1864 (4 Apr) cover franked with single 10 lepta orange and two 80 lepta Large Hermes Heads, margins all around, prepaying the 90 lepta single weight letter rate to England, via the German-Austrian Postal Union, stamps tied by numeral "1" lozenges, with ATHENS departure cds alongside, red P.D. handstamps, plus "F.14" Kreuzer credits, with London arrival on back, some cover mending, mostly on back, otherwise fine
Worldwide Stamps and Covers
By: Cherrystone Auctions
Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Stamps and Covers
Welcome to our September 20-21, 2016 Sale of Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World. With 1,254 lots, this auction features properties of various owners and estates from all over the world, including the Passano collection of Latin and South America. There are solid selections of United States, Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Europe with Austria, Belgium, France, Germany & Italy, with their respective Colonies, also Poland, Russia, Spain (including an original new issue holding from 1930s, with popular Columbus and Goya series in sheets), Sweden, Switzerland; also Asia, including a complete collection of PRC. As always, the sale contains 130+ large lots and collections, with individual country collections, worldwide accumulations in cartons, topicals and more. Browse the entire sale at www.cherrystoneauctions.com. A limited number of printed catalogues are available.
Please note that this four-session auction (at 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. each day) takes place on Tuesday andWednesday, September 20-21 at our New York 57th Street Auction Galleries and on CherrystoneLive (www.cherrystoneauctions.com/live). Lots will be on view at our galleries on Monday, September 19th, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Other viewing times are available by appointment.
Sessions are scheduled as follows:
Lots 1 - 339, Tuesday, September 20, 2016 - 10:00 AM - United States Stamps - Albania - China - Finland - France & Colonies - Germany & German Area
Lots 340 - 641, Tuesday, September 20, 2016 - 1:00 PM - Great Britain - British Commonwealth
Lots 642 - 924, Wednesday, September 21, 20016 - 10:00 AM - Greece - Italy - Japan – Poland - Romania
Lots 925 - 1254, Wednesday, September 21, 2016 - 1:00 PM - Russia - Spain - Switzerland - Large Lots and Collections
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Lot #643 - Greece
1866 FL from Paris to Athens, franked with 2L, 10L, 40L and 80L, Athens Print, mostly with margins all around, tied on arrival on 17 March in Athens, fine and attractive four-color franking
Lot #644 - Greece
1868 (26 Nov) FL from Corfu to Gallipoli, franked with 5L, 20L and 40L Large Hermes Heads (full margins) of Consecutive Athens printings (Scott 18,20,21), prepaying the 65 Lepta single weight letter rate to Italy, stamps tied by numeral "106" lozenge cancels, with Kerkura cds alongside, red "PD" handstamp, arrival pmk on back
Lot #645 - Greece
1906 registered cover franked on back with 10L plus two 20L issue for the Second Olympic Games tied by Amphissa cds dated 27 Nov 1906, alongside Constantinople French P.O. arrival cds
Lot #646 - Greece air post
1933 Aeroespresso Co., set of imperf. horizontal or vertical pairs, several with sheet margin, l.h., v.f. and rare, only 50 printed (Karamitsos A8-14a) -
Cat. Val. €7,000
Lot #647 - Greece flight covers
1929-32 two first flight covers, first via Beirut to Cairo, violet cachets and arrival pmk, second Athens to Singapore, with arrival datestamp (only 77 carried)
Lot #648 - Greece greek post office in turkey
1869 (11 Apr) FL from Constantinople to Athens, franked with 40 Lepta (full margins) Large Hermes Head tied by numeral 95 lozenges alongside CONSTANTINOPLE TURKEY Greek P.O. cds, with Athens arrival on back
Lot #649 - Greece greek post office in turkey
1912 cover, franked with Turkey 1pi blue (Mohammed V Tughra issue), sent from Lemnos to Egypt, stamp tied by negative ELLAS / LEMNOS provisional cancel, with additional strike alongside, reverse shows ALEXANDRIA transit and BIRKET EL GHAD arrival cds, filing folds away from the stamp, scarce commercial usage abroad, one month after Greek liberation of the island
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