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Particularly attractive and scarce stamps that will make a wonderful addition to your collection. Most of these issues are not often offered!

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248212
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Scott #1, Facit #1c Blue Green, Thin Paper [1855 3 Skilling Banco] THE FIRST STAMP OF SWEDEN. Mint, without gum as always, with Fine centering and perforations that must be considered to be perfect on this stamp. This color is, by a small amount, the least costly (Facit 2024 SEK 90,000) of the three colors listed by Facit. Furthermore, Facit only prices this color in Mint. All catalogs only value the Mint stamps of the Sweden #1-5 as without gum. Accompanied by a 2002 Helena Obermüller Wilén "HOW" color certificate stating (translated): "Unused without gum. This stamp does not exist with original gum. Stamp is genuine. No defects. No repairs. A very beautiful and fresh example of a very rare stamp." HOW has assigned a quality rating of "3,3,(-)" [the "-" is the lack of gum] -- this is an extraordinary quality rating for this stamp. HOW is the premier certificate to have for the skilling banco stamps. The stamp is also accompanied by a 1960 certificate from the Friedl Expert Committee, which is signed by both legendary gentleman, Herbert Block and Edwin Mueller; the stamp is signed on reverse in pencil by Bloch, as was his custom (and the certificate states this fact and also repeats that penciled signature). The picture on that Friedl certificate (it is embossed to the certificate) has been taken from an auction catalog; I strongly expect that the photo would be from one of the venerable Mercury Stamp Company auction sales -- which were operated by Bloch and Mueller. Most recently this stamp was in the John A. Haggstrom collection. An outstanding example, with wonderful color, and without any defects. This is the nicest Mint example I have had of this stamp in 50 years. [Layaway payment terms can be arranged for this item.]
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248214
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Scott #1, Facit #1b Bluish Green, Thin Paper [1855 3 Skilling Banco] THE FIRST STAMP OF SWEDEN. Used with VF centering, which is extraordinarily nice for this stamp. The cancellation is extremely light, but is the rectangular style that was still in use at the time that this stamp was issued. The cancellation is clearly dated 21 June, but the year is not visible. Since the stamp was issued 1 July 1855, this cancellation must be from 1856 or later. [The town name consists of at least 5 or 6 letters, and up to 8 letters. The second letter appears to be (A or Ä or Å) and is directly above the 8 of 18. The total width of the rectangle is "medium". Based on the position of the "A", the overall length, the rectangular postmarks still in use, and my interpretation of the other faint letters, there are 10 possible town names this could be. My best guess is DALARÖ, however, the other possibilities are: BÅSTAD, GAGNEF, HALMSTAD, LAHOLM, MALUGN, SÄTHER, WADSTENA, WARBERG, and WAXHOLM.] Accompanied by a 1991 Helena Obermüller Wilén "HOW" color certificate stating (translated): "Stamp is genuine. No defects. No repairs. A beautiful and fresh example with good centering. Good example." HOW has assigned a quality rating of "2,4,1" [the "1" is the lightness of the cancellation -- which some people would consider to be wonderful, but not for a collector of cancellations]. In my experience this is an extraordinary quality rating for this stamp, especially the "4" for the centering. HOW is the premier certificate to have for the skilling banco stamps. The stamp is also pencil signed (as was his custom) by the legendary expert Sjöman with "20920" indicating that he must have prepared a written certificate for it (but that certificate is not present). Most recently this stamp was in the John A. Haggstrom collection. The 2024 Facit value is SEK 50,000 however I believe that this quality is above the Facit standard for that valuation level. An outstanding example, with wonderful color, and without any defects. I believe that this is the best centered and most lightly canceled example that I have had of this stamp in 50 years. [Layaway payment terms can be arranged for this item.]
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4500.00

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ca.1870 33 öre Lion Type essay design from the late 1860s. Listed by Facit as Lion Type Essay design #6. Originally printed in black, blue, orange, brown, red, and lilac, on rose-tinted paper; all are very rare. In the 1870s the essay was again printed, by lithography, in blue and brown on white paper. The white paper is a very fragile, ultra-smooth, chalk-coated paper that made a wonderful surface for printing, but after 140 years is usually only found in damaged condition. Normally with very large margins. BLUE on White Chalk-Coated Paper. With huge margins as expected. In PERFECT CONDITION, which is very scarce.
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248215
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Scott #90 and #92, Facit #92 and 94 [1918 55 and 80 öre Gustav V in Round Frame] THE RAREST POST-CLASSICAL STAMPS OF SWEDEN. These stamps were prepared for use, however due to a change in postal rates, they were never fully distributed. However, the town of VÄRNAMO received a delivery of these stamps and started selling them on 2 July 1918. It is estimated that a total of about 50 stamps were sold for use on money orders and parcel cards, however, a small additional number are known used by philatelists on covers. In the 1920s philatelists had a few examples canceled in Värnamo, with a 1918 date, using the genuine cancellation device (they were valid for postage). When the unintended release of these stamps was discovered, the remaining quantity was recalled by the post office. The post office, through their postal museum, used some of these rare stamps in trades with other similar institutions and to obtain stamps needed by the postal museum. All remaining stamps were finally destroyed in 1985. The SET OF TWO STAMPS, on small pieces of envelopes, with Superb strikes of the double-circle VÄRNAMO town cancellation, dated 6 July and 13 July respectively. The 55 öre stamp is a left margin example. Both have F-VF centering and are without any defects. An extraordinary set of the rarest Swedish stamps from the post-classical era. I estimate that at most a few dozen Used sets of these stamps can exist. Accompanied by a 1978 certificate (no pictures) for the set, issued by Einar Lundström, then the director of Frimärkshuset (then one of the largest Swedish dealers and the publisher of the Facit Catalogs). He lightly initialed in pencil on the reverse lower right corners of the stamps (due to the colored background of the backsides of the envelope pieces, the initial is only visible under magnification). More importantly, each of the stamps is individually accompanied by a 1989 Helena Obermüller Wilén "HOW" color certificate stating (translated): "The envelope piece, stamp and cancellation is genuine and belong together. No defects. No repairs. A very beautiful and rare object." For the 55 öre stamp, HOW has assigned a quality rating of "3,3,4"; for the 80 öre stamp, HOW assigned "3,3,5". In my experience these are excellent quality ratings for these stamps, especially the "4" and "5" for the cancellation. HOW is the premier certificate to have for the these two stamps. This set was most recently in the collection of John A. Haggstrom; he purchased the set in 1992 from Frimärkshuset. The 2024 Facit value FOR THE SET is SEK 130,000. An outstanding set, with wonderful color, wonderful cancellations, and excellent overall quality without any defects. I believe that this is the nicest Used set of these stamps that I have had in 50 years. [Layaway payment terms can be arranged for this item.]
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9700.00

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248213
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Scott #189, Facit #175Acx Wavy-Line Watermark [1922 15 öre violet Gustaf V, Left Profile, with Wavy-Line Watermark] NEVER HINGED with VF centering, and with excellent perforations. Wonderfully fresh and bright. An extremely scarce stamp in Never Hinged condition, and especially with such nice centering and perforations. The stamp is pencil signed (as was his custom) by the legendary Swedish expert Sjöman. Most recently this stamp was in the John A. Haggstrom collection; he noted that he purchased this stamp from the legendary and expert firm of Rolf Gummesson. Accompanied by a 1989 certificate by current and still active expert Karl A. Norsten. Also accompanied by a 2024 Jay Smith color image certificate with "lifetime guarantee". There are only a few Mint examples of this stamp extant, and perhaps only a half-dozen (?) that are still Never Hinged. The Facit 2024 value for Mint Hinged is SEK 33,000 and for (this) Never Hinged condition it is SEK 75,000. This is the nicest Mint example, and the only NH example, of this stamp that I have had in 50 years. [Layaway payment terms can be arranged for this item.]
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6900.00

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Sweden Scott #1585-8 (1588a) ALL ENGRAVING MISSING ERROR [January 1986 Stockholmia 86 "Stamp Collecting" and "NEW SWEDEN"; JOINT ISSUE WITH UNITED STATES Scott #2198-2201] NH VF complete booklet. All the offset printing is present, but ALL THE ENGRAVING PRINTING IS MISSING (and is NOT albino). Engraved by Sjööblom (#1585-6, 1588), Masure and Hipschen (#1587 which is the shared / common design with the U.S. stamp). Hipschen was a well-known engraver of U.S. stamps; Masure had done engraving of lettering on several U.S. stamps. Any type of error is "rare" on the tightly-controlled Swedish stamps, but this one is particularly spectacular. The cause of the error is likely that at the time this part of the web paper passed through the printing press, the engraved printing cylinders (which were after the lithograph cylinders) were not yet engaged (thus there was no engraved impression at all, not even an albino impression). The booklet-making process is closely integrated with the printing process, thus the quality control inspectors must have missed the small section of printing that was made into booklets before the web of paper was turned into booklets. Due to the web-press nature of the production, an example of an error such as this is not unique, however, I have only seen a few examples offered in the market since it was discovered (which I think was in the late 1980s). [The website illustration also shows, and this offer includes, a properly printed example.] In addition to being a scarce type of error from Sweden, this is a KEY ITEM for a collection of Sweden and/or U.S. related JOINT ISSUES. Furthermore, the New Sweden thematic is one of the most popular Swedish-related topical collections. An outstanding item!
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Sweden Scott #(2715 FOOTNOTED "Flags" VERSION), Facit #BL38v [2013 Table Tennis souvenir sheet SPECIAL VERSION WITH FLAGS BACKGROUND; JOINT ISSUE WITH PRC-CHINA Scott #4152-4153] CANCELED VF souvenir sheet. This special version of the souvenir sheet has the same two stamps as the regular souvenir sheet, but the rest of the souvenir sheet (picturing the flags of both countries) is completely different. This was a special item prepared by Sweden for very limited distribution to officials and diplomats connected with a major 2013 stamp show in China. While the quantity printed is not known to me, it is believed to be very small (a couple hundred to a few hundred at most) and the distribution was extremely limited and controlled. To the best of my knowledge, all examples that have come to the market have come, one at a time, from the original recipients -- I am not aware of any existing "stock" of these! When this issue became known, it was the subject of controversy and discussion in Sweden, but until recently it has been very little known outside of Sweden. Other than a picture in Facit and a couple illustrations in the philatelic press -- overlooked by most collectors -- the vast majority of collectors have never seen this item, if they have ever even heard of it. Virtually all known examples are Mint (NH). The listing in Facit includes a Used price, however, I had never seen or heard of a Canceled example until November 2023. This example bears a Swedish "LUND / POSTNORD" 2 September 2019 cancellation; surely a favor cancellation. As December 2023, of I have only been able to offer one other example (in October 2023; it is NH) of this souvenir sheet since the time of issue. Despite the original controversy, this is a genuinely "rare" item that is missing from virtually all Swedish (and Joint Issue and PRC-China related) collections. An outstanding item!
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425.00

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