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238373 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
103 [1918 6 aur Two Kings, Crosses Watermark] NH F-VF/F-VF+ upper left corner margin plate #93-H block of four. Unimportant tear in top selvage. This was the only plate number for the 6 aur with crosses watermark. A key early plate block; quite scarce, but especially so in such nice quality. Even NH single stamps of this one are hard to find. ACTUAL item. |
275.00 |
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401033 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #185 [1931 1 kr Christian X, Redrawn Portrait] Lower left corner margin Plate #450G example in NEVER HINGED condition with F-VF centering. Wonderfully fresh and bright with great color, "perfect" perforations, and "pristine" original gum! Even though plate number singles (or blocks) of this stamp are "very scarce", NH examples of this stamp are already so scarce that the presence of the plate number does not really add much to the price of stamp -- but it does add greatly to the scarcity and attractiveness! A "normal" NH single example with this centering would be $108. ACTUAL item. |
115.00 |
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401331 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #C10 [1931 1 kr "Zeppelin 1931" Overprint] NEVER HINGED Lower Right PLATE BLOCK OF FOUR "No 402Y" with Fine centering. The stamps and selvage are NH, but the gum is slightly aged (yellowed) as is often seen on this particular stamp. There is perforation separation in one place in the selvage (next to the "4"), but otherwise the perforations are strong. At the bottom center of the lower right stamp, there is a small spot of (original) gum. Such gum spots on the front are occasionally found on the Christian X stamps. They are the result of handling during production while the gum was still wet. When they are encountered, they are almost always found on stamps that are margin-adjacent and especially at the lower right sheet-corner (where a printer may have picked up a sheet for close inspection). Technically, such a spot does reduce the value, but plate blocks of this issue are so scarce that most collectors regard such a spot to be inconsequential. Though only Fine centered (typical for this issue), this block has fresh appearance with great color and excellent perforations. This stamp has become hard to find in NH condition -- NH blocks are now especially scarce (and plate blocks have always been very scarce) as more and more have been broken up in the last few decades for NH singles. In 53 years, and especially since I started seriously recording such items around 2000, I have not recorded having a plate block of this stamp. ACTUAL item. |
69.00 |