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237391 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
2-5 [1856-1857 Oscars] The set of the four 1924 OFFICIAL REPRINTS of the Oscars. Mint VF with partial/disturbed gum still present as a result of extremely careful removal from their page in the 1924 handbook (examples with full, undisturbed gum should not exist in private hands). These 1924 reprints have color shades different from the scarcer 1914 reprints; these 1924 colors are: Dull Yellowish Orange (instead of Dark/Bright Orange); Dark Silvery Gray (instead of Greenish Light Gray); Blackish Blue (instead of slightly greenish Dark Blue); Dark Brownish Red (instead of Light Brownish Red). I have only had three or four sets of these in 40 years and this must be the nicest looking set that I have had, and probably the only one with any gum remaining. ACTUAL item. |
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400601 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
1963 OFFICIAL REPRINTS: Scott #1, 2-5, 15 [1855 Lion; 1856-7 Oscars; 1867 "8 SKILL 8" Lion] The complete set of the reprints that were adhered into the 1963 Norwegian Handbook Volume 1; 4000 of each were issued. These were soaked to remove them from the book page by a previous owner. To my knowledge, these do not exist in the market with original gum. They are "mint no gum", but they are not hinged. The reprints are rouletted, and are on thin white paper. They are in VF (the four Oscars) to XF (the 8 skilling Lion) to Superb (the Number One) quality. This 1963 set, now 62 years old, is seldom offered having been removed from the book page -- in this way you do not have to be concerned about damaging a stamp if you were to remove them yourself from a book page. Wonderfully fresh and bright. ACTUAL item. |
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400604 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #2 Deep Yellowish Orange [1857 2 sk Oscar] Used with VF-XF centering and very light, partial BERGEN 1863 town cancellation. Remarkably intense color -- seldom seen thus (and with nice centering). Outstanding example! From the J.A. Farrington collection. The key stamp of this classic issue. ACTUAL item. |
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139.00 |
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248895 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
2 Deep Yellowish Orange [1857 2 sk Oscar] Used with VF centering a 12 November 1862 CHRISTIANIA cancellation. An exceptionally well centered example of a stamp that is usually poorly centered. Unusually nice, strong color. ACTUAL item. |
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180.00 |
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400605 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #3 Strong Lilac Gray [1857 3 sk Oscar] Used with F-VF centering and very light, neat, full TRONDHEIM 1860 town cancellation. Wonderfully fresh example with great color and "perfect" perforations. Outstanding example! From the J.A. Farrington collection. Such nice examples of this stamp are much scarcer than the catalog values suggest. ACTUAL item. |
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69.00 |
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246617 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
4 Light Greenish Blue (Milky Blue) with SHEET MARGIN WATERMARK [1856 4 sk Oscar] Used with Average-Fine centering and light, but full LAURVIG cancellation. The color is Facit #4c; the Facit number for the watermark is #4vm. Plate Position C21 verified by two previous owners and matches the watermark position. This sheet margin watermark can only appear on or next two the stamps at the four corners of the sheet, when the paper/printing has shifted. The watermark on this example is quite obvious -- the nicest example I have had in 49 years. Facit 2022 lists and prices "from SEK 500" the watermark variety on the most common stamp color, but in my opinion, that value is far too low, even on the most common color. Furthermore, the valuation does not take into account the rarity of the watermark on this scarcest color of the 4 sk Oscar (Facit 2022 SEK 650 just for the color!). While this stamp may not look very exciting, it is VERY SCARCE: the scarcest color with the rarely seen watermark! ACTUAL item. |
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250.00 |