Frimindeks 2010: The web catalogue for stamps from Denmark and Greenland
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2 RBS # kl2.
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2 RBS (=rigsbankskilling) was the second Danish stamp issued May 1851.
The stamp was printed on paper with watermark 1 (crown) and printed two times first with a print in fine wavy lines - here called the rootprint. The rootprint covers the hole sheet. The second print was build with the 100 stamps on each sheet in a blue colour.
The stamp was drawn by M.W. Ferslew and 2 different prints were issued. First print was made with an underprint in copperprint. In the second print the rootprint was made in letterpress. In copperprint the colour is placed on the paper, so you can feel the relief of the print. In letterpress printing the colour is absorbed by the paper leaving a smooth surface.
The blue colour does vary a little in the two prints and the printings are only 1018 sheets (print 1) and 3775 sheets (print 2). It is a rare stamp and as it is also popular, the stamps are sold at good prices.
Be aware of false issues. They are common. 2 RBS has been reprinted severel times and these newprints are much cheaper than the original stamp.
Below is a short description of each of the two prints. Price is for a copy where the drawing of the stamp is not cut, and cancelled in a way that leaves a nice appearance of the stamp. Quality means a lot to the price of the stamps - stamps with broad edges and nice cancelled are sold at prices considerable higher than given here.
2 RBS was used for local post. It is most common cancelled in Copenhagen - either a cancellation without number or number 1. Cancelllation with following numbers are known: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, 30, 33, 34, 41, 44, 48, 49, 51, 67, 121, 170, 180, 210 and 211.
LLUSTRATION
MISSING.
Print 1. 1851.
This print is also called Ferslew who printed the rootprint. The rootprint is normally easy to see.
This colour is blue with a little of green. This print has a clear print. The cancellation is normally without a number in middle.
Price (€): 1200,-
Print 2. 1852.
The print is called Thiele after Thiele, who printed all the stamps and the rootprint of the print 2. All made in letterpress printing. The rootprint is very weak and can be impossible to see.
The colour is nearly the same as print 1, but often a more clean blue without green. The cancellation can be with a dot in the middle, but more commen it is a number. Each number tells where the stamp was cancelled.
Price (€): 470,-
Illustration of 2 RBS letter used in Copenhagen.