Lot including 883 Large Hermes Heads in singles and pairs plus 20 blocks (two bl.6, the rest bl.4). All stamps unused. All values and issues are displaced. Mostly with faults. Very nice lot for study.
Public Auction 605 General Stamp Sale
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A. Karamitsos Public Auction 605 General Stamp Sale
A. KARAMITSOS is holding a general auction with 1,481 lots of stamp, postal history and postal stationary. Starting with stamps & postal history of Greece including Large & Small Hermes Head. Greek Islands and related area with Crete and Dodecanese. Emphasis on Greece issues with Olympics, Greek Islands, Territories & related area, Greece in WWII, postmarks & cancellations. Greek Ottoman Post and Levant.
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Lot #2 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD large hermes head
Lot including over 2500 Large Hermes Heads. All issues from 1861 to 1886 and values included. Stamps mostly with faults. 430x1l., 140x2l., 617x5l., 1000x10l., 1170x20l. blue, 108x20l. carmine and 456x20l. rosine, 246x30l. brown (Athens printings), 30x30l. brown (Paris), 99x30l. ultramarine, 520x40l., 17x60l. (Paris), 17x60l. (Athens) and 211x80l.
Lot #3 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD large hermes head
Proof of 1l. red-brown on thin white paper (semi transparent). Very fine. (Konst. 1 ΔΟΚ. III 3).
Lot #4 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD large hermes head
PAPER COLOUR AND PRINTING METHOD PROOFS. 1l. chocolate-brown on thin white-brownish paper. Very fine. (Konst. 1 ΔΟΚ.IV.1).
Lot #5 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD large hermes head
PAPER COLOUR AND PRINTING METHOD PROOFS. 1l. deep brown, without gum, on white paper, very fine. Semi-final printing proof. (Konst. 1 ΔΟΚ.V).
Lot #6 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD large hermes head
PAPER COLOUR AND PRINTING METHOD PROOFS. 20l. black on white thin paper, thinned, but with nice margins. Ex Alphonse. (Konst. 5 ΔΟΚ.I.2).
Lot #7 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861 paris print
1l. brown, used. Three good to large, one clear margins. Nice copy. (Hellas 1a).
Lot #8 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861 paris print
1l. red-brown, very nice appearance but creased horizontally, used. (Hellas 1b).
Lot #9 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861 paris print
2l. bistre, used. Nice copy. (Hellas 2a).
Lot #10 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861 paris print
2l. olive-bistre in bl.4 on thin paper. Lower pair u/m. Very fine block. (Hellas 2bPa).
Lot #11 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861 paris print
2l. brown-bistre, used. Very fine. (Hellas 2c).
Lot #12 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861 paris print
2l. brown-bistre on thin paper, used. Very fine. (Hellas 2cPa).
Lot #13 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861 paris print
5l. yellow-green, used. Three large, one good margins. Nice copy. (Hellas 3a).
Lot #14 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861 paris print
1861 EL fr. with 4x5l. yellow-green, posted form "ΝΑΥΠΛΙΟΝ (15)*21.ΑΥΓ.62", arr. "ΝΗΣΙΟΝ (29)". Entire very fine. (Hellas 3a).
Lot #15 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861 paris print
5l. green tied by Kimi type I cds. Two large, two good margins. Certificate Simmermacher. Very fine. (Hellas 3b).
Lot #16 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861 paris print
10l. orange on blue, used. Large margins all around, fresh colour. Very fine. (Hellas 4b).
Lot #17 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861 paris print
1861 (October 10th) EL from Syros to Skiathos franked with Paris print 10l. orange in vertical pair cancelled with dot. "67" and posted from "ΣΥΡΟΣ (67)*10 ΟΚΤ. 61" with linear "ΠΕΔ", via "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ (1)*13 ΟΚΤ. 61", arr. "ΣΚΙΑΘΟΣ (84)*21 ΟΚΤ.61", very fine. Stamps possibly removed for philatelic examination and replaced on the letter. (Hellas 4b).
Lot #18 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861 paris print
20l blue in right marginal copy, used. Very fine. (Hellas 5a)
Lot #19 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861 paris print
20l. blue, used. Very fresh, one closing corner but still nice. (Hellas 5a).
Lot #20 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861 paris print
20l. blue on thin paper, used. Large margins all around. Very fine. (Hellas 5aPa).
Lot #21 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861 paris print
1861 EL from Leonidion franked by 20l. blue on thin paper to Argos. (Hellas 5aPa).
Lot #22 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861 paris print
1862 cover fr. with 20l. deep blue cancelled with dot. "1" and posted from "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ (1)*3 ΙΑΝ. 62", arr. "ΝΑΥΠΛΙΟΝ (15)*5 ΙΑΝ. 62". (Hellas 5c).
Lot #23 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861 paris print
40l. mauve on blue in lower marginal copy, used. Very fine. (Hellas 6a).
Lot #24 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861 paris print
40l. light mauve on blue, used. A small narrow part at lower left but good/large margins all around. (Hellas 6b).
Lot #25 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861 paris print
40l. dull mauve on blue canc. dotted "105" (=APTA). Clear/good margins but a closing corner, still fine bearing this hard to find cds. (Hellas 6b).
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