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#bo38 - #bo50
Overprinting 27 øre on newspaper stamps - see ap1-ap13
All stamps issued in 1918
Printing/oplag:
The four stamps with vm 3 and perf. 12.75 bo38, bo39 , bo40 and bo42 have small printings about 11.000 each.
The printings for the other vary from 69.000 (bo45) to 345.000 (bo48). The newspaper stamps were issued in several printings and the colour varies more or less in the different printings. See bottom of this page.
Notice that stamps cancelled are rarer than unused stamps. Prices for stamps with late cancellation or unused copies are often less than half the price of a correct cancelled stamp.
Below are illustrations of stamps with correct cancellations.
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bo38
vm3
perf. 12.75 |
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bo39
vm3
perf. 12.75 |
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bo40
vm3
perf. 12.75 |
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bo42
vm3
perf. 12.75 |
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bo38
vm4
perf. 14*14.5 |
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bo39
vm4
perf. 14*14.5 |
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bo40
vm4
perf. 14*14.5 |
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bo41
vm4
perf. 14*14.5 |
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bo42
vm4
perf. 14*14.5 |
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bo43
vm4
perf. 14*14.5 |
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bo44
vm4
perf. 14*14.5 |
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bo45
vm4
perf. 14*14.5 |
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bo46
vm4
perf. 14*14.5 |
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bo47
vm3
perf. 12.75 |
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bo48
vm4
perf. 14*14.5 |
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bo49
vm3
perf. 12.75 |
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bo50
vm3
perf. 12.75 |
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Variation in colour.
The newspaper stamps were issued in several printings and the colour varies more or less in the different printings.
It is very difficult or impossible to determine the print from the colour - below are shown three examples on differences in the colour of different prints.
bo42
bo48
bo49