264 Plate Variety, Facit #259Av1 P1 [1938 15 öre Emanuel Swedenborg (theologian and scientist)] NEVER HINGED 3-strip with XF centering and obvious plate variety "line in top margin above 10". The variety is nicely positioned in the center of the 3-strip. Examples of this variety are amazingly hard to find considering the modest (SEK +200) Facit 2021 value, especially in NH and with such nice centering. In my experience, the plate varieties of this stamp are quite undervalued.
35.00
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241021
264a/264 (Facit #259BC) [1938 15 öre Emanuel Swedenborg (theologian and scientist), pair with straight-edge on left side only] Used VF BC 4-BLOCK with 17 February 1938 cancellations (just a couple weeks after issue). One blunted perf on lower pair; otherwise excellent. Used BC/CB blocks are quite unusual! Priced only as two pairs.
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90.00
241024
273/273a (Facit #261CB) [1938 5 öre New Sweden (Settler and Indian), pair with straight-edge on right side only] Used VF CB 4-BLOCK with 30 October 1938 cancellations. Excellent quality, strong perforations. Used BC/CB blocks are quite unusual, especially these larger-format stamps. Priced only as two pairs.
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90.00
244108
273a/273 (Facit #261BC) [1938 5 öre New Sweden (Settler and Indian), pair with straight-edge on left side only] NH VF-centered BC pair with top margin attached (thus had been mounted upright in a booklet). The margin shows an engraved diagonal line at the right side -- which is half an arrow; the arrow marking is listed by Facit, however it is seldom offered. An interesting item for a very popular thematic!
38.00
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244112
274a/274 (Facit #262BC) [1938 15 öre New Sweden (sailing ship Kalmar Nyckel), pair with straight-edge on left side only] NH BC Pair with XF centering. This is quite hard to find so well centered! A very popular thematic!
62.00
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244118
278/278a (Facit #266CB) [1938 5 öre Gustaf V 80th Birthday, pair with straight-edge on right side only] NH CB pair with Superb centering. Wonderfully fresh. Quite scarce with perfect centering both around the whole pair and within the individual stamps.
74.00
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244115
278/278a (Facit #266CB) [1938 5 öre Gustaf V 80th Birthday, pair with straight-edge on right side only] NH CB pair with VF centering. Bottom margin attached (thus had been mounted inverted in a booklet). The right side of the margin shows the a registration bar marking. This type of marking is called "regm" in specialized Facit listings, but this particular marking is not mentioned by Facit -- and I cannot recall previously having an example on this issue. A very attractive example of a scarce pair. Normally $59 without this unusual marginal marking.
64.00
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244116
278/278a (Facit #266CB) [1938 5 öre Gustaf V 80th Birthday, pair with straight-edge on right side only] NH CB pair with VF centering. Wonderfully fresh.
59.00
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244119
278a/278 (Facit #266BC) [1938 5 öre Gustaf V 80th Birthday, pair with straight-edge on left side only] NH BC pair with XF centering. Top margin attached (thus had been mounted upright in a booklet) -- NO extra cost for the margin. A very attractive example of a scarce pair -- especially scarce with such huge margins and nice centering!
64.00
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244121
278a/278 (Facit #266BC) [1938 5 öre Gustaf V 80th Birthday, pair with straight-edge on left side only] NH BC pair with XF centering. A very attractive example of a scarce pair -- especially scarce with such huge margins and nice centering!
278 Booklet COVER ONLY (Facit #266, H36) [1938 5 öre Gustaf V 80th Birthday] Booklet cover, with staple, but NO stamps. Logically creased at the binding line on the front cover. Panel text (in Swedish) about postal services and rates. Such booklet covers are often requested because they allow for display without the high cost of buying a booklet containing stamps. Keep in mind that the complete booklet containing stamps ranges in price from $100 (containing #278) to $400-500 (containing BC/CB pairs)!
12.00
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244122
279/279a (Facit #267CB) [1938 15 öre Gustaf V 80th Birthday, pair with straight-edge on right side only] NH CB pair with XF centering. Top margin attached (thus had been mounted upright in a booklet) -- NO extra cost for the attached margin. A very attractive example of a very scarce pair. This pair is hard to find so well centered.
119.00
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244124
279/279a (Facit #267CB) [1938 15 öre Gustaf V 80th Birthday, pair with straight-edge on right side only] NH CB pair with XF centering. A very attractive example of a very scarce pair. This pair is hard to find so well centered.
119.00
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247074
289 (Facit #269C) [1939 10 öre Violet Gustav V with Small Numerals, perforated 4-sides] NH VF BLOCK OF FOUR in extremely fresh quality. This bottom margin example shows booklet-mounting staple holes, thus this block came from a booklet and not a sheet. That it has bottom margin means that it was an Inverted position in the booklet. While this is not a "scarce" stamp, it is the key "normal" stamp of this design and blocks are rarely offered. Even single stamp examples are hard to find well centered.
16.00
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241268
289/289a CB Pair (Facit #269CB) [1939 10 öre Violet Gustav V with Small Numerals, pair with straight-edge on right side only] NH VF example in extremely fresh condition. Absolutely genuine. There is a space for this scarce pair in virtually every European-made album, but it is missing from most collections.
124.00
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241269
289a/289 BC Pair (Facit #269BC) [1939 10 öre Violet Gustav V with Small Numerals, pair with straight-edge on left side only] NH VF example in extremely fresh condition. Absolutely genuine. There is a space for this scarce pair in virtually every European-made album, but it is missing from most collections.
124.00
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241038
292/292a (Facit #318CB) [1939 5 öre Per Erik Ling (founder of Swedish gymnastics), pair with straight-edge on right side only] NEVER HINGED Superb CB pair with jumbo margins. Outstanding example!
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68.00
241037
292/292a (Facit #318CB) [1939 5 öre Per Erik Ling (founder of Swedish gymnastics), pair with straight-edge on right side only] Used Superb CB pair with neat, fully dated, 24 April 1939 cancellation. Outstanding example.
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60.00
241035
292a/292 (Facit #318BC) [1939 5 öre Per Erik Ling (founder of Swedish gymnastics), pair with straight-edge on left side only] Used VF BC 4-BLOCK with neat cancellations. Excellent quality, strong perforations. Used BC/CB blocks are quite unusual. Priced only as two pairs.
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90.00
241043
297a [1939 10 öre Berzelius (chemist) perforated-3-side] Straight edge on left side. Mint Superb, lightly hinged. Large, perfect margins all around. Fresh and attractive. Scarce so nice.
297/297a (Facit #320CB) [1939 10 öre Jöns Jacob Berzelius (chemist), pair with straight-edge on right side only] Used Superb CB pair with neat, round MALMÖ cancel and perfectly even margins on both stamps. Top margin from booklet mounting still attached and with half cylinder 1 marginal marking (does not increase price). Wonderful quality, strong perforations. Outstanding example.
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325.00
241045
297/297a (Facit #320CB) [1939 10 öre Jöns Jacob Berzelius (chemist), pair with straight-edge on right side only] Used VF-XF CB pair with fairly light (very light on 297a) cancel and large margins. Excellent example of a very scarce pair.
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285.00
241046
297a/297 (Facit #320BC) [1939 10 öre Jöns Jacob Berzelius (chemist), pair with straight-edge on left side only] NEVER HINGED VF BC pair. Wonderfully fresh and bright. Excellent example of a very scarce pair.
235.00
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242276
297a/297 (Facit #320BC) [1939 10 öre Jöns Jacob Berzelius (chemist), pair with straight-edge on left side only] NEVER HINGED VF BC pair. Wonderfully fresh and bright. Excellent example of a very scarce pair.
235.00
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242519
298a/298 (Facit #321BC) [1938 15 öre Carl von Linné (botanist, taxonomist, writer), pair with straight-edge on left side only] Mint XF BC PAIR with reasonable hinge mark on the 298 and NH 298a (the scarcer stamp). Huge margins and remarkably nicely centered, with perfect perforations and great color. A scarce pair for which there is a space in virtually all European-made albums and also an important item for many thematic collections.
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150.00
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241048
298/298a (Facit #321CB) [1938 15 öre Carl von Linne (botanist, taxonomist, writer), pair with straight-edge on right side only] Used XF CB 4-BLOCK with 6 June 1939 (issued on 2 June) MALMÖ cancellation. Excellent quality, strong perforations. Used BC/CB blocks are quite unusual. Priced only as two pairs. Scarce and sought after by many thematic collectors.
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90.00
241049
298/298a (Facit #321CB) [1938 15 öre Carl von Linne (botanist, taxonomist, writer), pair with straight-edge on right side only] Used XF CB 4-BLOCK with 6 June 1939 (issued on 2 June) MALMÖ cancellation. Bottom margin example showing booklet mounting and complete cylinder 1 marginal marking -- the bottom margin mounting means that this was from an inverted-mounting booklet. Excellent quality, strong perforations. Used BC/CB blocks are quite unusual. Scarce and sought after by many thematic collectors. An outstanding item!
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115.00
241050
298a/298 (Facit #321BC) [1938 15 öre Carl von Linne (botanist, taxonomist, writer), pair with straight-edge on left side only] Used XF BC 4-BLOCK with 12 June 1939 (issued on 2 June) MALMÖ cancellation. Top margin example showing booklet mounting. Excellent quality, strong perforations. Used BC/CB blocks are quite unusual. Priced only as two pairs. Scarce and sought after by many thematic collectors.
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90.00
244133
312a/312 (Facit #324BC) [1940 5 öre Carl Michael Bellman ("the master of Swedish songwriting"), pair with straight-edge on left side only] NH BC pair with XF centering. An excellent example, with great centering. This pair is usually not well centered. Hard to find so nice! Sought after for many thematic collections.
105.00
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241057
322a/322 (Facit #332CB) [1941 5 kr blue Stockholm Palace, pair with straight-edge on right side only] CB 4-BLOCK, Used with Superb centering and ESKILTUNA cancellations. Correct greenish-blue color of the early printings. This example came off packages of ball bearings sent by airmail in 1941-1942 from Sweden to the Ford Motor Company in the U.S., for military production -- would have to have been sent on the dangerous secret night flights from Stockholm to Scotland and then onward by clipper flying boats to the U.S. [see the book Blockade Runners]. One of the key BC/CB pair issues -- such nice centering is quite scarce! Attractive and completely sound in all respects. Blocks of this BC/CB issue are scarce because most of the heavy packages they were on (or on parcel cards) received very rough treatment. Priced at only the value of two Superb pairs.
322a/322 (Facit #332CB) [1941 5 kr blue Stockholm Palace, pair with straight-edge on right side only] CB pair, Used with VF centering and ESKILTUNA cancellations. Correct greenish-blue color of the early printings. This example came off packages of ball bearings sent by airmail in 1941-1942 from Sweden to the Ford Motor Company in the U.S., for military production -- would have to have been sent on the dangerous secret night flights from Stockholm to Scotland and then onward by clipper flying boats to the U.S. [see the book Blockade Runners]. One of the key BC/CB pair issues. Attractive.
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210.00
241058
322a/322 (Facit #332CB) [1941 5 kr blue Stockholm Palace, pair with straight-edge on right side only] CB pair, Used with Superb centering and ESKILTUNA cancellations, but with light bends (hard to see). Correct greenish-blue color of the early printings. This example came off packages of ball bearings sent by airmail in 1941-1942 from Sweden to the Ford Motor Company in the U.S., for military production -- would have to have been sent on the dangerous secret night flights from Stockholm to Scotland and then onward by clipper flying boats to the U.S. [see the book Blockade Runners]. One of the key BC/CB pair issues -- such nice centering is quite scarce! Otherwise would be $245 for this centering.
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59.00
241059
322a/322 (Facit #332CB) [1941 5 kr blue Stockholm Palace, pair with straight-edge on right side only] CB 10-BLOCK (THE COMPLETE BOOKLET PANE, w/o selvage), Used with VF/XF centering and ESKILTUNA cancellations, but with bends and a couple shorter perforations. Correct greenish-blue color of the early printings. This example came off packages of ball bearings sent by airmail in 1941-1942 from Sweden to the Ford Motor Company in the U.S., for military production -- would have to have been sent on the dangerous secret night flights from Stockholm to Scotland and then onward by clipper flying boats to the U.S. [see the book Blockade Runners]. One of the key BC/CB pair issues -- such nice centering is quite scarce! Attractive and completely sound in all respects. Such large blocks of this BC/CB issue are extremely scarce because most of the heavy packages they were on (or on parcel cards) received very rough treatment. While it may not be obvious, stamps like these helped win WWII.
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195.00
240931
397 FLUORESCENT, Facit #300v1 [1968 Fluorescent Printing of the 1948 1.40 kr dark green 3-Crowns] Used Superb with fully dated 14 February 1969 light cancellation. An unannounced (accidental?) 1968 printing on bright yellow fluorescent (under long-wave UV light) paper. This variety (and also some faintly fluorescent varieties of other stamps) was accidentally discovered around 1978 by a staff member of the Rolf Gummesson stamp dealer firm who was checking some other stamps under UV light and noticed these. In 1968-1969 this denomination was needed for foreign postal money orders (thus the stamps were spread widely on items sent outside of Sweden -- and the destination post offices tended to keep such forms as the receipt for making the payment -- which helps to explain the rarity of used examples). The supply of mint stamps was long exhausted before this variety was discovered; only by chance might a collector have obtained a mint example (of a 20 year old stamp design) from the post office in 1968. Rare in mint and quite hard to find used, especially undamaged and with nice centering. This is a top quality example in the 99th percentile.
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80.00
240932
397 FLUORESCENT, Facit #300v1 [1968 Fluorescent Printing of the 1948 1.40 kr dark green 3-Crowns] Used Superb with light corner cancellation. An unannounced (accidental?) 1968 printing on bright yellow fluorescent (under long-wave UV light) paper. This variety (and also some faintly fluorescent varieties of other stamps) was accidentally discovered around 1978 by a staff member of the Rolf Gummesson stamp dealer firm who was checking some other stamps under UV light and noticed these. In 1968-1969 this denomination was needed for foreign postal money orders (thus the stamps were spread widely on items sent outside of Sweden -- and the destination post offices tended to keep such forms as the receipt for making the payment -- which helps to explain the rarity of used examples). The supply of mint stamps was long exhausted before this variety was discovered; only by chance might a collector have obtained a mint example (of a 20 year old stamp design) from the post office in 1968. Rare in mint and quite hard to find used, especially undamaged and with nice centering. This is a top quality example!
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55.00
247817
397 FLUORESCENT, Facit #300v1 [1968 Fluorescent Printing of the 1948 1.40 kr dark green 3-Crowns] Used XF on piece of domestic money order card, with fully dated, neat 15 February 1969 cancellation. An unannounced (accidental?) 1968 printing on bright yellow fluorescent (under long-wave UV light) paper. This variety (and also some faintly fluorescent varieties of other stamps) was accidentally discovered around 1978 by a staff member of the Rolf Gummesson stamp dealer firm who was checking some other stamps under UV light and noticed that some unexpected stamps were fluorescent! In 1968-1969 this denomination was needed, as a solo use, for only three purposes. Actually these three rates started 1 January 1967 and ran through 28 February 1969, but the fluorescent stamp was apparently not printed or put into use until mid-late 1968, thus the period of use for it was only a FEW MONTHS. The uses were: 1) Domestic Swedish postal money orders over 10 kr up to a maximum amount of 2000 kroner. The domestic money order forms were usually light brownish in color and bear only Swedish text. 2) Postal money orders to Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and Norway, over 10 kr up to a maximum amount of ?? (believed to again be 2000 kroner). The color and text of such cards has not been recorded by me; this use is very unusual. 3) Foreign postal money orders sent to all other (non-Nordic) countries, up to 250 kr. The Swedish international postal money order forms were usually pink in color and can be identified by the color and especially the text in Swedish and French. The forms sent outside of Sweden were widely distributed. In virtually all cases, the destination post offices usually kept such forms as the receipt for making the payment to the recipient. After a few years, some countries (including Sweden) cut the stamps from money order and parcel cards and sold them as kiloware. The vast majority of known used examples of this fluorescent stamp are from such kiloware (which I believe was not sold until around 1975-1976). Uses of this fluorescent stamp on complete cards is very scarce; I have only seen complete cards used to non-Nordic countries. Uses of this flourescent stamp on a piece of card (i.e. from the kiloware) are scarce because this was not catalog-listed until several years after discovery and even then most collectors who obtained and soaked kiloware were not aware of the existence of this stamp on fluorescent paper. [The supply of mint stamps was long exhausted before this variety was discovered; only by chance might a collector have obtained a mint example (of a 20 year old stamp design) from the post office in 1968.] Rare in mint and quite hard to find Used, and especially undamaged and with nice centering on a piece of card!
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55.00
247818
397 FLUORESCENT, Facit #300v1 [1968 Fluorescent Printing of the 1948 1.40 kr dark green 3-Crowns] Used VF on piece of domestic money order card, with fully dated, neat 14 February 1969 cancellation. An unannounced (accidental?) 1968 printing on bright yellow fluorescent (under long-wave UV light) paper. This variety (and also some faintly fluorescent varieties of other stamps) was accidentally discovered around 1978 by a staff member of the Rolf Gummesson stamp dealer firm who was checking some other stamps under UV light and noticed that some unexpected stamps were fluorescent! In 1968-1969 this denomination was needed, as a solo use, for only three purposes. Actually these three rates started 1 January 1967 and ran through 28 February 1969, but the fluorescent stamp was apparently not printed or put into use until mid-late 1968, thus the period of use for it was only a FEW MONTHS. The uses were: 1) Domestic Swedish postal money orders over 10 kr up to a maximum amount of 2000 kroner. The domestic money order forms were usually light brownish in color and bear only Swedish text. 2) Postal money orders to Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and Norway, over 10 kr up to a maximum amount of ?? (believed to again be 2000 kroner). The color and text of such cards has not been recorded by me; this use is very unusual. 3) Foreign postal money orders sent to all other (non-Nordic) countries, up to 250 kr. The Swedish international postal money order forms were usually pink in color and can be identified by the color and especially the text in Swedish and French. The forms sent outside of Sweden were widely distributed. In virtually all cases, the destination post offices usually kept such forms as the receipt for making the payment to the recipient. After a few years, some countries (including Sweden) cut the stamps from money order and parcel cards and sold them as kiloware. The vast majority of known used examples of this fluorescent stamp are from such kiloware (which I believe was not sold until around 1975-1976). Uses of this fluorescent stamp on complete cards is very scarce; I have only seen complete cards used to non-Nordic countries. Uses of this flourescent stamp on a piece of card (i.e. from the kiloware) are scarce because this was not catalog-listed until several years after discovery and even then most collectors who obtained and soaked kiloware were not aware of the existence of this stamp on fluorescent paper. [The supply of mint stamps was long exhausted before this variety was discovered; only by chance might a collector have obtained a mint example (of a 20 year old stamp design) from the post office in 1968.] Rare in mint and quite hard to find Used, and especially undamaged and with nice centering on a piece of card!
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39.00
247819
397 FLUORESCENT, Facit #300v1 [1968 Fluorescent Printing of the 1948 1.40 kr dark green 3-Crowns] Used VF on piece of domestic money order card, with fully dated, neat 14 February 1969 cancellation. An unannounced (accidental?) 1968 printing on bright yellow fluorescent (under long-wave UV light) paper. This variety (and also some faintly fluorescent varieties of other stamps) was accidentally discovered around 1978 by a staff member of the Rolf Gummesson stamp dealer firm who was checking some other stamps under UV light and noticed that some unexpected stamps were fluorescent! In 1968-1969 this denomination was needed, as a solo use, for only three purposes. Actually these three rates started 1 January 1967 and ran through 28 February 1969, but the fluorescent stamp was apparently not printed or put into use until mid-late 1968, thus the period of use for it was only a FEW MONTHS. The uses were: 1) Domestic Swedish postal money orders over 10 kr up to a maximum amount of 2000 kroner. The domestic money order forms were usually light brownish in color and bear only Swedish text. 2) Postal money orders to Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and Norway, over 10 kr up to a maximum amount of ?? (believed to again be 2000 kroner). The color and text of such cards has not been recorded by me; this use is very unusual. 3) Foreign postal money orders sent to all other (non-Nordic) countries, up to 250 kr. The Swedish international postal money order forms were usually pink in color and can be identified by the color and especially the text in Swedish and French. The forms sent outside of Sweden were widely distributed. In virtually all cases, the destination post offices usually kept such forms as the receipt for making the payment to the recipient. After a few years, some countries (including Sweden) cut the stamps from money order and parcel cards and sold them as kiloware. The vast majority of known used examples of this fluorescent stamp are from such kiloware (which I believe was not sold until around 1975-1976). Uses of this fluorescent stamp on complete cards is very scarce; I have only seen complete cards used to non-Nordic countries. Uses of this flourescent stamp on a piece of card (i.e. from the kiloware) are scarce because this was not catalog-listed until several years after discovery and even then most collectors who obtained and soaked kiloware were not aware of the existence of this stamp on fluorescent paper. [The supply of mint stamps was long exhausted before this variety was discovered; only by chance might a collector have obtained a mint example (of a 20 year old stamp design) from the post office in 1968.] Rare in mint and quite hard to find Used, and especially undamaged and with nice centering on a piece of card!
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39.00
247820
397 FLUORESCENT, Facit #300v1 [1968 Fluorescent Printing of the 1948 1.40 kr dark green 3-Crowns] Used VF on piece of domestic money order card, with fully dated, neat 15 February 1969 cancellation. An unannounced (accidental?) 1968 printing on bright yellow fluorescent (under long-wave UV light) paper. This variety (and also some faintly fluorescent varieties of other stamps) was accidentally discovered around 1978 by a staff member of the Rolf Gummesson stamp dealer firm who was checking some other stamps under UV light and noticed that some unexpected stamps were fluorescent! In 1968-1969 this denomination was needed, as a solo use, for only three purposes. Actually these three rates started 1 January 1967 and ran through 28 February 1969, but the fluorescent stamp was apparently not printed or put into use until mid-late 1968, thus the period of use for it was only a FEW MONTHS. The uses were: 1) Domestic Swedish postal money orders over 10 kr up to a maximum amount of 2000 kroner. The domestic money order forms were usually light brownish in color and bear only Swedish text. 2) Postal money orders to Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and Norway, over 10 kr up to a maximum amount of ?? (believed to again be 2000 kroner). The color and text of such cards has not been recorded by me; this use is very unusual. 3) Foreign postal money orders sent to all other (non-Nordic) countries, up to 250 kr. The Swedish international postal money order forms were usually pink in color and can be identified by the color and especially the text in Swedish and French. The forms sent outside of Sweden were widely distributed. In virtually all cases, the destination post offices usually kept such forms as the receipt for making the payment to the recipient. After a few years, some countries (including Sweden) cut the stamps from money order and parcel cards and sold them as kiloware. The vast majority of known used examples of this fluorescent stamp are from such kiloware (which I believe was not sold until around 1975-1976). Uses of this fluorescent stamp on complete cards is very scarce; I have only seen complete cards used to non-Nordic countries. Uses of this flourescent stamp on a piece of card (i.e. from the kiloware) are scarce because this was not catalog-listed until several years after discovery and even then most collectors who obtained and soaked kiloware were not aware of the existence of this stamp on fluorescent paper. [The supply of mint stamps was long exhausted before this variety was discovered; only by chance might a collector have obtained a mint example (of a 20 year old stamp design) from the post office in 1968.] Rare in mint and quite hard to find Used, and especially undamaged and with nice centering on a piece of card!
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39.00
247821
397 FLUORESCENT, Facit #300v1 [1968 Fluorescent Printing of the 1948 1.40 kr dark green 3-Crowns] Used VF on piece of domestic money order card, with fully dated, neat 10 February 1969 cancellation. An unannounced (accidental?) 1968 printing on bright yellow fluorescent (under long-wave UV light) paper. This variety (and also some faintly fluorescent varieties of other stamps) was accidentally discovered around 1978 by a staff member of the Rolf Gummesson stamp dealer firm who was checking some other stamps under UV light and noticed that some unexpected stamps were fluorescent! In 1968-1969 this denomination was needed, as a solo use, for only three purposes. Actually these three rates started 1 January 1967 and ran through 28 February 1969, but the fluorescent stamp was apparently not printed or put into use until mid-late 1968, thus the period of use for it was only a FEW MONTHS. The uses were: 1) Domestic Swedish postal money orders over 10 kr up to a maximum amount of 2000 kroner. The domestic money order forms were usually light brownish in color and bear only Swedish text. 2) Postal money orders to Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and Norway, over 10 kr up to a maximum amount of ?? (believed to again be 2000 kroner). The color and text of such cards has not been recorded by me; this use is very unusual. 3) Foreign postal money orders sent to all other (non-Nordic) countries, up to 250 kr. The Swedish international postal money order forms were usually pink in color and can be identified by the color and especially the text in Swedish and French. The forms sent outside of Sweden were widely distributed. In virtually all cases, the destination post offices usually kept such forms as the receipt for making the payment to the recipient. After a few years, some countries (including Sweden) cut the stamps from money order and parcel cards and sold them as kiloware. The vast majority of known used examples of this fluorescent stamp are from such kiloware (which I believe was not sold until around 1975-1976). Uses of this fluorescent stamp on complete cards is very scarce; I have only seen complete cards used to non-Nordic countries. Uses of this flourescent stamp on a piece of card (i.e. from the kiloware) are scarce because this was not catalog-listed until several years after discovery and even then most collectors who obtained and soaked kiloware were not aware of the existence of this stamp on fluorescent paper. [The supply of mint stamps was long exhausted before this variety was discovered; only by chance might a collector have obtained a mint example (of a 20 year old stamp design) from the post office in 1968.] Rare in mint and quite hard to find Used, and especially undamaged and with nice centering on a piece of card!
397 FLUORESCENT, Facit #300v1 [1968 Fluorescent Printing of the 1948 1.40 kr dark green 3-Crowns] Used F-VF with light cancellation. An unannounced (accidental?) 1968 printing on bright yellow fluorescent (under long-wave UV light) paper. This variety (and also some faintly fluorescent varieties of other stamps) was accidentally discovered around 1978 by a staff member of the Rolf Gummesson stamp dealer firm who was checking some other stamps under UV light and noticed these. In 1968-1969 this denomination was needed for foreign postal money orders (thus the stamps were spread widely on items sent outside of Sweden -- and the destination post offices tended to keep such forms as the receipt for making the payment -- which helps to explain the rarity of used examples). The supply of mint stamps was long exhausted before this variety was discovered; only by chance might a collector have obtained a mint example (of a 20 year old stamp design) from the post office in 1968. Rare in mint and quite hard to find used, especially undamaged and with nice centering. An attractive example!
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28.00
240936
397 FLUORESCENT, Facit #300v1 [1968 Fluorescent Printing of the 1948 1.40 kr dark green 3-Crowns] Used F-VF with light cancellation. An unannounced (accidental?) 1968 printing on bright yellow fluorescent (under long-wave UV light) paper. This variety (and also some faintly fluorescent varieties of other stamps) was accidentally discovered around 1978 by a staff member of the Rolf Gummesson stamp dealer firm who was checking some other stamps under UV light and noticed these. In 1968-1969 this denomination was needed for foreign postal money orders (thus the stamps were spread widely on items sent outside of Sweden -- and the destination post offices tended to keep such forms as the receipt for making the payment -- which helps to explain the rarity of used examples). The supply of mint stamps was long exhausted before this variety was discovered; only by chance might a collector have obtained a mint example (of a 20 year old stamp design) from the post office in 1968. Rare in mint and quite hard to find used, especially undamaged and with nice centering. An attractive example!
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28.00
247822
397 FLUORESCENT, Facit #300v1 [1968 Fluorescent Printing of the 1948 1.40 kr dark green 3-Crowns] Used F-VF on piece of domestic money order card, with fully dated, neat 14 February 1969 cancellation. An unannounced (accidental?) 1968 printing on bright yellow fluorescent (under long-wave UV light) paper. This variety (and also some faintly fluorescent varieties of other stamps) was accidentally discovered around 1978 by a staff member of the Rolf Gummesson stamp dealer firm who was checking some other stamps under UV light and noticed that some unexpected stamps were fluorescent! In 1968-1969 this denomination was needed, as a solo use, for only three purposes. Actually these three rates started 1 January 1967 and ran through 28 February 1969, but the fluorescent stamp was apparently not printed or put into use until mid-late 1968, thus the period of use for it was only a FEW MONTHS. The uses were: 1) Domestic Swedish postal money orders over 10 kr up to a maximum amount of 2000 kroner. The domestic money order forms were usually light brownish in color and bear only Swedish text. 2) Postal money orders to Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and Norway, over 10 kr up to a maximum amount of ?? (believed to again be 2000 kroner). The color and text of such cards has not been recorded by me; this use is very unusual. 3) Foreign postal money orders sent to all other (non-Nordic) countries, up to 250 kr. The Swedish international postal money order forms were usually pink in color and can be identified by the color and especially the text in Swedish and French. The forms sent outside of Sweden were widely distributed. In virtually all cases, the destination post offices usually kept such forms as the receipt for making the payment to the recipient. After a few years, some countries (including Sweden) cut the stamps from money order and parcel cards and sold them as kiloware. The vast majority of known used examples of this fluorescent stamp are from such kiloware (which I believe was not sold until around 1975-1976). Uses of this fluorescent stamp on complete cards is very scarce; I have only seen complete cards used to non-Nordic countries. Uses of this flourescent stamp on a piece of card (i.e. from the kiloware) are scarce because this was not catalog-listed until several years after discovery and even then most collectors who obtained and soaked kiloware were not aware of the existence of this stamp on fluorescent paper. [The supply of mint stamps was long exhausted before this variety was discovered; only by chance might a collector have obtained a mint example (of a 20 year old stamp design) from the post office in 1968.] Rare in mint and quite hard to find Used, and especially undamaged and with nice centering on a piece of card!
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28.00
247823
397 FLUORESCENT, Facit #300v1 [1968 Fluorescent Printing of the 1948 1.40 kr dark green 3-Crowns] Used F-VF on piece of domestic money order card, with fully dated, neat 8 February 1969 cancellation. An unannounced (accidental?) 1968 printing on bright yellow fluorescent (under long-wave UV light) paper. This variety (and also some faintly fluorescent varieties of other stamps) was accidentally discovered around 1978 by a staff member of the Rolf Gummesson stamp dealer firm who was checking some other stamps under UV light and noticed that some unexpected stamps were fluorescent! In 1968-1969 this denomination was needed, as a solo use, for only three purposes. Actually these three rates started 1 January 1967 and ran through 28 February 1969, but the fluorescent stamp was apparently not printed or put into use until mid-late 1968, thus the period of use for it was only a FEW MONTHS. The uses were: 1) Domestic Swedish postal money orders over 10 kr up to a maximum amount of 2000 kroner. The domestic money order forms were usually light brownish in color and bear only Swedish text. 2) Postal money orders to Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and Norway, over 10 kr up to a maximum amount of ?? (believed to again be 2000 kroner). The color and text of such cards has not been recorded by me; this use is very unusual. 3) Foreign postal money orders sent to all other (non-Nordic) countries, up to 250 kr. The Swedish international postal money order forms were usually pink in color and can be identified by the color and especially the text in Swedish and French. The forms sent outside of Sweden were widely distributed. In virtually all cases, the destination post offices usually kept such forms as the receipt for making the payment to the recipient. After a few years, some countries (including Sweden) cut the stamps from money order and parcel cards and sold them as kiloware. The vast majority of known used examples of this fluorescent stamp are from such kiloware (which I believe was not sold until around 1975-1976). Uses of this fluorescent stamp on complete cards is very scarce; I have only seen complete cards used to non-Nordic countries. Uses of this flourescent stamp on a piece of card (i.e. from the kiloware) are scarce because this was not catalog-listed until several years after discovery and even then most collectors who obtained and soaked kiloware were not aware of the existence of this stamp on fluorescent paper. [The supply of mint stamps was long exhausted before this variety was discovered; only by chance might a collector have obtained a mint example (of a 20 year old stamp design) from the post office in 1968.] Rare in mint and quite hard to find Used, and especially undamaged and with nice centering on a piece of card!
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28.00
247824
397 FLUORESCENT, Facit #300v1 [1968 Fluorescent Printing of the 1948 1.40 kr dark green 3-Crowns] Used Fine on piece of domestic money order card, with fully dated, neat 3 February 1969 cancellation. An unannounced (accidental?) 1968 printing on bright yellow fluorescent (under long-wave UV light) paper. This variety (and also some faintly fluorescent varieties of other stamps) was accidentally discovered around 1978 by a staff member of the Rolf Gummesson stamp dealer firm who was checking some other stamps under UV light and noticed that some unexpected stamps were fluorescent! In 1968-1969 this denomination was needed, as a solo use, for only three purposes. Actually these three rates started 1 January 1967 and ran through 28 February 1969, but the fluorescent stamp was apparently not printed or put into use until mid-late 1968, thus the period of use for it was only a FEW MONTHS. The uses were: 1) Domestic Swedish postal money orders over 10 kr up to a maximum amount of 2000 kroner. The domestic money order forms were usually light brownish in color and bear only Swedish text. 2) Postal money orders to Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and Norway, over 10 kr up to a maximum amount of ?? (believed to again be 2000 kroner). The color and text of such cards has not been recorded by me; this use is very unusual. 3) Foreign postal money orders sent to all other (non-Nordic) countries, up to 250 kr. The Swedish international postal money order forms were usually pink in color and can be identified by the color and especially the text in Swedish and French. The forms sent outside of Sweden were widely distributed. In virtually all cases, the destination post offices usually kept such forms as the receipt for making the payment to the recipient. After a few years, some countries (including Sweden) cut the stamps from money order and parcel cards and sold them as kiloware. The vast majority of known used examples of this fluorescent stamp are from such kiloware (which I believe was not sold until around 1975-1976). Uses of this fluorescent stamp on complete cards is very scarce; I have only seen complete cards used to non-Nordic countries. Uses of this flourescent stamp on a piece of card (i.e. from the kiloware) are scarce because this was not catalog-listed until several years after discovery and even then most collectors who obtained and soaked kiloware were not aware of the existence of this stamp on fluorescent paper. [The supply of mint stamps was long exhausted before this variety was discovered; only by chance might a collector have obtained a mint example (of a 20 year old stamp design) from the post office in 1968.] Rare in mint and quite hard to find Used, and especially undamaged and with nice centering on a piece of card!
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20.00
247825
397 FLUORESCENT, Facit #300v1 [1968 Fluorescent Printing of the 1948 1.40 kr dark green 3-Crowns] Used VF, but with light bend, on piece of domestic money order card, with well-struck and fully dated, neat HÄLSINGBORG 13 February 1969 cancellation. An unannounced (accidental?) 1968 printing on bright yellow fluorescent (under long-wave UV light) paper. This variety (and also some faintly fluorescent varieties of other stamps) was accidentally discovered around 1978 by a staff member of the Rolf Gummesson stamp dealer firm who was checking some other stamps under UV light and noticed that some unexpected stamps were fluorescent! In 1968-1969 this denomination was needed, as a solo use, for only three purposes. Actually these three rates started 1 January 1967 and ran through 28 February 1969, but the fluorescent stamp was apparently not printed or put into use until mid-late 1968, thus the period of use for it was only a FEW MONTHS. The uses were: 1) Domestic Swedish postal money orders over 10 kr up to a maximum amount of 2000 kroner. The domestic money order forms were usually light brownish in color and bear only Swedish text. 2) Postal money orders to Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and Norway, over 10 kr up to a maximum amount of ?? (believed to again be 2000 kroner). The color and text of such cards has not been recorded by me; this use is very unusual. 3) Foreign postal money orders sent to all other (non-Nordic) countries, up to 250 kr. The Swedish international postal money order forms were usually pink in color and can be identified by the color and especially the text in Swedish and French. The forms sent outside of Sweden were widely distributed. In virtually all cases, the destination post offices usually kept such forms as the receipt for making the payment to the recipient. After a few years, some countries (including Sweden) cut the stamps from money order and parcel cards and sold them as kiloware. The vast majority of known used examples of this fluorescent stamp are from such kiloware (which I believe was not sold until around 1975-1976). Uses of this fluorescent stamp on complete cards is very scarce; I have only seen complete cards used to non-Nordic countries. Uses of this flourescent stamp on a piece of card (i.e. from the kiloware) are scarce because this was not catalog-listed until several years after discovery and even then most collectors who obtained and soaked kiloware were not aware of the existence of this stamp on fluorescent paper. [The supply of mint stamps was long exhausted before this variety was discovered; only by chance might a collector have obtained a mint example (of a 20 year old stamp design) from the post office in 1968.] Rare in mint and quite hard to find Used, and especially undamaged and with nice centering on a piece of card!
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18.00
247364
398 [1948 1.75 kr greenish blue 3-Crowns] Used XF with 20 October 1948 (M)ORA cancellation. This stamp is the key regularly-issued stamp of the whole 3-Crowns set. Such nice examples are scarce.
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13.00
247365
398 [1948 1.75 kr greenish blue 3-Crowns] Used VF-XF with light cancellation. This stamp is the key regularly-issued stamp of the whole 3-Crowns set. Such nice examples are scarce.
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11.00
247366
398 [1948 1.75 kr greenish blue 3-Crowns] Used VF-XF with light cancellation. This stamp is the key regularly-issued stamp of the whole 3-Crowns set. Such nice examples are scarce.
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11.00
247367
398 [1948 1.75 kr greenish blue 3-Crowns] Used VF-XF with light cancellation. This stamp is the key regularly-issued stamp of the whole 3-Crowns set. Such nice examples are scarce.
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