Recent Finds That Put A Smile On Your Face...

i've searched many years for an example of a 12 cent 1st printing with thick frame (position 60 and 95)

i finally discovered one in a collection offered at a local auction house - and naturally I had to have it.

it's a very rare object in good condition and quite valuable as well, but the main reason is it's part of my main focus of collecting danish bicolored.

i collect all traces of clichés used in making 100øre print 1 and 12 cent print 1 in 1877... those that originated as early as 1870, and up to 1878 where it seems most have been destroyed.

and here is the little darling.

Congratulations. I know that's a very satisfying feeling.

Looks good! Well done on the find. I'm sure many of us have had this feeling and the big cheesy grin it puts on your face

everyone who has gone through some pages on Denmark in the catalogue has seen the 48Skilling



these were all designed with thick frames, probably not intentionally.
all other skilling values don't have the same frames.

then later as new Øre values were made and clichés was needed, they went back in the drawer and found the thick frame reserve clichés and possibly reused some that wasn't worn down.

a few Øre prints were made entirely with thick frames around 1876.. then in 1877 a few pops up again, isolated, as in 1 in 100, and some months later, 2 in 100 in the making of 100ø1 and 12c1.

that is one of those i've found.

now this exact one is reused in 1878, and maybe due to an eager apprentice with a cleaning brush or something, a framebreak occurs.

and voilá Carøes snit appears as many would have seen, but never knew the story about it.

Just one word, wonderful.

hornet