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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
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
242275
297/297a (Facit #320CB) [1939 10 öre Jöns Jacob Berzelius (chemist), pair with straight-edge on right side only] NEVER HINGED VF+ Virtually perfect centering around the outside of the pair, but with the typical centering difference between the two stamps. Wonderfully fresh and with strong perforations. Outstanding example.
235.00
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241044
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.
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
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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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
241051
300c/300 Type II (Facit #273BC2) [1939 10 öre Gustaf V with large numerals (type II has no line in the lapel), pair with straight-edge on left side only] Used VF centered, BC pair, but with moderate gum-soak staining mostly only visible from the reverse. An attractive example. This is one of the scarcer BC/CB pair issues; otherwise would be $285 with this centering.
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45.00
238586
312a/312a (Facit #324BB) [1940 5 öre Carl Michael Bellman, pair perforated on three sides of each stamp] NH XF-Superb BB pair with each stamp wonderfully centered and with huge margins all around. Pairs with both stamps so well centered are rarely seen! Sought after for music thematic collections.
68.00
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241054
312a/312 (Facit #324BC) [1940 5 öre Carl Michael Bellman ("the master of Swedish songwriting"), pair with straight-edge on left side only] BC pair, Used with F-VF centering, but with crease on left stamp. Small town cancellations. Otherwise would be $63 for this centering.
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10.00
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.
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490.00
241056
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.
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
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!
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!