Iceland: Gallery: Select Stamps - Scott #71-85 1907-1908 Two Kings - Crown Watermark
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.
Please also see the other Gallery pages and the Specialized Stamps pages for other high-quality stamps including both Specialized and non-specialized items.
Select Stamps - Scott #71-85 1907-1908 Two Kings - Crown Watermark
71 [1908 1 eyr Two Kings, Crown Watermark] NH F-VF 4-block. Very fresh and attractive.
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21.00
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242445
71 [1908 1 eyrir Two Kings, Crown Watermark] NEVER HINGED 4-BLOCK with Fine centering. Upper right stamp with an unlisted plate variety: "damaged lower frame line below EY of EYR" -- this is a slightly different variety than the one listed in the AFA Specialized Catalog. Very fresh and attractive.
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16.00
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243145
71 [1908 1 eyrir Two Kings, Crown Watermark, Perf 12.75] Mint, very lightly hinged, with Fine centering. Unlisted plate variety: "line in margin, upper right corner". AFA does list several similar types of varieties on other stamps of this set, but not this variety. It is quite easy to see; maybe it will receive a listing some day.
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8.00
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400476
Scott #76 [1907 10 aur Two Kings, Perforation 12.75, Crown Watermark] NEVER HINGED, original gum, with VF centering. Brilliant color, "perfect" perforations, and "pristine" original gum. A wonderfully fresh and bright example of a stamp that usually has poor centering. Because the crown-watermark stamps were completely consumed by normal postal use, NH examples are quite scarce. For NH, Scott 2025 value is $500, Facit 2024 value is SEK 4400. Accompanied by a Jay Smith color certificate with lifetime guarantee (see guarantee details).
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439.00
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246817
Numeral cancel 1 black F-VF on Scott #76 VF. #1 in 1903-1916 period (Arnabæli) or #1 in 1917-1941 period (Klausturhólar).
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38.00
246818
Numeral cancel 2 black Superb on Scott #76 VF but toned, with major plate variety (large break in left frame line) that is not listed by AFA. #2 in 1903-1911 period (Eyrarbakki) or #2 in 1913-1930 period and later possibly to 1964 (Svalbarðseyri). If the plate variety was AFA listed, would add about $35 to the price.
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28.00
246823
Numeral cancel 8 black F-VF+ on Scott #76 VF toned. #8 in 1903-1926 period (Stokkseyri).
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5.00
246831
Numeral cancel 18 black VF on Scott #76 VF centered. #18 in 1903-1930 period (Seljaland). Though this postmark has a modest value in Facit it seems much harder to obtain. Until now, I have not recorded having an example of the #18 cancellation since I started keeping track around 2000.
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19.00
246822
Numeral cancel 8 black F-VF+ on Scott #76 F-VF. #8 in 1903-1926 period (Stokkseyri).
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7.00
246824
Numeral cancel 9 black Superb on Scott #76 Fine. #9 in 1903-1930 period (Stóri-Núpur).
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20.00
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Numeral cancel 17 black Superb on Scott #76 Average centered. #17 in 1903-1918 period (Rofabær).
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12.00
246834
Numeral cancel 24 black VF on Scott #76 with Average centering. #24 in 1903-1930 period (Hólmur).
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10.00
246832
Numeral cancel 18 black F-VF+ on Scott #76 F-VF centered, slight toned spot. #18 in 1903-1930 period (Seljaland). Though this postmark has a modest value in Facit it seems much harder to obtain. Until now, I have not recorded having an example of the #18 cancellation since I started keeping track around 2000.
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9.00
236783
77 [1908 15 aur Two Kings] Fine centered, revenue use with straight-line sewing machine cancellation and partial (AKU)REYR(I) cancellation. This stamp is only one of six stamp issues (all Two Kings) that I have found (as of 12/2012) with the sewing machine cancellation; it is by far the scarcest that I have recorded. Though only Fine centered, this is still better than usual.
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Reference
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400477
Scott #78 [1907 16 aur Two Kings] NEVER HINGED, original gum, with Fine centering (typical for this stamp). Very fresh with "perfect" perforations and "pristine" original gum. NH examples are hard to find. For NH, Scott 2025 value is $35, Facit 2024 value is SEK 300, but well-centered examples are much harder to find than those values suggest.
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26.00
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242443
80 [1907 25 aur Two Kings] Used with F-VF centering and neat corner cancellation. INVERTED WATERMARK. Though this inverted watermark does have a +200% premium in the catalogs, in my experience it is even much scarcer than that.
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50.00
242434
83 [1907 1 kr Two Kings] NEVER HINGED with XF centering. Near-perfect centering, brilliant color and sharp impression, perfect perforations, and perfect gum. A wonderfully fresh and bright example of a stamp that usually has poor centering. A common stamp in typical quality, but seldom offered this nice!
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100.00
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400162
Scott #83, AFA #60t [1 kr Two Kings] Mint, very lightly hinged, with F-VF+ centering. With "colored line in top margin" variety as listed in the AFA Specialized 2016 Catalog (still the most recent edition as for 8/2025) at DKK 500. Very fresh and bright with nice centering. Seldom offered, especially in Mint condition.
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69.00
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400478
Scott #84 [1907 2 kr Two Kings] NEVER HINGED, original gum, with Average centering. This example has fairly typical centering for this stamp, but it has an unusual production "variety". There is a spot of gum on the front of the stamp in the upper right area. After printing, these stamps were gummed by hand and laid out on shelves to dry. If a worker had a little bit of excess gum on their finger when picking up the next sheet of stamps to apply gum, such a spot of gum could get on the front of a stamp. While this type of "variety" is interesting and seldom seen, it does actually reduce the value -- even though the stamp really is NH. Scott 2025 value for NH is $105 and $37.50 for Hinged. Facit 2024 value for NH is SEK 950 and SEK 300 for Hinged. Very low price!
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19.00
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400479
Scott #84 [1907 2 kr Two Kings] Mint, extremely lightly hinged, with XF-Superb centering. Incredibly nice centering for this stamp which is usually poorly centered. Wonderfully fresh and bright with almost perfect centering, "perfect" perforations, and "pristine" lightly hinged gum.
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59.00
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84 [1908 2 kr Two Kings] Fine centered, revenue use with straight-line sewing machine cancellation and postal cancellation. This stamp is only one of six stamp issues (all Two Kings) that I have found (as of 12/2012) with the sewing machine cancellation. Better than usual centering.
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236789
84 [1908 2 kr Two Kings] Fine centered, revenue use with random needle holes cancellation and partial AK(UREYRI) cancellation. This stamp is only one of six stamp issues (all Two Kings) that I have found (as of 12/2012) with the sewing machine cancellation. Better than usual centering.
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400164
Scott #85 [1907 5 kr Two Kings] NEVER HINGED with VF centering. Very fresh and attractive example with great color, "perfect" perforations, and correct pristine NH original gum. This is very scarce quality for a stamp that is typically poorly centered (usually only Fine or Average). An outstanding example!
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575.00
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400480
Scott #85 [1907 5 kr Two Kings] Mint, moderately hinged, with Fine+ centering. Very fresh with excellent color, and "perfect" centering of the central portrait color, and nice centering for this stamp which is usually poorly centered. The KEY STAMP of the set. Scott 2026 value $175.
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