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Post by mauroeleonora on Dec 26, 2020 13:33:58 GMT
Good afternoon. A yellow 5 öre stamp (numerical type - circular) recently came into my hands. I had never seen any. I only have green ones in mind. It has a Danish cancellation. Do you know anything about it? I attach also a photo. Many thanks. Mauro  |
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Post by vikingeck on Dec 26, 2020 14:08:55 GMT
Since this was only printed in shades of green and only the 24 ore was yellow ,it is improbable that this was a substituted cliche like the tre skilling banco of the previous issue.
Green ink is produced by mixing yellow and blue in different degrees which explains the range of shades . Some ink colours are notorious for fading in strong sunlight , some ink colours can be changed by sulphur gases in the atmosphere from gas lighting and coal fires.
I therefore suspect the blue colour has been faded or chemically altered producing an interesting colour changeling .
The cancel is of course Danish , an arrival mark on mail arriving direct from one of the ferry postal routes probably Malmö into Kobenhavn Fra Sverige
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Post by mauroeleonora on Dec 26, 2020 14:23:32 GMT
Thanks for your reply.
What value can it have in your opinion?
Mauro
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Post by vikingeck on Dec 26, 2020 14:39:42 GMT
Well as a colour changeling is basically a damaged stamp ,with poor centering.
The Fra Sverige , if complete with the town code letter M, H, L or Y would have been more valuable than a basic stamp !
the normal green shades have a Facit catalogue value of only 10 kr .......and a market price of just a few ore, cents or pence
I personally would not rate it any higher, If mine I would keep it with the wide range of green shades as a curiosity since it is interesting and quite pretty .
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Post by kasvik on Dec 26, 2020 22:49:44 GMT
Good afternoon. A yellow 5 öre stamp (numerical type - circular) recently came into my hands. I had never seen any. I only have green ones in mind. It has a Danish cancellation. Do you know anything about it? I attach also a photo. Many thanks. Mauro
To be certain, send it for authentication to Helena Obermüller Wilén. There is no one better. A cheaper alternative is Per Bunnstad at the Sveriges Filatelist-Förbund (SFF); info@sff.nu He's sharp. If he doesn't know, he will know where to turn.
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Post by cjd on Dec 27, 2020 1:28:00 GMT
Personally, if it was mine, I'd keep it as a curiosity, but I wouldn't pay any significant amount of money to have it expertized. Granted, that's because I'd be pretty certain I knew what I had. There is a ready explanation for it, and no ready explanation for an alternative.
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Post by mauroeleonora on Dec 27, 2020 8:05:01 GMT
Many thanks to All.
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