Great Britain, May 6, 1840 First Issues Collectors Club of stamps and philatelic material

Sweden

Sunday, July 1, 1855.


Sweden Scott #1

Perforated 14, no watermark, typography.

The first issue.
Description # printed # issued # sold Scott #
3 skilling banco blue green ? 40,000 ? 1
4 skilling banco light blue 6,984,900 6,736,650 6,579,780 2
6 skilling banco gray ? ? ? 3
8 skilling banco orange ? ? ? 4
24 skilling banco dull red ? ? ? 5

All issue quantities are approximate.

The 3 skilling banco exist as a unique yellow error.

The early printings of the 4 skilling are on thin paper, the later printings are on medium thickness paper. 8 plates were used for the 4 skilling printings, delivered on 16 different dates, the earliest being June 12, 1855.

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