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Lot 1525 |
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Danish West Indies, 1887, "1 Cent" on 7¢ deep yellow & lilac (Facit 23), two singles and pair, used with 1¢-5¢ 10¢ Bicolor Issue (5-8, 10), all tied together by "St. Thomas 19/11 1890" c.d.s. and blue registry crayon on Burger & Co. registered cover to New York City, magenta St. Thomas registry handstamp, Very Fine and rare use. Scott 14.
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
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Lot 1526 |
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Danish West Indies, 1902, "2/Cents/1901" on 3¢ red & blue (Facit 24v4), horizontal pair, tied by "Frederiksted 30/6 1902" c.d.s. on cover to St. Croix, bold strike of Frederiksted c.d.s. on reverse, cover faulty with aging, slightly affects stamps, Fine and rare use. Scott 24b var.
Estimate $500 - 750
ONE OF ONLY THREE RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THE SMALL TYPE 1901 2¢ PROVISIONAL ISSUE USED ON COVER.
On January 1, 1902, a new 2¢ rate for domestic first class mail and foreign post cards went into effect, but no 2¢ stamps were available. Overprints of the current 3¢ stamp were suggested reading "2/Cents/1902".
Essays for official consideration were prepared reading "2/Cents/1901". Perhaps four sheets of the 3¢ were thus overprinted, the date 1901 is seen in both small (2mm) and large (2.5mm) numbers. Two of these sheets may have been accidently given to the Post Office for sale. Eight covers are known, five with the large year and three with the small year.
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Lot 1527 |
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Danish West Indies, 1902, "2/Cents/1902" on 3¢ red & blue (Facit 25), bright colors, neatly tied by "St. Thomas 9/7 1902" c.d.s. on immaculate local cover, Extremely Fine. Scott 27.
Estimate $400 - 500
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Lot 1528 |
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Danish West Indies, 1895, 10¢ on 50¢ deep violet (Facit 28), used with 7¢ deep yellow & lilac (9, Facit 9a), well centered, both tied by two strikes of "Frederiksted 11/11 1895" c.d.s. on pink registered cover to Denmark, St. Thomas purple registry handstamp and (11.11) backstamp, black London Registered (11.28) transit, Danish (11.30) arrival backstamp; Very Fine and scarce mixed franking. Scott 15.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
Expertization: 1996 Nielsen certificate.
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Lot 1529 |
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Danish West Indies, 1895, 10¢ on 50¢ deep violet (Facit 28), used with 4¢ light blue & yellow-brown (7b), both tied by two sharp strikes of "St. Thomas 18/5 1895" c.d.s. on registered 3¢ orange (FK2) entire to New York City, blue crayon "5", some light toning, Fine. Scott 15.
Estimate $500 - 750
THIS IS THE ONLY RECORDED FIRST-DAY USE OF THE 10¢ ON 50¢ 1895 PROVISIONAL ISSUE.
The Danish Government generally ordered Danish West Indies stamps in small quantities. Because of the time involved in printing and shipping stamps from Copenhagen to DWI, supplies on hand in the islands often did not match needs. On May 18, 1895, the DWI government overprinted 732 sheets of the excess supply of 50¢ stamps to produce the needed 10¢ denomination for foreign postage.
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Lot 1530 |
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Danish West Indies, 1905, "5 Bit 1905" on 4¢ 5¢ and 8¢ (Facit 29-31), 4¢ single, two 5¢ blocks of four and pair, and two 8¢ singles, all tied on registered cover by "Christiansted 16/11 1905" c.d.s. to Denmark, Christiansted "Anbefalet" (registered) framed handstamp (type II), light St. Thomas registry handstamp and (12.17) backstamp, Kjobenhavn (1.8) arrival backstamp, Very Fine, a complete 5b 1905 provisional franking prepaying the foreign letter rate plus registry fee. Scott 40-42.
Estimate $400 - 500
The "NB" in the upper left corner is a Christiansted marking (Note Bene) indicating "to be registered".
Although a good supply of the 5b Christian IX stamps were delivered to St. Thomas in June 1905, there were also large numbers of the 4¢ Bicolor and the 5¢ and 8¢ Coat of Arms stamps remaining. There were overprinted, 22,000 of each, with "5 Bit 1905" by A.H. Thiele of Copenhagen. The entire stock was then purchased by the Society for the Assistance of the Lepers' and together with the DWI National Bank were used as a fund-raising scheme. Thus, privately prepared covers were unusual.
Pictured in DWI Mails, page 9-27.
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