Inverted watermark

Many stamps with inverted watermark are extremely rare. After 10 years of intensive search I have only succeeded in finding 2/3 of them. How the catalogue prices are determined for most stamps is a riddle for me.

I have marked the stamps with a code for my experience with the stamp.

A = The most common stamps. Those stamps you see regularly and the catalogue price can be used.

B = Rare stamps. Can be found, but don't discuss the price.

C = Stamps I have newer seen or only 1-2 times.

Known means known/seen by me. "*" means known unused and "o" means known used.

Postage stamps

Skilling stamps	IIC	Code	Known	Comment
2 skilling blue	1	C	*
3 skilling grey	2	C	*
4 skilling red	3	B	*/o
4 skilling red	3B	C	o	1 copy known, found 2003
8 skilling brown	4	C	*/o
16 skilling yellow	5	C	*/o
16 skilling yellow	5B	C	*/o

Aur stamps	IIC	Code	Known	Comment
3 aur yellow	6	A	*/o
2. Printing		C
3a. Printing		B	*/o
4. Printing		A	*/o
3 aur yellow	6B	C	o
3 aur yellow, new engraving	6C	C	o
4 aur grey/red	7	A	*/o
5 aur blue 1b. printing	8	C	o
5 aur blue 1a. printing	8B	C	o
5 aur green	9	C	o
3. Printing		C	*/o
5. Printing		C	o
5 aur green	9B	C	o
7. Printing		C	o
8. Printing		C
6 aur grey	10	B	o
1. Printing		C	*/o
2. printing		C	o
3. printing		B	*/o
4. printing		B	o
6 aur grey	10B	C
6. Printing		C
7. Printing		C
10 aur red	11	C	*/o
1. Printing		C
3. Printing		C	o	1. or 3. printing
5. Printing		C	*/o
6. Printing		C	o
10 aur red	11B	C	*/o
8. Printing		C
9. Printing		C	*/o
16 aur brown	12	B	*/o
1. Printing
2. Printing			o
3. Printing
4. Printing			*/o
16 aur brown	12B	C	o
20 aur blue	14	B
5. Printing			*/o
20 aur blue	14B	B	o
6. Printing		B	o
25 aur blue/brown	15b
40 aur green	16	B	o
40 aur purple	17	B	*/o
3. Printing		C	o
4. Printing		B	*/o
50 aur red/blue	18B	C

Í GILDI overprint - regular made colors	IIC	Code	Known	Comment
4 aur grey/red (black)	25	A	*/o
5 aur green (red) 8. pr.	26B	C	*
10 aur red (black)	28B	B	*/o
8. printing		B	*/o
16 aur brown (black)	29	C	*/o	Post cancelled
16 aur brown (black)	29B	C	*/o
20 aur blue (red) 3. pr.	30	C	*
20 aur blue (red)	30B	C	*/o
25 aur brown/blue (red)	31b	C	*
1b. Printing greenish blue/brown		C	*
40 aur purple (black)	32	B	*/o
3. Printing
4. Printing		B	*/o
40 aur purple (black)	32B	B	*/o
50 aur red/blue (black)	33B	B	*

Christian IX 1902-29	IIC	Code	Known	Comment
3 aur orange	35	B	*/o
4 aur red/grey	36	B	*/o
5 aur green	37	C	o
6 aur grey	38
10 aur red	39	B	o
16 aur brown	40
20 aur blue	41	C	o
25 aur green/brown	42
40 aur violet	43	B	o
50 aur grey-blue/grey	44	C	o
2 kr. blue/olive-brown	46	B	*/o
5 kr. brown/dark green	47
Surcharge
5/16 aur brown	48
20/40 aur violet	50	C	o
50aur/5 kr. grey/red-brown	52	C	*
10/2 kr. blue/olive-brown	53	C	*/o

Two Kings 1907-22	IIC	Code	Known	Comment
1 eyr green/red	54	C	o
3 aur brown-yellow	55	C	o
4 aur red/grey	56	B	o
5 aur green	57	C	*/o
6 aur grey	58
10 aur red	59	B	o
15 aur green/red	60	B	o
16 aur brown	61	B	*/o
20 aur blue	62	B	o
25 aur green/brown	63	C	o
40 aur red-lilac	64	B	*/o
50 aur lilac/grey	65	B	*/o
5 kr brown/blue black	68
Surcharge
5/16 aur brown	69	A	*/o
20/25 aur green/brown	70	C	o
20/40 aur red-lilac	71	B	*
10/5 kr brown/blue black	72

Jon Sigurdsson, 1911-26	IIC	Code	Known	Comment
1 eyr olive-green	73	A	*/o
3 aur yellow-brown	74	A	*/o
4 aur blue	75	A	o
6 aur grey	76	B	o
15 aur violet	77	C	o
25 aur yellow	78	B	o
Surcharge
2 kr./25 aur yellow	79	C	*/o

Frederik VIII, 1912	IIC	Code	Known	Comment
5 aur green	80	A	*/o
10 aur red	81	A	*/o
20 aur blue	82	A	*/o
50 aur brown-lilac	83	C	o
1 kr. yellow	84
2 kr. rose	85	B	*/o
5 kr. brown	86	B	*/o

Official stamps

Skilling stamps	IIC	Code	Known	Comment
4 skilling green	1
4 skilling green	1B	A	*/o
8 skilling lilac	2

4 sk. Imperforated also known *

Aur stamps	IIC	Code	Known	Comment
3 aur yellow	3	C
1. printing
5 aur brown	5	B	*/o
2. Printing			o
3. Printing			*/o
10 aur blue (3. pr.)	6	C	o
10 aur blue	6B	B	o
20 aur green (3. pr.)	8	B	*/o
50 aur red-lilac	9	B	*/o

Í GILDI overprint 1902	IIC	Code	Known	Comment
3 aur yellow (1. pr.)	10	C
4 aur grey	11	C
5 aur brown (2. pr.)	12	C
5 aur brown	12B	A	*/o
10 aur blue	13B	A	*/o
20 aur green	15	B	o
20 aur green	15B	B	*/o
50 aur red-lilac	16	B	*

Christian IX 1902	IIC	Code	Known	Comment
16 aur red/black	21	B	*/o
20 aur green/black	22

Two Kings 1907-8	IIC	Code	Known	Comment
3 aur yellow/grey	24	C	o
5 aur brown/grey	26	C	o
10 aur dark-blue/grey	27	C	*
15 aur blue/grey	28	B	*/o
20 aur green/grey	30	C	o
50 aur violet/grey	31

Poststamps overprinted þjónusta 1922-36	IIC	Code	Known	Comment
50 aur grey/lilac-red two kings	45	B	*/o
2 kr. rose Fr. VIII	46
2 kr. rose Fr. VIII	46a	C	*/o
5 kr. brown Fr. VIII	47	B	*/o

Mirrored watermark

All stamps with sheetwatermark cross is believed to be found, not with inverted, but with mirrored watermark. No studies that I know of has been made to tell anything about how common it is.

Most of the Danish stamps from the same time are common with mirrored watermark, but there are exemptions, even stamps that are rare with normal watermark cross.

As a new collecting area, mirrored watermarks are not recognized by most collectors, and at the moment they Known no extra value.

Normal watermark cross	Mirrored watermark cross

Codes for how often they are found. Some stamps are based on a small number, so take it only as a guideline and not the holy truth.

• = = Both types are equally often found.
• > = Most commonly found
• < = Least commonly found
• All = All stamps found (so far)
• - = None found (so far)

Two Kings 1914-18	IIC	Right	Mirrored	Comment
1 eyr green/red	54B	=	=
3 aur brown-yellow	55B	<	>
4 aur red/grey	56B	=	=
5 aur green	57B	<	>
6 aur grey	58B	=	=
10 aur red	59B	<	>
20 aur blue	62B	<	>

Christian X, 1920-37	IIC	Right	Mirrored	Comment
1 eyr red/green 1. pr.	89	=	=
1 eyr red/green 2-4. pr.	89	=	=
1 eyr red/green	89B	=	=
3 aur yellow-brown	90	=	=
3 aur yellow-brown	90B	<	>
4 aur red/grey 1. pr.	91	All	-	Few searched
4 aur red/grey 2-3. pr.	91	>	<
4 aur red/grey	91B	All	-	Few searched
5 aur green	92	All	-	Few searched
5 aur olive-green	93	All	-	Few searched
6 aur grey	94	=	=
6 aur grey	94B	>	<
7 aur green	95	=	=
8 aur brown 1. pr.	96	<	>
8 aur brown 2. pr.	96	All	-	Few searched
10 aur red	97	All	-	Found on official 44
10 aur green	98	>	<
10 aur brown	99	>	<
15 aur violet	100	>	<
20 aur blue	101	=	=
20 aur brown	102	=	=
25 aur green/brown	103	All	-	Few searched
25 aur green/brown	103B	All	-	Few searched
25 aur red	104	=	=
30 aur green/red 1. pr.	105	All	-	Few searched
30 aur green/red 2. pr.	105	<	>	Right is rare
30 aur green/red	105B	All	-	Few searched
40 aur lilac red	106	All	-	Few searched
40 aur lilac red	106B	All	-	Few searched
40 aur blue	107	=	=
50 aur grey/wine red	108	>	<
1 kr. brown/blue	109	=	=
1 kr. brown/blue	109B	<	>
2 kr. brown/green	110	=	=
2 kr. brown/green	110B	All	-	Few searched
5 kr. brown/blue	111	=	=
10 kr. black/green	112	=	=	Few searched
Surcharge
10 aur/5 aur green	113			Few searched
EIN KRONA/40 aur blue	114

1925-34 Views and buildings	IIC	Right	Mirrored	Comment
7 aur green	115	<	>	Uncertain
10 aur brown/blue	116	=	=
20 aur red	117	=	=
35 aur blue	118	=	=
50 aur brown/green	119	=	=

1928-29 Airmail overprint	IIC	Right	Mirrored	Comment
10 aur red (97)	120	All	-

Zeppelin Airmail overprint 1931	IIC	Right	Mirrored	Comment
30 aur green/red (105)	143	-	All	Few searched
1 kr. brown/blue (109)	144	>	<
2 kr. brown/green (110)	145	All	-	Few searched

Hópflug Ítala overprint 1933	IIC	Right	Mirrored	Comment
1 kr. brown/blue (109B)	156	=	=	Few searched
2 kr. brown/green (110)	157	All	-	Few searched
10 kr. black/green (112)	158	All	-	Few searched

Official Stamps

Two Kings 1918	IIC	Right	Mirrored	Comment
15 aur blue/grey	28B	>	<	Mirrored rare/ Few searched

Christian X, 1920-32	IIC	Right	Mirrored	Comment
3 aur yellow/grey	32	<	>
4 aur green/grey	33	<	>
5 aur orange/black	34	All	-	Few searched
10 aur blue/grey	35	>	<
15 aur green-blue/grey	36	=	=
20 aur green/grey	37	=	=
20 aur green/grey	37B	All	-	Few searched
50 aur violet/grey	38	All	-	Few searched
1 kr. red/grey	39	>	<
2 kr. ultramarine/grey	40	All	-	Few searched
5 kr. brown/grey	41	-	All	Few searched

Poststamps overprinted þjónusta 1923-36	IIC	Right	Mirrored	Comment
7 aur green (95)	42	-	All	Few searched
10 aur red (97)	43	All	-	Few searched
20/10 aur red (97)	44	>	<	Only one mirrored found