00

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242901

C8 [1930 1 krona Parliament Airmail] Mint, very lightly hinged, with Superb centering. Perfect and wonderfully fresh! Scarce with such nice centering, perforations, and freshness.

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79.00

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401329

Scott #C9 [1931 30 aur "Zeppelin 1931" Overprint] NEVER HINGED BLOCK OF FOUR with VF-XF centering. Wonderfully fresh with great color, "perfect" perforations, and "perfect" never hinged original gum! This stamp is hard to find in NH condition -- NH blocks are now especially scarce as more and more have been broken up in the last few decades for NH singles. Facit 2024 value is SEK 900 for a NH single. NH VF single stamps readily sell for $86. This block, containing at least one XF centered stamp, is priced below the breakup value as four NH VF singles, without anything added for the XF stamp.

ACTUAL item.

329.00

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247648

C9 [1931 30 aur "Zeppelin 1931" overprint] NEVER HINGED with F-VF centering. Wonderfully fresh with great color and perfect perforations! Hard to find in NH condition.

ACTUAL item.

64.00

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401324

Scott #C9 [1931 30 aur "Zeppelin 1931" Overprint] NEVER HINGED with F-VF centering. Wonderfully fresh with great color and "perfect" perforations! This stamp is hard to find in NH condition. Facit 2024 value is SEK 900!

ACTUAL item.

64.00

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401328

Scott #C9 [1931 30 aur "Zeppelin 1931" Overprint] NEVER HINGED with Fine centering. Wonderfully fresh with great color, "perfect" perforations, and "perfect" never hinged original gum! This stamp is hard to find in NH condition. Facit 2024 value is SEK 900, but priced very low due to the centering. For comparison, a NH VF example would sell for $86!

ACTUAL item.

33.00

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Hinged

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Used

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401327

Scott #C9 [1931 30 aur "Zeppelin 1931" Overprint] Mint, moderately hinged, with XF-Superb centering. I describe this stamp as having "XF-Superb" centering because it will LOOK Superb (perfectly centered) to most eyes, but technically the centering is just very slightly high (while being perfect side to side). Some philatelists call this "optically perfectly centered" because our eyes and brains tend to prefer perfect side to side centering, but just a tiny bit centered toward the top. Wonderfully fresh with great color and "absolutely perfect" perforations, and fresh, proper original gum (hinged)! This stamp is amazingly hard to find in with such nice centering! As of May 2026, this is by far the nicest centered Mint example I have had on the website set since at least the mid-1990s, if not ever.

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64.00

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247651

C9 [1931 30 aur "Zeppelin 1931" overprint] Used with VF centering and typical style of cancellation for this issue. Unusually nice centering for this stamp. Properly used examples are quite hard to find.

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198.00

401334

Scott #C10 [1931 1 kr "Zeppelin 1931" Overprint] NEVER HINGED with XF centering. Wonderfully fresh with terrific centering, great color and excellent perforations! The gum is original and never hinged, though it does show the typical gum-thickness variation that occurred in the early printings of the Christian X stamps. This stamp is hard to find in NH condition, but especially with such nice centering -- such nice centering of this stamp is scarce in any (NH, Mint Hinged, or Used) condition.

ACTUAL item.

SOLD

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401325

Scott #C10 [1931 1 kr "Zeppelin 1931" Overprint] NEVER HINGED with Fine centering. Wonderfully fresh with great color and "perfect" perforations! Hard to find in NH condition, but priced very low due to the centering.

ACTUAL item.

12.00

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401333

ACTUAL item.

12.00

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247663

C10, Facit #163v variety (white bulge to the right of the "1") [1931 1 kr Christian X "Zeppelin 1931" overprint] Mint, lightly hinged, with XF centering. This variety occurs in every position in the 7th vertical column in the sheet. Though not costly, this variety is surprisingly hard to find on such nicely centered examples.

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36.00

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247655

C10 [1931 1 kr "Zeppelin 1931" overprint] Used with F-VF centering and neat cancellation of a typical type for this stamp. Great color and excellent perforations! An attractive example of a stamp that is scarce in Used condition.

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144.00

247664

C10, Facit #163v variety (white bulge to the right of the "1") [1931 1 kr Christian X "Zeppelin 1931" overprint] Used with F-VF centering and a neat cancellation of a typical style for this stamp. The cancellation leaves the variety clearly visible. This variety occurs in every position in the 7th vertical column in the sheet. Though Used examples of #C10 are scarce, this variety adds only a surprisingly small premium to the value.

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159.00

401332

Scott #C10, Facit #163v PLATE VARIETY [1931 1 kr "Zeppelin 1931" Overprint] Mint, lightly hinged, with Fine centering. Catalog-listed Plate Variety "white bulge on the right side of the numeral 1". All the stamps in the 7th vertical column of the sheet show this variety, yet it can be quite difficult to find nice examples. Blocks or strips showing this variety are especially scarce. Note: The same frame plate was used for printing the Second Portrait Design of the 1 kr stamp (Scott #185), but before that printing started, each position in the 7th column was retouched to remove the white spot; the retouched positions are each different and identifiable. With typical Fine centering, but fresh appearance, excellent perforations, and excellent very lightly hinged original gum. This variety can be very hard to find!

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18.00

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401331

Scott #C10 [1931 1 kr "Zeppelin 1931" Overprint] NEVER HINGED Lower Right PLATE BLOCK OF FOUR "No 402Y" with Fine centering. The stamps and selvage are NH, but the gum is slightly aged (yellowed) as is often seen on this particular stamp. There is perforation separation in one place in the selvage (next to the "4"), but otherwise the perforations are strong. At the bottom center of the lower right stamp, there is a small spot of (original) gum. Such gum spots on the front are occasionally found on the Christian X stamps. They are the result of handling during production while the gum was still wet. When they are encountered, they are almost always found on stamps that are margin-adjacent and especially at the lower right sheet-corner (where a printer may have picked up a sheet for close inspection). Technically, such a spot does reduce the value, but plate blocks of this issue are so scarce that most collectors regard such a spot to be inconsequential. Though only Fine centered (typical for this issue), this block has fresh appearance with great color and excellent perforations. This stamp has become hard to find in NH condition -- NH blocks are now especially scarce (and plate blocks have always been very scarce) as more and more have been broken up in the last few decades for NH singles. In 53 years, and especially since I started seriously recording such items around 2000, I have not recorded having a plate block of this stamp.

ACTUAL item.

69.00

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Hinged

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Mint
Hinged

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Used

US$

401330

Scott #C10, Facit #163v PLATE VARIETY [1931 1 kr "Zeppelin 1931" Overprint] NEVER HINGED BLOCK OF FOUR with F-VF centering. The left TWO stamps show the catalog-listed Plate Variety "white bulge on the right side of the numeral 1". All the stamps in the 7th vertical column of the sheet show this variety, yet it can be quite difficult to find nice examples. Blocks or strips showing this variety are especially scarce. Note: The same frame plate was used for printing the Second Portrait Design of the 1 kr stamp (Scott #185), but before that printing started, each position in the 7th column was retouched to remove the white spot; the retouched positions are each different and identifiable. Wonderfully fresh with great color, bright white paper, excellent perforations, and "perfect" never hinged original gum! This stamp (and especially the variety) has become hard to find in NH condition -- NH blocks are now especially scarce as more and more have been broken up in the last few decades for NH singles. Normal NH F-VF single stamps sell for $19.75 each, but only the right two stamps in this block are normal. In 53 years, and especially since I started seriously recording such items around 2000, I have not recorded having a block or strip (of four or more) containing this variety.

ACTUAL item.

96.00

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401326

Scott #C11 [1931 2 kr "Zeppelin 1931" Overprint] NEVER HINGED with VF-XF centering. Wonderfully fresh with strong colors, remarkable centering, "perfect" perforations, and pristine original never hinged gum! This stamp is very hard to find with such nice centering and perforations, especially in NH condition! Facit 2024 value SEK 1400 for normal centering.

ACTUAL item.

176.00

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401335

Scott #C11 [1931 2 kr "Zeppelin 1931" Overprint] NEVER HINGED with VF centering. Wonderfully fresh with strong colors, great centering, "perfect" perforations, and "perfect" original never hinged gum! This stamp is very hard to find with such nice centering and perforations, especially in NH condition! Facit 2024 value SEK 1400 for normal centering.

ACTUAL item.

165.00

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247656

C11 [1931 2 kr "Zeppelin 1931" overprint] NEVER HINGED with F-VF++ centering. Wonderfully fresh with great color and perfect perforations! Quite hard to find in NH condition.

ACTUAL item.

139.00

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247657

C11 [1931 2 kr "Zeppelin 1931" overprint] Mint hinged with VF centering. Wonderfully fresh appearance with great color and perfect perforations! This stamp is quite hard to find with such nice centering!

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79.00

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401336

Scott #C11 [1931 2 kr "Zeppelin 1931" Overprint] Mint, extremely lightly hinged, with VF centering. The hinge mark is so small that the previous owner was sure that this stamp was NH. Wonderfully fresh with strong colors, great centering, "perfect" perforations, and "perfect" original lightly hinged gum! This stamp is very hard to find with such nice centering and perforations!

ACTUAL item.

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69.00

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247660

C11 [1931 2 kr "Zeppelin 1931" overprint] Used with F-VF centering and neat cancellation of a typical type for this stamp. Very attractive with great color and perfect perforations! Used examples of this stamp is quite hard to find.

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144.00

247661

C11 [1931 2 kr "Zeppelin 1931" overprint] Used with F-VF centering, on good sized piece of envelope. Neat cancellation of a typical type for this stamp. Very attractive with great color and perfect perforations! Used examples of this stamp is quite hard to find.

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144.00

401337

Scott #C12 [1933 1 kr "Hópflug Ítala" Overprint] Mint, original gum (as always from me unless otherwise mentioned), reasonably hinged, with VF centering. Fresh and attractive with great color and excellent perforations. Because the stamps of this set are so scarce and sought after, examples are often "too well loved" as the result of being too often handled. This example is unusually nice! Accompanied by a Jay Smith color certificate with "lifetime" guarantee. (Guarantee details upon request.)

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225.00

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235058

Scott #C15 [1934 10 aur Airmail] Used with F-VF centering and neat, light, Fine boxed Tollur customs (revenue) cancellation. While any Icelandic airmail stamp is scarce with a Tollur customs (revenue) cancellation, the 10, 20, 25 aur stamps seems to be the most seldom-seen denominations with Tollur cancellations. It is often the case that the low denominations of Icelandic stamps with Tollur cancellations are the hardest to find. A nice example of a seldom seen Tollur-canceled stamp!

ACTUAL item.

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50.00

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Hinged

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Hinged

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Used

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401065

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45.00

231609

Scott #C16a [1934 20 aur Airmail, Perforation 14 x 14] Used with VF centering and neat, light, Average boxed Tollur customs (revenue) cancellation. While any Icelandic airmail stamp is scarce with a Tollur customs (revenue) cancellation, the 10, 20, 25 aur stamps seems to be the most seldom-seen denominations with Tollur cancellations. It is often the case that the low denominations of Icelandic stamps with Tollur cancellations are the hardest to find. A seldom seen Tollur-canceled stamp!

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36.00

401067

Scott #C17 [1934 25 aur Airmail, Perforation 14 x 14] Used with VF centering and neat, well-centered but lightly struck, Fine boxed Tollur customs (revenue) cancellation. While any Icelandic airmail stamp is scarce with a Tollur customs (revenue) cancellation, the 10, 20, 25 aur stamps seems to be the most seldom-seen denominations with Tollur cancellations. It is often the case that the low denominations of Icelandic stamps with Tollur cancellations are the hardest to find. Very attractive example!

ACTUAL item.

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50.00

231312

C18 NH Superb. Scarce in such wonderful quality.

ACTUAL item.

19.00

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231313

C18 Used Superb with neat, light cancellation. Scarce so nice!

ACTUAL item.

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15.00

401068

Scott #C18 [1934 50 aur Airmail] Used with Superb centering and neat, lightly struck, Fine boxed Tollur customs (revenue) cancellation. Any Icelandic airmail stamp is scarce with a Tollur customs (revenue) cancellation. An attractive example!

ACTUAL item.

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42.00

235066

C18 VF with full Tollur cancellation. Excellent example; rarely offered.

ACTUAL item.

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45.00

231314

C19 Mint Superb, lightly hinged. Scarce so nice.

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34.00

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401069

Scott #C19 [1934 1 kr Airmail] Used with XF centering and neat, well-centered, VF boxed Tollur customs (revenue) cancellation. Any Icelandic airmail stamp is scarce with a Tollur customs (revenue) cancellation. A wonderful example!

ACTUAL item.

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50.00

233815

C19 VF with Tollur cancellation. Excellent example; rarely offered.

ACTUAL item.

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45.00

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Hinged

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Hinged

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Used

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235069

C19 F-VF with Tollur cancellation. Excellent example; rarely offered.

ACTUAL item.

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44.00

235068

C19 F-VF with Tollur cancellation. Excellent example; rarely offered.

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39.00

235070

C20 VF with full and well-centered Tollur cancellation. Excellent example; rarely offered.

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55.00

235071

C20 F-VF with full Tollur cancellation. Excellent example; rarely offered.

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48.00

235072

C20 F-VF with Tollur cancellation. Excellent example; rarely offered.

ACTUAL item.

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36.00

231315

C27-9 Mint Superb, lightly hinged. These three stamps are very scarce with such nice centering.

ACTUAL item.

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52.50

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