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2, 1868 Official Reprint. [1855 4 skilling banco blue Coat of Arms] Mint F-VF centered example, but gum that is either disturbed (probably) or regummed. These are typically found without gum. Lower left corner perforation tooth rounded and two very slightly shorter perforation teeth. This is Type "g" (of the nine types of the 4 sk reprints). There were two reprintings in 1868; they differ only very slightly in appearance and are hard to separate. Between the two printings, a total of 1885 reprints were printed, of those only 209 were Type "g". Assuming the more common of the two 1868 reprintings, the Facit 2020 value is SEK 4000! Very attractive and fresh looking.
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175.00
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241625
"BARNAVÅRD / SV - FATTIFVÄRDSFÖRBUNDTS" (Childcare / Swedish Poor Relief Society) ca.1920 charity seal. NH VF. Pictures child in center and four childrens heads at corners; brown text and children, light blue frame. White paper with white gum. In 46 years, I have not previously had an example of this seal and I have not been able to find any information about it. Quite scarce.
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16.00
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241626
"MYRORNAS HJÄLP TILL LUNDS BARNKRUBBA" (Assistance to Lund [town] Childcare) ca.1920s charity seal. NH F-VF. Pictures woman holding young child; frame of children arms/wings. Dark blue on grayish-white paper with yellowish gum. In 46 years, I have not previously had an example of this seal and I have not been able to find any information about it. Quite scarce.
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14.00
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241627
"BARNENS DAG / MALMÖ / 5-6-7 JUNI" (Childrens Day in Malmö) ca.1930s-1940s charity seal. NH VF. Pictures baby trying to stand up. Multi-colored on white paper with white gum. In 46 years, I have not previously had an example of this seal and I have not been able to find any information about it. Quite scarce.
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5.00
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241628
"SVERIGES ALLMÄNNA VERKSMÄSTERAREFÖRBUND / BRODERSKAP - HJÄLPSAMHET / HVILOHEMSFONDEN" (Swedish Workers Union [Foremen?] Retirement Home Fund) ca.1915 charity seal. NH Superb. Brown text and frame, yellow-green background; on dark-cream paper with dark yellowish gum. Mostly text and frame, but includes factory and waterfall. In 46 years, I have not previously had an example of this seal and I have not been able to find any information about it. Quite scarce.
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12.00
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241632
"SVERIGES - FILATELIST - FÖRENING - I - GÖTEBORG / 1901 - 1951" (1951 50th anniversary of the Swedish Philatelic Society) round label. Mint VF, no gum. Brown on white paper. Round die cut. In 46 years, I believe I have previously seen examples of this label, but I have not recorded having one.
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4.00
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241608
"Jernvägsmännens Helnykterhets Förbund / PERSONALENS VÄL!" (Railway Personnel Temperence Wellness Society) charity seal picturing locomotive with coal tender, railway light, and railway flags. Light green on white paper. Mint XF, hinged, from lower right corner of sheet (with straight edges). I have previously seen an example of this seal, but it seems to be very scarce and I have not been able to find any references for it. Based on the appearance and the language use, I believe it dates from the 1890s-1910. This is the only example I have recorded having in 46 years. An important item for a railway thematic collection.
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35.00
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241609
"SVENSKA UNDERBEFÄLETS RIKSFÖRBUND" (Swedish Military Officers Royal Society) and "FÖR VETANDE OCH UPPLYSNING" (for knowledge and understanding). This society seems to be for the training and education of mid-level military officers. I believe this to be a charity seal, perhaps purchased by the membership, but it could also be a label. Yellow frame and some parts of the design, blue center design and text. Yellowish-white paper. Pictures allegorical "lady of knowledge" giving knowledge understanding to a young officer. Tiny "249 in bottom margin; perhaps the 249th design of the printer. Mint F-VF. In 46 years, I have not previously seen an example of this seal and I have not been able to find any reference to it. Based on the appearance, I believe it dates from around 1910. This is the only example I have recorded having in 46 years.
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12.00
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241610
"FÖRENINGEN SKANDIAS / HJÄLP TILL / BLINDSKOLAN i GÖTEBORG" (school for the blind in Göteborg) ca.1915 charity seal. NH Fine+. Pictures blind man below sunrays. Red on grayish-white paper. In 46 years, I have not previously had an example of this seal; I have seen it offered with suggested date of around 1915. Quite scarce.
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15.00
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241561
1912 Stockholm Olympic Games label (poster stamp) with SWEDISH TEXT ("OLYMPISKA SPELEN"). NH with VF centering, but typical short perforations. Unusual variety: The beige ink of the skin areas is instead brown. This was likely either contamination of the ink on the press or poorly mixed ink. I have not previously encountered and example of this color variation. While Swedish is one of the more common languages (English and German are the most common), the color variety is quite exceptional.
1912 Stockholm Olympic Games label (poster stamp) with PORTUGUESE TEXT ("JOGOS OLYMPICOS"). NH with Superb centering and perfect perforations (scarce thus). There is a faint gum bend which is hardly worth mentioning. Unusual variety: There is an orange "+" (hard to see) registration mark in the white area at upper right, to the right of the raised hand. It is rare for a printer to put a registration mark within a printed design. I have never seen this before (on any language of label), but with a sheet size of 81, I probably have not seen enough examples. While this is supposedly not a scarce language, I have only seen a couple Portuguese examples in the last 46 years.
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241563
1912 Stockholm Olympic Games label (poster stamp) with CZECHOSLOVAKIAN TEXT ("HRY OLYMPIJSKE"). NH VF centering and perfect perforations (scarce thus). While this is supposedly not a scarce language, I have only seen a very few Czechoslovakian examples in the last 46 years.
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238788
1941 Sancta Birgitta / St. Bridget Test Stamp: Defaced "mother die" showing complete design as issued except the denomination area is a white square and a large X has been engraved over the center of the stamp. I have only recorded in the brown issued stamp color and only on booklet stamps. Believed to have been used as a test stamp to perfect the production techniques for this new stamp size/format. Extremely scarce and seldom offered. NH Superb bottom margin single. Perfect!
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325.00
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238789
1941 Sancta Birgitta / St. Bridget Test Stamp: Defaced "mother die" showing complete design as issued except the denomination area is a white square and a large X has been engraved over the center of the stamp. I have only recorded in the brown issued stamp color and only on booklet stamps. Believed to have been used as a test stamp to perfect the production techniques for this new stamp size/format. Extremely scarce and seldom offered. NH VF bottom margin single. Excellent!
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300.00
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237708
LX2 Official Reprint, Facit #13N1 [1862 Brown Stockholm Local Stamp] The Perforation 14 official reprint, of which only 900 were issued, most of which were not well centered! Mint, no gum, with F-VF centering. Remarkably fresh appearance.
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175.00
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237411
30 kr Red. Used VF. Neat cancel. Attractive.
12.00
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237414
40 kr Red. Used VF. Neat cancel. Attractive.
12.00
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237415
40 kr Red. Used VF. Neat cancel. Attractive.
12.00
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237417
100 kr Blue. Used VF. Light cancel. Attractive.
12.00
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237400
1923 with Greenish Blue, perforation 13, Vertical Tete-Beche Pair. As of July 2013, the only example of the Greenish Blue stamps I have personally seen and the only tete-beche pair of 1923 that I have seen. Mint Superb, but without gum.
Scott #Lx1 / Lx2, Facit #6 / 13 [1856/1862 "LOKALBREF" non-denominated 1 skilling / 3 öre] 1930 Officially authorized reprint / blackprint "proof impression" in black. Mentioned in the Facit catalog, but not formally listed. Full-sheet impressions were made to create reference material that philatelists could use to study the cliche varieties and positions. They are not "proofs" as such, but they are very similar, made from the actual plate, and were officially authorized. Black on thick yellowish card stock, imperforate. SINGLE.
12.00
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236823
Scott #Lx1 / Lx2, Facit #6 / 13 [1856/1862 "LOKALBREF" non-denominated 1 skilling / 3 öre] 1930 Officially authorized reprint / blackprint "proof impression" in black. Mentioned in the Facit catalog, but not formally listed. Full-sheet impressions were made to create reference material that philatelists could use to study the cliche varieties and positions. They are not "proofs" as such, but they are very similar, made from the actual plate, and were officially authorized. Black on thick yellowish card stock, imperforate. HORIZONTAL PAIR.
22.00
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236824
Scott #Lx1 / Lx2, Facit #6 / 13 [1856/1862 "LOKALBREF" non-denominated 1 skilling / 3 öre] 1930 Officially authorized reprint / blackprint "proof impression" in black. Mentioned in the Facit catalog, but not formally listed. Full-sheet impressions were made to create reference material that philatelists could use to study the cliche varieties and positions. They are not "proofs" as such, but they are very similar, made from the actual plate, and were officially authorized. Black on thick yellowish card stock, imperforate. BLOCK OF FOUR.
40.00
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236752
Royal Air Defense Society ("Riks Luftskydds Förbundet") 10 öre in red, blue, and black. Soldier holding shield against formation of airplanes. Denomination and text in white. Small format, design 17 x 22 mm. Perforation 11. NH VF SHEET OF 50 (10 columns x 5 rows). Has irrelevant small ink stain on lower right corner of selvage; otherwise perfect quality. In 38 years I can only recall seeing one or two mint with-gum singles of this label, perhaps 5-10 no-gum singles, and one or two canceled singles. I do not recall ever seeing an example on cover (untied or tied). If I had a NH VF single of this label, I would price it at $5, making the break-up value of this sheet $250! And I certainly have never seen anything as stunning as this sheet! An important Swedish WWII-era artifact that helps illustrate one of the reasons why the Germans bypassed Sweden.
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95.00
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236756
100 kr Blue, WHITE FLUORESCENT. Used VF, October 1981 cancellation. As of November 10, 2012, this is the first and only example of one of this design of revenues stamps, of any denomination, that I have recorded with other than non-fluorescent paper.
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236758
200 kr Blue. Used F-VF+ on piece with 20 kronor of previous "1895" design (the earlier design was in use into the 1960s). The very faint cancellation date appears to be 1968, the year of issue of the Slania-design issue and an appropriate date for such a combination. Despite an expected transition period from one design to the other, I can only recall seeing a couple examples of such combinations. Scarce!
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236761
30 kr Red. Used VF.
12.00
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236480
2003 Waterbirds Slania-engraved Joint Issue with Hong Kong. Scott #2469 pane of four. Engraved, imperforate blackprint 4-block of the Slania-engraved portions of four designs, ONLY. Was issued in a portfolio with mint blocks of the stamps of both countries and four beautiful, frameable art prints of waterbirds, but THIS IS ONLY THE BLACKPRINT by itself. Slania engraved issue.
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WANTED
Needed. Please make offer. If you are seeking to buy this item, please let me know to get on the waiting list.
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235809
VF: 1951 Seed sower, agriculture. Imperforate Top Margin.
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This and any similar varieties from other years are wanted.
23.00
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235810
VF: 1954 Imperforate Top Margin.
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WANTED
This and any similar varieties from other years are wanted.
VF: 1954 Right Margin Horizontal Pair, center and right imperforate.
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WANTED
This and any similar varieties from other years are wanted.
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235320
VF: 1950 Soldiers. Imperforate single.
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235321
VF: 1950 Soldiers. Imperforate pair.
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32.00
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221305
1913 Nordiska Spelen (Nordic Games) promotional label with Swedish text. Beautiful design and bright colors picture speed skaters. The Nordic Games were the precursor to the Winter Olympics and are collected as such. NH F-VF. Seldom offered.
WANTED
Need any Nordic Games related items.
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221306
1949 March 4 souvenir card of "Nordiska Postkonferensen i Stockholm" (Nordic Postal Congress in Stockholm; the precursor to the current "Norden" organization which is also considered a forerunner to Europa) Middag (mid day meal) luncheon menu. Franked with Sweden Scott #66 [1903 5 kr Stockholm Post Office] and #C8c [1942 20 kr Swans airmail, Perf 4-sides] canceled 4 March 1949. The card lists the delegates: the top executives of the Nordic post offices and airlines. The card was officially printed by the Swedish post offices. This example is the only one I have seen or recorded in 33 years. A rare item; probably few more than 37 (the number of delegates) originally existed -- perhaps less than 5 may still exist today and most of those may be in postal archives.
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221661
Stockholmia 1974 souvenir card with five Swedish test stamps (provfrimärken) affixed, one from each of five stamp engravers: "Womans head, Miranda from The Tempest by Shakespeare" coil stamp in green, engraved by Sven Ewert; "Uppsala Cathedral" coil stamp in blue, by Czeslaw Slania; "Snurra" (rotating design) multi-colored coil stamp by Majvor Franzén; "Head with Background (geometric shapes)" coil stamp in magenta by Albert Jorpes; and "The Drottningholm Theater" coil stamp in brown by Zlatko Jakus. All five stamps are on various types of fluorescent paper. All five stamps, as coil versions, were only released to the public on this souvenir card; these coil versions are different stamps than other-format stamps sometimes seen. This card exists on greenish gray whitish fluorescent or brownish gray non-fluorescent stock. Versions of this souvenir card exist with the Miranda stamp in either blue or green; this version bears the GREEN MIRANDA stamp and is GREENISH GRAY WHITISH FLUORESCENT CARD STOCK.
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221662
1943 NH VF single "HJÄLP NORDENS BARN" (Help Nordic Children) WWII-era charity seal, officially issued, with the royal monogram, by the government telegraph department promoting the use of telegraph form Lx85. The fee for that telegraph form (which could be specified by the sender of the telegram) included a small amount of money that was directed to this charitable purpose. This officially issued charity seal is thus somewhat similar to semi-postal stamps. This seal is seldom offered, especially in such nice quality. [Beautifully illustrated telegraph forms are also in stock and available on approval.]
4.00
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221663
1943 NH VF 4-block "HJÄLP NORDENS BARN" (Help Nordic Children) WWII-era charity seal, officially issued, with the royal monogram, by the government telegraph department promoting the use of telegraph form Lx85. The fee for that telegraph form (which could be specified by the sender of the telegram) included a small amount of money that was directed to this charitable purpose. This officially issued charity seal is thus somewhat similar to semi-postal stamps. This seal is seldom offered, especially in such nice quality. [Beautifully illustrated telegraph forms are also in stock and available on approval.]