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DENMARK 1851 Rigsbank Skilling blue stamp

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Curreny 96 Skilling = 1 Rigsbankdaler, after 1875 100 Øre = 1 Krone

Capital Kopenhagen

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1851 Inscription "2 RIGSBANK- SKILLING."

Certified 2 R.B.S. blue

  2 R.B.S. blue

These stamps have a wavy yellow or brown underprint.

Value of the stamps

 
vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
 
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
2 R.B.S. RR RR  


The watermark 'Small Crown' seen from the backside of the stamp

Reprints were made in 1886 and 1901 (both no watermark). If anybody posesses information about these reprints, please contact me! A book concerning the reprints exists: 'Reprints of the stamps of Denmark and Danish West Indies' by R.King-Farlow and J.Schmidt-Andersen (I haven't seen this book myself).


1885 reprint


I've been told that these are also reprints


Reprints with "HAFNIA 76 NYTRYK" at the back.

Forgeries:

Forgeries were already described in 'The Stamp Collector's Magazine' in 1864 (1st October, page 155).

Forgery:

The stamps should have a watermark (small crown). The above forgery doesn't have this. The cross on the crown is very clearly visible (in contrast to the genuine stamps). There is no dot behind "POST" in this forgery, the posthorn is thin. The letters are all different from the genuine stamp and there is no "-" behind "POST". This forgery is also described in 'The Spud Papers'. Also note that the background patterns are different from the genuine stamp (especially in the bottom left corner). I've been told that this could be a forgery made by the Spiro brothers. Though the cancels are quite different from the usual 'Spiro' products. The only cancels found on these forgeries are numeral cancels with "107", "108", "112" or "119" in the center (none of them, except "119", were used on the genuine stamps). A blue frameline can sometimes be observed around the stamp.

Other forgeries:

Sold for 305 US$ on Ebay in October 2017
Forgery with the "." behind "SKILLING" too far from the nearby circle. I've only seen this forgery with a numeral "1" cancel. The "-" behind "POST" is placed too low. The third stamp was sold as genuine on Ebay for 305 US$ in October 2017.


A whole sheet of these forgeries, note the imprinted 'wateermark' (images obtained from Erik Madsen)


Another forgery


Primitive forgery with the word "SKILLING" too small (and no dot behind this word).


Most likely a reprint from the book 'DENMARK 2 RIGSBANK-SKILLING 1851-1852' by Trelleborg (1980). Apparently this book contains 48 blue and 200 black rerprints.


Reprints made in 1951 for the International Frimaerke Udstilling in Kopenhagen.


Cut from this 1951 sheetlet, on the back of this reprint is written "INT. FRIMAERKE UDST. KOBENHAVN 1951"


Other forgeries or reprints.

 

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4 (FIRE) R.B.S. brown 4 s brown
Examples of Denmark 1851-1863 stamps

Danish dictionary

Forfalskning = forgery
Nytryck = reprint

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