| Select Stamps - Scott #45-68 1902 I Gildi Overprints |  Top |
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237818 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
50 Full Sheet, Overprint Setting I, with plate varieties: AFA 1997 Specialized #23B with all four of the AFA-listed plate varieties (on underlying AFA #22) [1902 "I GILDI" black overprint on 3 aur Large Numeral, perforation 12.75] NH with centering varying from Superb to Fine as usual. Especially nice about such a sheet is that the four types of the I GILDI overprint (thickness of the zeros: thin-thin, thin-thick, thick-thin, thick-thick) is represented in TWO 4-STRIPS (positions 34-37 and 84-87) and TWO 4-BLOCKS (15-16/25-26 and 65-66/75-76). These highly significant 4-strips and 4-blocks containing all four overprint types have really only recently started to come to the attention of collectors. This was the only single-color "oval" issue for which the underlying stamps were printed in a single pass through the press, using a 100-subject plate (instead of a 25-subject plate, printed four times). Thus each of the underlying plate varieties only exist from one position in the sheet (making them scarcer than plate varieties from the 25-subject plates). The four varieties are (per AFA): "x" Sheet Position 17 "Defective R of POSTFRIM"; "y" Sheet Position 4 "color spot on M of POSTFRIM"; "z" Sheet Position 53 "Upper frame line cut off, becoming thinner toward left side"; and "æ" Sheet Position 16 "Color spot in A of ISLAND". The overprinting shows a horizontal and vertical shift between rows five and six, demonstrating that the overprinting was done in two operations, 50 stamps at a time. On the unoverprinted stamps, AFA values the varieties at 9 to 10 times the normal value! Wonderful quality! Very fresh and attractive; strong perforations, NO separations and NO creases. Priced well below the break up value of the listed varieties and stamps. ACTUAL item. |
275.00 |
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401739 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #53a, Facit #52v1, INVERTED OVERPRINT [1902 6 aur Perforation 12.75 with Black I GILDI Overprint] Mint, original gum, very lightly hinged, with VF centering. This stamp is accompanied by a 1997 Lasse Nielsen color photo certificate stating that it is "Mint with original gum, hinged" and that it is "Genuine and without repairs" and that it is a "Very fine" example. This stamp is ALSO accompanied by a 2026 Jay Smith color image certificate with a "lifetime guarantee" (details of the guarantee are available upon request). The Scott Classic 2026 Catalogue value is $800 and the Facit Classic 2024 Catalog value is SEK 8,000 = US$800 [8/2026]. An outstanding example of a stamp that is quite difficult to find with such nice appearance. ACTUAL item. |
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695.00 |
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237819 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
59 Full Sheet, Overprint Setting I, with plate varieties: AFA 1997 Specialized #33B (on underlying AFA #16B) [1902 "I GILDI" black overprint on 50 aur Numeral, perforation 12.75] NH with centering varying from Superb to Fine as usual, however, there are more nicely centered stamps in this sheet than usually found. Especially nice about such a sheet is that the four types of the I GILDI overprint (thickness of the zeros: thin-thin, thin-thick, thick-thin, thick-thick) is represented in TWO 4-STRIPS (positions 34-37 and 84-87) and TWO 4-BLOCKS (15-16/25-26 and 65-66/75-76). These highly significant 4-strips and 4-blocks containing all four overprint types have really only recently started to come to the attention of collectors. The overprinting shows a vertical shift between rows five and six, demonstrating that the overprinting was done in two operations, 50 stamps at a time. Wonderful quality! Very fresh and attractive; strong perforations, NO separations and NO creases. Normal, single NH stamps range from $5.90 for Fine to $10 for VF. Priced well below the break up value of the listed varieties and stamps. ACTUAL item. |
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247056 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
59 [1902 "I GILDI" black overprint on 50 aur Numeral, perforation 12.75] LOWER LEFT corner margin 4-block with F-VF/Fine centering. A very fresh and nice example. Shows the watermarked letters in margin and also the posthorn watermark in the corner margin. It is helpful to know what the latter looks like because it is theoretically possible for it to show up on stamps (due to a paper / printing shift) and is quite scarce thus. Very fresh and attractive; strong perforations, NO separations and NO creases. ACTUAL item. |
26.00 |
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247057 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
59 Rough Perforation Variety [1902 "I GILDI" black overprint on 50 aur Numeral, perforation 12.75] Mint hinged, with XF centering. A very nice example of this variety; perforations are rarely this rough on this stamp. ACTUAL item. |
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8.00 |
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237299 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
66 [1902 40 aur Perf 14 x 13.5 with Black I GILDI overprint] NH VF+. Sheet position 13 (confirmed from a larger block) shows the underlying stamp with AFA-listed plate variety #15æ "open upper left corner" (underlying stamp valued at about double with the variety). Extremely fresh and attractive. ACTUAL item. |
90.00 |
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237302 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
66 [1902 40 aur Perf 14 x 13.5 with Black I GILDI overprint] NH Superb 4-block. (Sheet position 23-24/33-34 confirmed from a larger block.) Wonderfully fresh and extraordinarily well centered. Priced only as four NH Superb single stamps! ACTUAL item. |
250.00 |
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244560 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
66 INVERTED WATERMARK [1902 40 aur Perf 14 x 13.5 with Black I GILDI overprint] NEVER HINGED with Fine centering. Wonderfully fresh and bright. This is one of the scarcest inverted watermarks of the non-rarity I GILDI overprints -- I have not recorded having an example in the last 25 years and I do not recall having an example in the 24 years before that. Neither Facit nor the AFA Specialized list a price for this inverted watermark stamp in NH condition -- Facit does list NH values for other inverted watermark stamps in I GILDI overprints (AFA does not provide any NH prices for any inverted watermark stamps). Facit 2022 value for HINGED is SEK 1600 [1/2022 $190] and AFA Specialized 2016 (most recent edition) value for Hinged is DKK 1200 [1/2022 $205]. In Facit, other I GILDI stamps with inverted watermarks have a 40% to 150% premium value! This stamp is very scarce with inverted watermark and "rare" thus in NH condition. ACTUAL item. |
260.00 |
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240651 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
66 [1902 40 aur Perf 14 x 13.5 with Black I GILDI overprint] Mint Fine, very lightly hinged. Underlying stamp with an unusually pronounced AFA-listed plate variety #15y "white dent on inside of upper frame line above IS" (underlying stamp valued at about double with the variety). Very attractive. ACTUAL item. |
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44.00 |
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401492 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #68 [1902 100 Aur I GILDI Overprint] Used with F-VF+ centering and a very neat, proper corner cancellation. A handsome example. ACTUAL item. |
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78.00 |