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217977 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
13 Type I, Facit #14A [1862 3 öre Brown Lion, Type I] Used Average centering, with 1863 WARBERG cancel and part of a red foreign cancellation. This stamp is scarce with cancellations other than Stockholm and extremely scarce used from covers leaving the country (the partial red cancel indicates this). Though the cancel is a bit heavy, this is clearly a Type I, which can also be determined by the colored spot on the underside of the top frameline near the left corner. Facit 2017 value is SEK 5500! A very scarce stamp in any quality. |
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145.00 |
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233143 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
13 Type II, Facit #14B. Plate variety "Large scallop out of left frame line about the large 3". [1862 3 öre Brown Lion, Type II] Used VF with nice, strong orange-brown color. Postmark well away from the variety. |
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26.00 |
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236658 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
13 Type II, Facit #14B [1863 3 öre Lion] Used F-VF with neat cancellation. Unusual plate variety: "several breaks / white spots in top frame line, near left corner and above RIG". I have not previously seen this obvious variety or any report of it. I suspect that the cliche was quickly repaired, thus making this variety quite scarce. |
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36.00 |
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245963 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
14, Facit #15b2 [1866 17 öre Lion, Red Violet] Used F-VF with 21 May 1870 "...KSVALL" (probably Hudiksvall) cancellation. The "b" color, which Facit describes as "reddish-bluish lilac" exists with both the rough "1855 perforations" (Facit 15b1) and the much more even "1865 perforations" (Facit 15b2 -- this example). This example is interesting because, under oblique lighting, the backside shows a very strong "wire marking" pattern resulting from the screen used in the paper making process. This pattern is always present (at least under magnification) but is seldom so clear as this example. A complete sound quality example with nice color and excellent perforations. |
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120.00 |
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248217 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #15, Facit #15c [1869 17 öre BLUISH GRAY Reclining Lion] Mint, lightly hinged, with F-VF centering. Wonderfully fresh with great color and perfect perforations. Accompanied by a 2024 Jay Smith certificate with "lifetime guarantee". This stamp is quite scarce in any condition, but Mint examples this fresh are very hard to find. Most recently this stamp was in the John A. Haggstrom collection. |
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248216 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small}  "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #15, Facit #15c [1869 17 öre BLUISH GRAY Reclining Lion] Used with VF centering and neat NYKÖPING 25 November 1871 cancellation. NO defects of any sort. Completely genuine. "No excuses!" Accompanied by a 1986 Helena Obermüller Wilén "HOW" color certificate stating (translated): "Stamp is genuine. No defects. No repairs. A beautiful and fresh example. Praktexemplar." HOW has assigned a quality rating of "4,4,3-4" which, in my experience, is an very high rating for this scarce stamp. Furthermore the term "Praktexemplar", which translates to "magnificent example" was seldom used by HOW. HOW is the premier certificate to have for this stamp. The "normal" Facit 2024 value for this stamp is SEK 6500, however, Facit prices "Praktexemplar" at SEK 14,000!!! Most recently this stamp was in the John A. Haggstrom collection. The vast majority of examples of Scott #15 offered these days are either defective, altered/faked, or repaired, or are just not pretty. This example is well centered, nicely canceled, and has exceptionally fresh color. Truly nice examples such as this are quite hard to find! I believe that this example has the nicest color of all the Used examples of this stamp that I have had in 50 years. |
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975.00 |