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248440 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
1913 Christmas Seal IMPERFORATE PROOF. Mint, never hinged, COMPLETE SHEET of 25 on UNGUMMED PAPER with beige color back. Colors as issued. Brilliant colors and pristine in all respects. This proof sheet shows the little-known "horn on 9 (of 1913)" variety in position 20 that appears in the issued seals. An outstanding Art Nouveau Christmas seal design. Various proofs of most (1908, 1910-1916) DWI Christmas Seals are recorded, however, they are rarely offered. [This sheet of 25 contains ten horizontal pairs and five singles; in 2023 I sold two horizontal pairs of this color/paper for $79 per pair, imputing a break of value of about $980 for the sheet. Since the market is more limited for full sheets than it is for the popular pairs, I am able to offer the full sheet for well below break-up value. Despite the recent availability of those two pairs and now this sheet, this type of material is extremely scarce!] |
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690.00 |
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248441 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
"DANSK VESTINDIEN PROTEST MOD SALGET" (Protest against the sale...) w/ ULTRAMARINE ON CHALK COATED PAPER. NEVER HINGED, FULL SHEET OF TEN (2 columns, 5 rows) with full margins all around. Each stamp is VF to VF+ centered, with wonderful freshness and perfect original gum. Small printing plate difference in each position allow one to use a sheet like this to "plate" all ten positions. Prior to acquiring this sheet and ten other singles, previously in 50 years I had been able to offer fewer than 8 full-gum single stamps (and no multiples); now the total is less than 18 full-gum singles and only one full sheet. A beautiful and key item from the final chapter of DWI philately as the U.S. was working toward buying DWI (now the U.S. Virgin Islands) during WWI to prevent the Germans from gaining control of DWI as a submarine base! Even single are "rare" in such nice quality. I have quickly sold singles of this quality at $110 each! Even though a sheet is much more rare than a single, the market for a sheet is more limited, thus this is priced at slightly less than its $1100 break-up value. An outstanding and important item for a DWI collection. |
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975.00 |
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248442 "View REPRESENTATIVE Image"){kind=small} |
"DANSK VESTINDIEN PROTEST MOD SALGET" (Protest against the sale...) w/ ULTRAMARINE ON CHALK COATED PAPER. NEVER HINGED single with VF+ centering. Wonderful freshness and perfect original gum. In 50 years I have been able to offer fewer than 18 full-gum single stamps (including this), but not all of which were this nice, and one rare full sheet of ten. This is a beautiful and key item from the final chapter of DWI philately as the U.S. was working toward buying DWI (now the U.S. Virgin Islands) during WWI to prevent the Germans from gaining control of DWI as a submarine base! This is "rare" in such nice quality. I have quickly previously sold singles of this quality at $110 each! An outstanding and important item for a DWI collection. |
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110.00 |
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248444 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
"DANSK VESTINDIEN PROTEST MOD SALGET" (Protest against the sale...) w/ ULTRAMARINE ON CHALK COATED PAPER. NEVER HINGED single with VF+ centering, but very tiny spot in the bottom margin (below the T of SALGET). Otherwise wonderful freshness and has perfect original gum. In 50 years I have been able to offer fewer than 18 full-gum single stamps (including this), and one rare full sheet of ten. This is a beautiful and key item from the final chapter of DWI philately as the U.S. was working toward buying DWI (now the U.S. Virgin Islands) during WWI to prevent the Germans from gaining control of DWI as a submarine base! This is "rare" in such nice quality. Otherwise, without the describe spot, I have quickly previously sold singles of this quality at $110 each! A beautiful item for a DWI collection. |
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69.00 |
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248033 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Envelope Facit #6, Ringstrom #5, Engstrom #5B (B=orange) (Watermark Subtype IIb - large ball touches crown on both sides), Scott #U2 [3 Cent orange, Watermark II (large ball)] Light Orange. Watermark tilts to the right when viewed from the front (flap unfolded). Mint in F-VF quality with just a couple very minor blemishes, but with VF overall appearance. The Light Orange color shade is somewhat unusual. Facit 2024 value SEK 400 for normal quality of most common variation. |
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39.00 |
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248034 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Envelope Facit #5, Ringstrom #4, Engstrom #4A (A=blue) (Watermark Subtype IIb - large ball touches crown on both sides), Scott #U1 [2 Cent blue, Watermark II (large ball)] Dull Blue. Watermark tilts to the left when viewed from the front (flap unfolded). Mint in XF quality. Extremely fresh and nice. Facit 2024 value SEK 500 for normal quality of most common variation. |
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90.00 |
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248036 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Envelope Facit #5, Ringstrom #4, Engstrom #4A (A=blue) (Watermark Subtype IIb - large ball touches crown on both sides), Scott #U1 [2 Cent blue, Watermark II (large ball)] Dull Blue. Watermark tilts to the left when viewed from the front (flap unfolded). Mint in Fine quality with a couple minor blemishes, but still nice overall appearance. Facit 2024 value SEK 500 for normal quality of most common variation. |
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24.00 |
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242324 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #1 1978 Official Reprint officially printed from the original plate, with the original burelage, for Volume II of the DWI Mails book. The sheets of 100 were divided into quarters and placed into the books, one quarter per book; all four quarters can be found. The smaller-size marginal number indicates into which DWI Mails numbered volume the sheet was placed. A larger-size marginal number, found only on the lower-right quarter sheets, indicates the serial number of the reprint sheet of 100. Lower right quarter sheet with extremely low "0004" sheet serial number from the DWI Mails Volume II numbered "08". |
235.00 |
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237995 "View REPRESENTATIVE Image"){kind=small} |
"STEM MOD SALG AF DANSK VESTINDIEN" (Vote against the sale...) Mint F-VF centered, without gum. Some staining, and minor other defects, from poor storage conditions (probably in the islands). This is fairly typical quality. |
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8.00 |
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238010 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
"Statue of King Christian IX unveiled August 1909 / Emancipation Garden, St. Thomas, D.W.I." vertical format. Mint VF picture post card. Publisher imprint: Lightbourns West India Series. |
12.00 |
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