Iceland: Gallery: Select Stamps - Scott #O20-O39 1902-1918 Officials: I Gildi Overprints and Two Kings
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 #O20-O39 1902-1918 Officials: I Gildi Overprints and Two Kings
O22 Overprint Varieties [5 aur Official perf 12.75 with 1902 I GILDI overprint] NEVER HINGED Fine centered horizontal 6-block. Interesting example with slightly diagonal printing of the overprints, rising to the right on the right side. Also a nice illustration of the two sizes of "0" in the date. Top row: thick-thin, thick-thin, thin-thick. Bottom row: thick-thin, thick-thick, thin-thick. Fresh and attractive.
10.00
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247988
O27 [10 aur Perf 14 x 13.5 Official with "I GILDI" overprint] NEVER HINGED, original gum, with Fine centering. AIEP member and preeminent I Gildi expert Ellis Glatt viewed a high resolution image of the stamp in January 2024 and commented that the overprint is genuine in his opinion. This stamp is accompanied by a Jay Smith color image certificate with a "lifetime guarantee" from Jay Smith (details of the guarantee are available upon request). This is a wonderfully fresh example of a stamp that is missing from virtually all collection. The scarcity of NH examples is clearly demonstrated by the Facit 2024 NH value of SEK 9000!
589.00
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242904
O27b INVERTED OVERPRINT [10 aur perforation 14 x 13.5, INVERTED "I GILDI" overprint, Official] Mint, original gum, lightly hinged, with Fine centering. Wonderful color and very fresh. Accompanied by 1985 Lasse Nielsen color photo certificate (despite the age of the certificate this one is still perfectly reliable). This unassuming stamp is extremely difficult to find in nice quality, even with a normal overprint, and is missing from virtually all collections.
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595.00
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231339
O30 Used Superb with neat, proper cancellation. Even F-VF examples of this stamp are scarce; Superb examples are extremely scarce!
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135.00
238850
O30a, Facit #TJ20v1 MISSING I in front of GILDI [1902 "I GILDI" black overprint on 50 aur Official, perforation 14 x 13.5] Used F-VF+ re-attached pair with normal stamp on right and Missing I variety on left. The two stamps clearly belong together (connected by the postmark) but due to the very fragile perforations of this issue, they had come apart and have been sensibly and carefully reattached. The variety stamp (on left) has extremely slight blunting of the left-side perforations (almost requires a 10x magnifier to see). Very neatly canceled, well away from the overprint variety. This variety is seldom offered and only rarely offered in Used condition. This is the most attractive Used example I have had in 42 years.
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225.00
238367
O32, Facit #TJ34, AFA #TJ25 [1907 Official 4 aur Two Kings] NH Fine / F-VF 9-block. Sheet positions 23-25/33-35/43-45 with Regeling-listed frame flaws in positions: Flaw 3 in position 23 (small dent in top frame at upper left corner, small dents in left frame); Flaw 4 in position 25 (small dent in right frame at top); Flaw 5 in position 35 (cut in left frame at ST and cuts in right at MER). Very fresh and attractive. Priced less than the total of the nine stamps.
89.00
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245698
O34 variety, Facit #TJ36 variety, AFA #TJ27t [1907 Official 10 aur Two Kings] Mint hinged with VF centering. AFA-listed plate variety "t": "Color spot in frame to right of M of FRIMERKI". Very fresh and attractive. This stamp (even without the variety) is hard to find well centered.
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16.00
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245699
O34 variety, Facit #TJ36 variety, AFA #TJ27t [1907 Official 10 aur Two Kings] Mint, hinge remnant, with F-VF centering. AFA-listed plate variety "t": "Color spot in frame to right of M of FRIMERKI". Nice example clearly showing the variety.
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12.00
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245700
O34 variety, Facit #TJ36 variety, AFA #TJ27t [1907 Official 10 aur Two Kings] Used, very lightly canceled, with XF centering and very large margins. AFA-listed plate variety "t": "Color spot in frame to right of M of FRIMERKI". Very attractive. This stamp (even without the variety) is hard to find well centered.
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18.00
247805
Orlof 10 kr Overprint on Scott #O36 (Facit #TJ38) [Official 16 aur Two Kings] NEVER HINGED with VF centering. An outstanding example with strong color, crisp printing impression, great centering, and excellent perforations. As of 12/2023, this is only the third example I have had in 50 years; this example has equal to or better centering than the others. This scarcity of this stamp is greatly under-appreciated.
Reference
For reference only. NOT for sale.
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O37 [1907 Official 20 aur Two Kings] NEVER HINGED with F-VF+ centering. This particular denomination is quite hard to find with nice centering. Wonderfully fresh!
69.00
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244561
O38, Facit #TJ40, AFA #TJ31 [1907 Official 50 aur Two Kings] NH Fine top margin 4-block. The color spot in the margin is the alignment dot for the portrait plate, identifying this as sheet positions 5-6/15-16 (the sheet position can also be located by the marginal watermark text position). Very fresh and attractive. Priced for only the value of the four single stamps!
54.00
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244562
O38, Facit #TJ40, AFA #TJ31 [1907 Official 50 aur Two Kings] NH Fine top margin 4-block. Sheet positions 7-8/17-18 (the sheet position can be located by the marginal watermark text position). Very fresh and attractive. Priced at less than the value of the four single stamps!