Proof of Barre as a die proof still without value but with brushstrikes as colourproofs for the values 1 and 2 lepta as used later, prepared with the punch of Barre during February and April 1861 before he finished his work to print the Greek stamps. This piece adorned the cover of the Ferrari collection of Greece. A most beautiful and impressive legendary showpiece.
Public & LIVE Bid Auction 614 Large Hermes Heads The Wolfgang Bauer Collection, Part I
By: A. Karamitsos
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Jun 02, 2018 Europe/Athens
A. Karamitsos Public & LIVE Bid Auction 614 Large Hermes Heads The Wolfgang Bauer Collection, Part I
Saturday Jun 02, 2018 16:00 Europe/Athens
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Saturday Jun 02, 2018 15:30 Europe/Athens
A. KARAMITSOS is holding a general auction with 262 lots of stamp, postal history and postal stationary..
Public & Live Internet Auction № 614 Large Hermes Heads The Wolfgang Bauer Collection, Part I 2 June 2018 Start time 16:00 Hilton Athens Hotel
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Lot #2 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD large hermes head
5 lepta proof in pink colour on pelure paper (pos.72), plate flaw dotted cheek lines, unusual for these proofs. Light ironed out crease. A unique item. Plate varieties are extremely rare on proofs as very few sheets were printed.
Lot #3 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD large hermes head
5 lepta proof, two in pink and two in green colour in different shades. Both pink proofs on pelure paper, while both green proofs with thin circle plate flaw. Nice lot.
Lot #4 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD large hermes head
10 lepta proof, black on blue. The only known copy. Ex Rothschild. A most important rarity.
Lot #5 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD large hermes head
20l. proof in deep ultramarine with excellent margins, normal print inverted at the back. Small thin otherwise fine and extremely rare.
Lot #6 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD large hermes head
20 lepta proof in blue marginal, showing a strong mirror print on the white margin. Small faults as usual, othewise fine and very rare and impressive item. Ex Ferrari.
Lot #7 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD large hermes head
20l. proof, double print in a rare dark grey-blue colour. Very fine, impressive and extremely rare.
Lot #8 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD large hermes head
Proof of Barre from his personal estate. Barre kept 2 sheets of each value underlined by the printers name "Typographie Ernest Meyer, Paris". Barre dispersed one set, the other stayed in his possesion, but he cut off this name and only the line could still be seen which we can find only with 2, 5, 20 and 80 lepta, so this block is unique. A very important item to display the full story of the procedure of the production of the Large Hermes...
Lot #9 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD large hermes head
Proof of Barre from his personal estate. One ungummed sheet of each value Barre could keep in his possession and it was in a frame at his home, the lighter borders of the sheet under the frame are easily to be seen. At the lower margin under this line was the inscription "Typographie Ernest Meyer, Paris" which Barre cut off to avoid direct contacts to the printer! These last proofs were sold 1929 in Zurich and divided mostly in small units...
Lot #10 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861 paris print
40l. mauve on blue used on FIRST DAY COVER (Oct 1st, 1861) from Patras to Aighion. Only two first day covers with 40 lepta franking are known, A great rarity of the Large Hermes Heads.
Lot #12 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861 paris print
1l. brown. An extremely rare usage on piece of wrapper from Paris. Very fine and possibly unique. (Hellas 1a).
Lot #14 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861 paris print
1l. red-brown in used strip of three. Very fine and very rare. (Hellas 1b).
Lot #15 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861 paris print
1l. red-brown (the rare shade), used. Very fine. (Hellas 1b).
Lot #16 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861 paris print
1l. chocolate in mint pair. Very fine and very rare. (Hellas 1c).
Lot #18 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861 paris print
2l. olive-bistre mint block of 40, very fine. Certificate by Holcombe. (Hellas 2b).
Lot #19 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861 paris print
5l. green mint marginal block of 4, very fine and rare. (Hellas 3a).
Lot #20 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861 paris print
5l. yellow-green used strip of 4, light ironed out crease, otherwise very fine and rare. (Hellas 3a).
Lot #21 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861 paris print
5l. yellow-green (pos.129), plate flaw broken circle (type III), used. Superb and rare. (Hellas 3a5F9II).
Lot #22 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861 paris print
5l. strip of 4 for a single weight letter from Karpenision (15/02/1863) to Patras, a few faults, still rare. (Hellas 3a).
Lot #23 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861 paris print
5l. green used strip of 4, small cut on 3rd stamp, otherwise very fine and rare. (Hellas 3b).
Lot #24 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861 paris print
5l. green (pos.46), plate flaws thin circle and extention of the Greek border, tied by Ioannina "99" cds in blue. Extremely rare. (Hellas 3bCF2).
Lot #25 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861 paris print
5l. green (pos.43), plate flaw scratch at the neck, used. Very fine and rare. (Hellas 3b5F14).
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