| Select Stamps - Scott #170-187: 1931-1932 Gulfoss (Golden Falls) Waterfall and 1931-1933 King Christian X - Redrawn |  Top |
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401182 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #170, Facit #194C3 Bluish Gray; Perf 14 x 13.5 COMB [1931 (1934 Printing) 5 aur Gullfoss Waterfall] Used with VF centering and a bold strike of Danish "KØBENHAVN / ..." (bottom half not on stamp) 1934 cancellation. Danish cancellations on Icelandic stamps of this era are not uncommon (due to the large amount of letters mailed at sea aboard fishing boats that arrived in Denmark). However, examples are unusual when they this well struck. ACTUAL item. |
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5.00 |
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401179 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #170 COIL, Facit #194C4R Dark Gray Crisp Printing; Perf 13.75 x 13.75 LINE, Cut top - Torn Bottom, Torn Sides (sold at postal counter) -- scarce!. [1931 (1935 Printing) 5 aur Gullfoss Waterfall] Used VF example showing cut perfs at top and torn perfs at bottom (from making the coil strips) -- which suggests that this was from the bottom row of the sheet with the bottom sheet margin removed by hand -- and torn on the sides (from being sold at a postal counter, NOT from a machine, torn off the roll by a postal clerk). Neat (REY)KJAVIK January 1939 machine cancellation. An unusually nice example. As of 3/2026 this combination of cut/torn, and torn sides, is the only such example I have recorded having. Prior to this, as of 8/2022, I had only recorded coils in this color as having torn tops and bottoms (from making the rolls by tearing instead of cutting) and cut sides (from a vending machine). [The coils, perforations differences, and color / paper differences of the Gulfoss stamps are not well known. They are scarce and many were discarded over the years by collectors who thought they were just defective (trimmed) stamps. Generally, the Gulfoss stamps had up to four perforation types: C1 and C2 are 14 x 13.75 two types of comb, C3 is 14 x 13.5 comb, and C4 is 13.75 x 13.75 line perf. As a comparison / measuring tool, the 60, 65, and 75 denominations only exist in C4 (13.75 x 13.75 line perf); in some cases, line up those up against the perfs of other stamps, rather than using a gauge. There are various further color shades (sometimes also with tell-tale difference in impression clarity) and paper color differences that are not listed in the catalogs. Coil rolls of 500 stamps were made by gluing together (using the trimmed side margin of one sheet to attach to the back of the next sheet) sheets of stamps at the sides (vertical edges) of the stamps and then either tearing or cutting the strips apart along the top and bottom margins. The tearing vs cutting seems to be mostly (?) consistently applied depending upon which batch (color shade) of stamps, etc. Stamps were both dispensed from vending machines (thus have cut perforation tips at the sides) or torn off rolls by postal clerks (thus have torn perforation tips at the sides); I am not sure if vended strips were possible (instead of just singles), resulting in a mix of cut and torn sides.] Per Facit, the 5 aur COILS exist with C2 and C4 perforations, with the C4 having at least two color shades (per JSA). Sort out those C2 and C4 perfs by matching with the top and bottom of the 60, 65, and 75 denominations (if NOT a match to top and bottom to the 60, 65, and 75, then you have a C2 perf in that case). The 5 aur C2 coils seem to be much scarcer than Facit suggests; as of 3/2026 I have not definitively recorded any examples, but I may have had them in the past and did not know it. Facit states that entire printing of C4 was made into coils, however I have recorded multiple examples of each of two colors of the 5 aur with C4 perforations that have been made into coils, thus there were at least two C4 printings (and thus I cannot be 100% sure that no 5 aur sheet examples exist with C4 perforations). The Facit Classic 2024 value for the most common color of the C4 coil is SEK 250, but this example is much, much nicer than usually seen. Furthermore Facit states that only a "small quantity" of the 5 aur coil were sold at postal counters (i.e. with torn sides). ACTUAL item. |
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36.00 |
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401180 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #170 COIL, Facit #194C4R Dark Gray Crisp Printing; Perf 13.75 x 13.75 LINE, Torn Top and Bottom, Cut Sides (vended from a machine). [1931 (1935 Printing) 5 aur Gullfoss Waterfall] Used F-VF example showing torn perfs at top and bottom (from making the coil strips) and cut on the sides (from being vended from a machine). Light cancellation. As of 3/2026 I have only recorded coils in this color as having torn tops and bottoms (from making the rolls by tearing instead of cutting) [except for one example with cut top and torn bottom] and cut sides (from a vending machine). [The coils, perforations differences, and color / paper differences of the Gulfoss stamps are not well known. They are scarce and many were discarded over the years by collectors who thought they were just defective (trimmed) stamps. Generally, the Gulfoss stamps had up to four perforation types: C1 and C2 are 14 x 13.75 two types of comb, C3 is 14 x 13.5 comb, and C4 is 13.75 x 13.75 line perf. As a comparison / measuring tool, the 60, 65, and 75 denominations only exist in C4 (13.75 x 13.75 line perf); in some cases, line up those up against the perfs of other stamps, rather than using a gauge. There are various further color shades (sometimes also with tell-tale difference in impression clarity) and paper color differences that are not listed in the catalogs. Coil rolls of 500 stamps were made by gluing together (using the trimmed side margin of one sheet to attach to the back of the next sheet) sheets of stamps at the sides (vertical edges) of the stamps and then either tearing or cutting the strips apart along the top and bottom margins. The tearing vs cutting seems to be mostly (?) consistently applied depending upon which batch (color shade) of stamps, etc. Stamps were both dispensed from vending machines (thus have cut perforation tips at the sides) or torn off rolls by postal clerks (thus have torn perforation tips at the sides); I am not sure if vended strips were possible (instead of just singles), resulting in a mix of cut and torn sides.] Per Facit, the 5 aur COILS exist with C2 and C4 perforations, with the C4 having at least two color shades (per JSA). Sort out those C2 and C4 perfs by matching with the top and bottom of the 60, 65, and 75 denominations (if NOT a match to top and bottom to the 60, 65, and 75, then you have a C2 perf in that case). The 5 aur C2 coils seem to be much scarcer than Facit suggests; as of 3/2026 I have not definitively recorded any examples, but I may have had them in the past and did not know it. Facit states that entire printing of C4 was made into coils, however I have recorded multiple examples of each of two colors of the 5 aur with C4 perforations that have been made into coils, thus there were at least two C4 printings (and thus I cannot be 100% sure that no 5 aur sheet examples exist with C4 perforations). The Facit Classic 2024 value for the most common color of the C4 coil is SEK 250. ACTUAL item. |
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23.00 |
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401181 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #170 COIL, Facit #194C2R Silver Gray; Perf 14 x 13.75 COMB, Cut Top and Bottom, Cut Sides (vended from a machine). [1931 (1935 Printing) 5 aur Gullfoss Waterfall] Used Fine+ example showing cut perfs at top and bottom (from making the coil strips) and cut on the sides (from being vended from a machine). Light cancellation. The 5 aur C2 coils seem to be much scarcer than Facit suggests; as of 3/2026 this is the only C2 perforation coil (in any color) that I have recorded having, since I started recording the coil perforation and color differences around 2020, but I may have had others prior to that time. [The coils, perforations differences, and color / paper differences of the Gulfoss stamps are not well known. They are scarce and many were discarded over the years by collectors who thought they were just defective (trimmed) stamps. Generally, the Gulfoss stamps had up to four perforation types: C1 and C2 are 14 x 13.75 two types of comb, C3 is 14 x 13.5 comb, and C4 is 13.75 x 13.75 line perf. As a comparison / measuring tool, the 60, 65, and 75 denominations only exist in C4 (13.75 x 13.75 line perf); in some cases, line up those up against the perfs of other stamps, rather than using a gauge. There are various further color shades (sometimes also with tell-tale difference in impression clarity) and paper color differences that are not listed in the catalogs. Coil rolls of 500 stamps were made by gluing together (using the trimmed side margin of one sheet to attach to the back of the next sheet) sheets of stamps at the sides (vertical edges) of the stamps and then either tearing or cutting the strips apart along the top and bottom margins. The tearing vs cutting seems to be mostly (?) consistently applied depending upon which batch (color shade) of stamps, etc. Stamps were both dispensed from vending machines (thus have cut perforation tips at the sides) or torn off rolls by postal clerks (thus have torn perforation tips at the sides); I am not sure if vended strips were possible (instead of just singles), resulting in a mix of cut and torn sides.] Per Facit, the 5 aur COILS exist with C2 and C4 perforations, with the C4 having at least two color shades (per JSA). Sort out those C2 and C4 perfs by matching with the top and bottom of the 60, 65, and 75 denominations (if NOT a match to top and bottom to the 60, 65, and 75, then you have a C2 perf in that case). The Facit Classic 2024 value for the most common color of the C2 coil is SEK 250. ACTUAL item. |
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27.00 |
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401183 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #171, Facit #195C1 Dark Carmine; Perf 14 x 13.75 COMB [1931 (1931 Printing) 20 aur Gullfoss Waterfall] Used with Fine centering and a light cancellation; the cancellation date of March 1933 is faintly visible. The C1 Perforation Type is a comb perforation, but because of the way that the comb repeated its one-row punching, the upper left corner perforation is usually thin and pointed (see image in Facit). The grand total print quantity of the 20 aur Gulfoss stamps was 4,670,000, however, only 100,000 of those were from the 1931 printing (i.e. Perforation Type C1). Though, technically, this stamp should not be "scarce", Used examples are "virtually never" offered! ACTUAL item. |
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4.00 |
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231259 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
172 Mint Superb, lightly hinged. Quite scarce so nice. Brilliant! ACTUAL item. |
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36.00 |
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400175 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #172 COIL, Facit #196C2R [1931 35 aur Gulfoss (Golden Waterfall)] NEVER HINGED with VF centering, COIL SINGLE prepared for postal vending machines. These coils were made from sheet stamps and have straight-cut perfs at top and bottom. The left and right sheet margins were trimmed down (the top and bottom sheet margins were removed) and used to connect one sheet to the next (side by side), prior to slicing into coil rolls. Singles of the 35 aur coil are not uncommon though well-centered examples are hard to find; they were dispensed from the machines as singles, thus pairs or larger units (with or without splices) are quite uncommon. Interestingly, the Facit value for NH coil singles is half of the value for NH sheet singles! Wonderfully fresh and well-centered; such nice centering is scarce on the 35 aur coil stamps. ACTUAL item. |
45.00 |
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247795 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
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. ACTUAL item. |
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247533 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Greidslumerki Facit #G1 [1932 65 aur Gulfoss waterfall postage stamp, Scott #174, with Greidslumerki (Greiðslumerki) 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. ACTUAL item. |
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239200 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
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. ACTUAL item. |
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115.00 |
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