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Item - #FI-61v1-IMPERF PAIR  

FINLAND STAMPS  - SUOMI FRIMÄRKEN

1915 THIRD LETTERPRESS ISSUE - 1915 TREDJE BOKTRYCKSUTGÅVAN
FACIT 2008 SPECIALIZED CATALOGUE #61v
1 IMPERFORATE MARGIN PAIR
FULL ORIGINAL GUM
WITH CERTIFICATE ex NYGREN
FACIT CATALOGUE VALUE: 28.000SEK ≈ $4,000USD  -  ONLY 25 PAIRS KNOWN!!!

 

 


Comments: The certificate states 1916 but the Third Letterpress Printing was in April of 1915. The certificate states no faults, but there is on the reverse a hinge remnant and a small thin in the very right edge margin. There is an owner's notation in pencil on the reverse as shown below. Showing strong laid paper lines.
Condition: Extremely Fine - Praktexemplar. Full Original Gum in excellent condition with one stamp Mint Never Hinged and one stamp with hinge marks and hinge remnant and small thin in edge of the extreme right margin, not mentioned in certificate. Light pencil notation in right margin.
Catalogue: Facit Special 2008 Catalogue #61v1 Values Mint Imperf Pair @ 28,000 SEK. There are only 25 pairs known to exist. This copy is ex Ernst Nygren and was sold in the 1995 Matthew Bennet Auction of Nygren's estimable Finland Collection. Very nice margin pair of a scarce stamp.


Owner's notation on reverse in pencil

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