| Select Stamps - Scott #21-33A: 1896-1901 Perf 12.5 Numerals and the Prir Surcharges |  Top |
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237304 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
23 [1900 4 aur Numeral, Perf 12.75] Mint VF/F-VF 4-block. Very fresh and attractive. Priced only slightly more than the four single stamps! ACTUAL item. |
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98.00 |
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237312 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
24 plate varieties "z, ø, and æ" [1896 5 aur Numeral, perforation 12.75] NH F-VF lower left corner margin 8-block containing three of the four AFA-listed plate varieties (there is a fifth listed variety, but I think that listing was in error). The block is positions 81-841/91-94 with the three varieties in positions 82-83-84. Variety "z" in sheet position 82 "Left frame line bends inward at top and bottom"; "ø" in sheet position 83 "Short right leg of A of ISLAND"; and "æ" in sheet position 84 "Cut off lower left corner, upper left corner dented on left side". The 15-year-old AFA Iceland Specialized listing values the three varieties at a total of DKK 1500 = US$270, plus the other five stamps sell for a total of about $70 in their respective centering. A very unusual block! ACTUAL item. |
235.00 |
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246678 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
25, Facit #25b + variety, AFA 7B.7y [1897 aur gray Numeral, Perforation 12.75, (September 1898; 7th printing of all 6 aur stamps; 2nd printing of this perforation), Gray to Light Gray] NEVER HINGED with XF centering. PLATE VARIETY AFA 7By (color spot and line before N of ISLAND, dent in right frameline). Wonderfully fresh -- this must be from a recently broken block. Well-centered, NH examples of this stamp (Scott #25 in general) are surprisingly hard to find. Wonderfully fresh with excellent centering, great color, perfect perforations, and post office fresh original gum. An exceptional example! [Facit 2022 value SEK 450 for the NH stamp with normal centering; AFA Specialized 2016 (most recent) DKK 800 for the NH variety!] ACTUAL item. |
95.00 |
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400058 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #25, Facit #25b + variety, AFA 7B.7x [1897 aur gray Numeral, Perforation 12.75, (September 1898; 7th printing of all 6 aur stamps; 2nd printing of this perforation), Gray to Light Gray] NEVER HINGED with F-VF centering. PLATE VARIETY AFA 7Bx (white spot before P of POST, dent in right frameline near bottom, rounded frameline at bottom right, lower left corner area with several diagonal white cuts). Very fresh and attractive with great color and "perfect" perforations. NH examples of this stamp (Scott #25 in general) are surprisingly hard to find. An excellent example! [The Facit 2025 value is SEK 450 for the basic NH stamp with normal centering but no variety; the AFA Specialized 2016 (still the most recent edition as of July 2025) value is DKK 800 for the NH variety!] ACTUAL item. |
74.00 |
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400059 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #25, Facit #25b [1897 aur gray Numeral, Perforation 12.75, (September 1898; 7th printing of all 6 aur stamps; 2nd printing of this perforation), Gray to Light Gray] NEVER HINGED with F-VF+ centering. Wonderfully fresh and attractive with great color and "perfect" perforations. NH examples of this stamp (Scott #25 in general) are surprisingly hard to find. An excellent example! The Facit 2025 value is SEK 450 for the basic NH stamp with normal centering. ACTUAL item. |
46.00 |
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247572 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
25 Dark Gray, Facit #25a [1897 6 aur Numeral, Perf 12.75, 1897 Printing] Used with F-VF centering and with neat, full, almost perfectly centered, proper AKUREYRI single-ring cancellation. Very attractive with fresh color and perfect perforations, and with a nice smaller-city cancellation. A very nice example. ACTUAL item. |
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26.00 |
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243139 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
26 [1897 10 aur Numeral, Perforation 12.75] NEVER HINGED with F-VF centering. Plate variety AFA #8By, one of the several positions showing "dents in top half of right frame line". Nice, very fresh example. AFA 2016 Specialized value for NH is DKK 650 (US$105 4/2021). ACTUAL item. |
59.00 |
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401683 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
FAROE "(TH)ORSHAVN" 1902 F-VF bridge-style town cancel Daka #01.03 on ICELAND Scott #27 [1897 16 aur Numeral, Perforation 12.75]. A wonderful early example, most likely from Icelandic "fishing boat mail" that was dropped off at the post office in Thorshavn, Faroe Islands. Icelandic-flagged fishing boats were to use Icelandic stamps on mail posted on the high seas. Sometimes, instead traveling all the way from Iceland to Denmark or the United Kingdom, Icelandic fishing boats stopped at the Faroes to obtain supplies and drop off mail. The stamps on such letters were thus postmarked at Thorshavn. The mail, if not actually intended for the Faroes, was then typically carried by other ships onward to Denmark or the UK. The 16 aur denomination correctly paid a special basic-letter (up to 3 kvint; 1 kvint = 5 grams) postage rate specifically for mail to either the Faroes or to Denmark (1 Aug 1876 thru 31 Dec 1907). This 16 aur stamp is VF centered, without any defects. It is a "scarce" Used stamp in its own right; a normal Used VF example, canceled in Iceland would sell for $89! Examples of this stamp canceled in the Faroes are very seldom encountered, particularly showing the year date and particularly not on such a nice example of the stamp. It is hard to find nice examples of this FAROE postmark on Icelandic stamps. This fits perfectly into either a Faroe collection or an Iceland collection. ACTUAL item. |
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246681 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
28a [1897 ULTRAMARINE 20 aur Perf 12.5 Numeral] Mint, hinged, with XF centering and large margins, but with light crease only seen from the backside. Terrific overall appearance, with wonderful color and perfect perforations. This ultramarine stamp is quite scarce in Mint condition, but it seldom seen with centering this nice. Facit 2022 value is SEK 5000 for Mint Hinged with normal centering. Scott 2023 value is $575. ACTUAL item. |
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189.00 |
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