Iceland: Gallery: Select Stamps - Scott #170-187: 1931-1932 Gulfoss (Golden Falls) Waterfall and 1931-1933 King Christian X - Redrawn
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 #170-187: 1931-1932 Gulfoss (Golden Falls) Waterfall and 1931-1933 King Christian X - Redrawn
172 Mint Superb, lightly hinged. Quite scarce so nice. Brilliant!
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36.00
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247795
Orlof 1 kr Overprint on Scott #173 (Facit #197) [60 aur Gulfoss Waterfall] NH Fine. Very fresh and bright. As of 12/2023, this is only the fourth uncanceled example (only the third NH example) that I have had in 50 years.
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247533
Greidslumerki Facit #G1 [1932 65 aur Gulfoss waterfall postage stamp, Scott #174, with Greidslumerki (Greišslumerki) 10 aur invoice / payment tax overprint] Used with VF centering and company handstamp cancellation, on small piece. Seldom offered and unknown to many collectors. [Only two postage stamps were overprinted for this purpose, #174 and #175.] A handsome example.
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175 [1932 75 aur Gulfoss waterfall] Mint F-VF+, extremely lightly hinged. This example is so lightly hinged that the previous owner was sure it was never hinged; you also may not be able to find the hinge mark. Fresh and attractive.
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115.00
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247534
Greidslumerki Facit #G2 [1932 75 aur Gulfoss waterfall postage stamp, Scott #175, with Greidslumerki (Greišslumerki) 10 aur invoice / payment tax overprint] NEVER HINGED BLOCK OF FOUR with Fine centering. This block shows the two basic types of the overprint setting: The left two stamps show the right edge of the right "0" farther to the right than is shown on the right two stamps. Mint singles, with gum, of this stamp are hard to find; Mint or NH multiples of this stamp are scarce -- I have only had three or four Mint or NH multiples in 49 years. Seldom offered and unknown to many collectors. [Only two postage stamps were overprinted for this purpose, #174 and #175.] A excellent example. NH Fine singles sell for $60 each; this is priced below break-up value!
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225.00
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247535
Greidslumerki Facit #G2 [1932 75 aur Gulfoss waterfall postage stamp, Scott #175, with Greidslumerki (Greišslumerki) 10 aur invoice / payment tax overprint] Mint, without gum, with F-VF centering, SET OF TWO STAMPS showing the two basic types of the overprint setting: The left stamp shows the right edge of the right "0" farther to the right than is shown on the right stamp. Mint singles, even without gum, of this stamp are hard to find. Seldom offered and unknown to many collectors. [Only two postage stamps were overprinted for this purpose, #174 and #175.] Either of these singles, in this condition, would sell for $35 -- offered for less than the set total.
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64.00
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247540
Greidslumerki Facit #G2 [1932 75 aur Gulfoss waterfall postage stamp, Scott #175, with Greidslumerki (Greišslumerki) 10 aur invoice / payment tax overprint] Used with XF centering and neat, violet company handstamp. Seldom offered stamp that is unknown to many collectors. [Only two postage stamps were overprinted for this purpose, #174 and #175.] Outstanding centering for this scarce stamp.
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39.00
247545
Greidslumerki Facit #G2 [1932 75 aur Gulfoss waterfall postage stamp, Scott #175, with Greidslumerki (Greišslumerki) 10 aur invoice / payment tax overprint] Used with XF centering and neat POSTAL cancellation. Either from a purchase receipt at the post office or use on a postal money order or cash-on-delivery card. Postally canceled examples are scarce. Seldom offered stamp that is unknown to many collectors. [Only two postage stamps were overprinted for this purpose, #174 and #175.] Outstanding centering for this scarce stamp.
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42.00
247536
Greidslumerki Facit #G2 [1932 75 aur Gulfoss waterfall postage stamp, Scott #175, with Greidslumerki (Greišslumerki) 10 aur invoice / payment tax overprint] Used with VF centering, with neat manuscript cancellation, on small piece of either a bank check or a bill of exchange (vexel). Though that type of document is common bearing documentary revenue stamps, I have only had a couple pieces from one (and no complete documents) with any of the Greidslumerki stamps. Seldom offered and unknown to many collectors. [Only two postage stamps were overprinted for this purpose, #174 and #175.] An excellent example.
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32.00
247537
Greidslumerki Facit #G2 [1932 75 aur Gulfoss waterfall postage stamp, Scott #175, with Greidslumerki (Greišslumerki) 10 aur invoice / payment tax overprint] Used with VF centering, with neat manuscript cancellation, and small corner of a postal cancellation, on a small piece of postal money order or cash-on-delivery card AND with part of a Danish-printing (engraved) Greidslumerki stamp on the reverse. The tax payment was required on "both ends" of the transaction, whenever a payment of money occurred, thus two stamps were required. Not only are uses of this overprinted stamp quite scarce on a postal item, but it is extremely scarce showing both stamps (even if one is partial) and even more special in that it shows that both stamps were in use simultaneously, though at different post offices. The stamp on the back was cut in half when the front stamp was clipped out of the card by the post office for kiloware (after the required period that these cards had to be retained). To the best of my recollection, I have had only one other such example in 49 years (and never any complete cards). Seldom offered stamp that is unknown to many collectors. [Only two postage stamps were overprinted for this purpose, #174 and #175.] An outstanding example.
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49.00
Select Stamps - Scott #170-187: 1931-1932 Gulfoss (Golden Falls) Waterfall and 1931-1933 King Christian X - Redrawn continued ...
Greidslumerki Facit #G2 [1932 75 aur Gulfoss waterfall postage stamp, Scott #175, with Greidslumerki (Greišslumerki) 10 aur invoice / payment tax overprint] Used with VF centering and neat POSTAL cancellation. Either from a purchase receipt at the post office or use on a postal money order or cash-on-delivery card. Postally canceled examples are scarce. Seldom offered stamp that is unknown to many collectors. [Only two postage stamps were overprinted for this purpose, #174 and #175.] Excellent centering for this scarce stamp.
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38.00
247542
Greidslumerki Facit #G2 [1932 75 aur Gulfoss waterfall postage stamp, Scott #175, with Greidslumerki (Greišslumerki) 10 aur invoice / payment tax overprint] Used with F-VF centering and neat, light manuscript cancellation. Seldom offered stamp that is unknown to many collectors. [Only two postage stamps were overprinted for this purpose, #174 and #175.] Excellent example of this scarce stamp.
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28.00
247547
Greidslumerki Facit #G2 [1932 75 aur Gulfoss waterfall postage stamp, Scott #175, with Greidslumerki (Greišslumerki) 10 aur invoice / payment tax overprint] Used with F-VF centering and neat POSTAL cancellation. Either from a purchase receipt at the post office or use on a postal money order or cash-on-delivery card. Postally canceled examples are scarce. Seldom offered stamp that is unknown to many collectors. [Only two postage stamps were overprinted for this purpose, #174 and #175.] Nice centering for this scarce stamp.
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35.00
247538
Greidslumerki Facit #G2 [1932 75 aur Gulfoss waterfall postage stamp, Scott #175, with Greidslumerki (Greišslumerki) 10 aur invoice / payment tax overprint] Used with Fine centering, with postal cancellation on a very small piece of postal money order or cash-on-delivery card To the best of my recollection, I have had only three or four examples of this stamp on postal piece in 49 years (and never any complete cards). Seldom offered stamp that is unknown to many collectors. [Only two postage stamps were overprinted for this purpose, #174 and #175.] Price low due to the centering and size of the piece.
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19.00
247548
Greidslumerki Facit #G2 [1932 75 aur Gulfoss waterfall postage stamp, Scott #175, with Greidslumerki (Greišslumerki) 10 aur invoice / payment tax overprint] Used with Fine centering and neat POSTAL cancellation. Either from a purchase receipt at the post office or use on a postal money order or cash-on-delivery card. Postally canceled examples are scarce. Seldom offered stamp that is unknown to many collectors. [Only two postage stamps were overprinted for this purpose, #174 and #175.] Attractive example of this scarce stamp.
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29.00
247544
Greidslumerki Facit #G2 [1932 75 aur Gulfoss waterfall postage stamp, Scott #175, with Greidslumerki (Greišslumerki) 10 aur invoice / payment tax overprint] Used with Average centering and neat, light manuscript cancellation. Seldom offered stamp that is unknown to many collectors. [Only two postage stamps were overprinted for this purpose, #174 and #175.] A low-priced example of this scarce stamp.
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17.00
237979
177 [1932 3 aur Christian X, Redrawn Design] NH F-VF 4-block. Hard to find even as NH singles; NH F-VF singles sell for $59 each (and VF for $80!). Priced below break-up value.
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229.00
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248278
183 [1934 30 aur Christian X, Redrawn Portrait] NEVER HINGED with VF centering. The 30 aur was one of the last stamps produced with this worn-out perforating equipment (the new style of engraved stamps with different perforations were already coming out by this time) and thus always has rough-looking small-hole perforations. This example has remarkably nice perforations for this 30 aur. Wonderfully fresh! An outstanding example!
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129.00
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248277
186 [1931 kr Christian X, Redrawn Portrait] NEVER HINGED with XF centering and JUMBO margins! Wonderful color! An exceptional example of a stamp that is quite scarce in NH condition! Facit 2024 value for NH with ordinary centering is SEK 9500! This NH stamp is missing from many Iceland NH collections.
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