| By Stamp - 1875-1884 4-Numerals - Perf 11 |  Top |
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240439 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
18 [1875 5 penni 4-Numeral, Perf 11] Bright Yellow-Orange. Used F-VF with neat blue "...URENG..." straight-line railway station cancellation. This general type of cancellation is quite scarce on the 1875 4-Numeral issues and I am not aware of any listing or cataloging of them on the 1875 stamps. I have not been able to identify this one; it is likely a tiny rural station far from any post office. As an added bonus, the top three right-side perf holes are blind (did not get punched out); not often encountered on this stamp. A very unusual example! |
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30.00 |
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231366 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
19 Dark Green Blue, Used with Superb centering, but tiny tear between two perfs. Very neat low-box ULEAB(ORG) cancel. Otherwise $90+! |
29.00 |
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237535 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
21 [1875 20 penni Ultramarine 4-Numeral, Perf 11] Used F-VF with sharp RAILWAY "42" 1870s cancellation. Attractive. |
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7.50 |
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248997 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
(21) Grayish Ultramarine, Worn Framelines (Facit #16SC1e) [1875 (21 October 1976) 20 penni 4-Numeral, Perf 11] Used with VF centering and huge margins (typical of this printing). It bears a clear carved/cork cancellation in the form of a round group of very closely spaced lines -- there are several patterns similar to this illustrated by Laitinen; this could probably be attributed to a specific town with some careful comparison. The handbook on the 1875 issues (by Heikki Reinikainen, Jussi Murtosaari, and Jeffrey Stone) identifies this as "Printing 5, SAe". There are other colors and appearance in Printing 5, but the handbook gives them separate identification; this one is distinctive. An outstanding example of a very distinctive printing, with an excellent card cancellation. |
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10.00 |
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247969 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
21b Dark Prussian Blue (Facit #16SC1a) [1875 20 penni 4-Numeral, Perf 11] The Prussian Blue printing, the first printing of the 20 penni, exists in a range of color intensity. The handbook on the 1875 issues (by Heikki Reinikainen, Jussi Murtosaari, and Jeffrey Stone) supplies a color intensity range for stamps of this printing of "3-7" on a 1-10 scale. This example is at or very near the most intense / darkest end of that range. Such examples are quite hard to find. Used F-VF+ with a light, but readable railway (train 11) cancellation clearly dated 17 December 1875 dated . Very attractive; a great example of this color, with a confirming early postmark and in overall excellent quality. |
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54.00 |
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247968 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
23 "Light" Carmine [1875 32 penni 4-Numeral, Perf 11] This example is either the very scarce Light Carmine "c" color or the Light Reddish Carmine "e" color (Facit 18Sc or 18Se). The c and e designations are used by most or all specialized catalogs following the modern standards for the 1875 issue. (This is not the Rose color.) The "c" color is the rarest of all the colors of this stamp; the "c" color is valued at five times the "e" color. Based on the color digital images in the 1875 book by Heikki Reinikainen, Jussi Murtosaari, and Jeffrey Stone, I believe it to be the very scarce "c" color, but I do not have adequate reference examples to prove it. While the cancellation is a scarcer type on this stamp, the lack of cancellation date does not help with the color / printing identification. Used with F-VF+ centering and a scarce, neat, 95% complete (but inverted), "FR.KO" [paid] boxed with angled corners cancellation. Very attractive and likely very scarce. Priced with a premium for the cancellation, but not at the value of the "c" color. |
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79.00 |