1890: The Post Office issued Presentation Christmas cards to celebrate the Penny Postage Jubilee. They were printed in chromolithography and their format is 166x242mm. Two types exist, "WITH CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR GREETINGS FROM THE OFFICERS OF THE GENERAL POST OFFICE LONDON, 1890-91" (presumably for official use) and "WITH CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR GREETINGS ..., 1890-91" (presumably for use by individual members of the Post Office staff). It...
Auction #74
By: Collectio (Alexandre Galinos)
Collectio (Alexandre Galinos) Auction #74
This is a very important sale featuring 1732 philatelic and postcard lots of Greece and area, Albania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Ottoman Empire, Balkans, East Mediterranea and Levant, Europe etc.
The very important Bill Ure's collections of Greece, New Territories and Occupations issues are included (genuine and collections-studies of forgeries).
His Large Hermes Control Numbers errors collection is also featured, including the unique "Thebes error" in pair.
An important philatelic library of Greek and Levant interest, including studies for Forgeries and Bogus stamps is also for sale
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Lot #1383 - united kingdom (gb) united kingdom (gb) - british post in crete (markings)
1899: ΚΑΣΤΕΛΛΙ violet (Castelli) & handwritten 3/XII/99 (date of issue) on 20pa rose. Foxed but interesting (Bill Ure's collection)
Lot #1384 - united kingdom (gb) united kingdom (gb) - levant overprint (salonica ww1)
1916: Vlastos 1-8 / Hellas 1-8, 1912 British stamps overprinted "Levant", complete set. Made at the British Army Printing office in Salonica, following an order of the civil Administrator Harry Pirie-Gordon without the approval of British Post. Mint hinged (2d, 6d, 9d, 1/) or never hinged (½d, 1d, 3d, 4d), with certificates of the Royal Philatelic Society for the values of 6d, 9d and 1/, F-VF (Bill Ure's collection)
Lot #1385 - united kingdom (gb) united kingdom (gb) - levant overprint (salonica ww1)
1916: Vlastos 6 / Hellas 6, 1912 British stamp 6d, overprinted "Levant". Made at the British Army Printing office in Salonica, following an order of the civil Administrator Harry Pirie-Gordon without the approval of British Post. Mint never hinged, VF (Bill Ure's collection)
Lot #1386 - united kingdom (gb) united kingdom (gb) - occupation of long island - smyrna golf - turkey (ww1 - 1916)
1916: SG 10, 1d black on thin horizontally laid paper, initialled in red ink, unused, these stamps were never gummed. The island was occupied by British Forces in 1916 and Lieut. Commander H. Pirie Gordon R.N.V.R was in charge. He issued these stamps in May 1916, very few were issued, Sup (Bill Ure's collection)
Lot #1387 - united kingdom (gb) united kingdom (gb) - occupation of long island - smyrna golf - turkey (ww1 - 1916)
1916: SG 11, 1d blue on thin horizontally laid paper, initialled in red ink, unused, these stamps were never gummed. The island was occupied by British Forces in 1916 and Lieut. Commander H. Pirie Gordon R.N.V.R was in charge. He issued these stamps in May 1916, very few were issued, Sup (Bill Ure's collection)
Lot #1388 - united kingdom (gb) united kingdom (gb) - occupation of long island - smyrna golf - turkey (ww1 - 1916)
1916: SG 12, 1d mauve on thin horizontally laid paper, initialled in red ink, unused, these stamps were never gummed. The island was occupied by British Forces in 1916 and Lieut. Commander H. Pirie Gordon R.N.V.R was in charge. He issued these stamps in May 1916, very few were issued, Sup (Bill Ure's collection)
Lot #1389 - united kingdom (gb) united kingdom (gb) - occupation of long island - smyrna golf - turkey (ww1 - 1916)
1916: SG 13, 1d red on thin horizontally laid paper, initialled in red ink, unused, these stamps were never gummed. The island was occupied by British Forces in 1916 and Lieut. Commander H. Pirie Gordon R.N.V.R was in charge. He issued these stamps in May 1916, very few were issued, Sup (Bill Ure's collection)
Lot #1390 - united kingdom (gb) united kingdom (gb) - occupation of long island - smyrna golf - turkey (ww1 - 1916)
1916: SG 13, 6d mauve on thin horizontally laid paper, initialled in red ink, unused, these stamps were never gummed. The island was occupied by British Forces in 1916 and Lieut. Commander H. Pirie Gordon R.N.V.R was in charge. He issued these stamps in May 1916, very few were issued, Sup (Bill Ure's collection)
Lot #1391 - united kingdom (gb) united kingdom (gb) - occupation of long island - smyrna golf - turkey (ww1 - 1916)
1916: SG 20, 1/ black on thin horizontally laid paper, initialled in red ink, unused, these stamps were never gummed. The island was occupied by British Forces in 1916 and Lieut. Commander H. Pirie Gordon R.N.V.R was in charge. He issued these stamps in May 1916, very few were issued, Sup (Bill Ure's collection)
Lot #1392 - united kingdom (gb) united kingdom (gb) - occupation of long island - smyrna golf - turkey (ww1 - 1916)
1916: SG 21, 1/ blue on thin horizontally laid paper, initialled in red ink, unused, these stamps were never gummed. The island was occupied by British Forces in 1916 and Lieut. Commander H. Pirie Gordon R.N.V.R was in charge. He issued these stamps in May 1916, very few were issued, Sup (Bill Ure's collection)
Lot #1393 - united kingdom (gb) united kingdom (gb) - occupation of long island - smyrna golf - turkey (ww1 - 1916)
1916: SG 22, 1/ mauve on thin horizontally laid paper, initialled in red ink, unused, these stamps were never gummed. The island was occupied by British Forces in 1916 and Lieut. Commander H. Pirie Gordon R.N.V.R was in charge. He issued these stamps in May 1916, very few were issued, Sup (Bill Ure's collection)
Lot #1394 - united kingdom (gb) united kingdom (gb) - occupation of long island - smyrna golf - turkey (ww1 - 1916)
1916: SG 28, 2d violet on thin wove paper. Only one sheet of 2d was initialled in indelible pencil, unused, these stamps were never gummed. The island was occupied by British Forces in 1916 and Lieut. Commander H. Pirie Gordon R.N.V.R was in charge. He issued these stamps in May 1916, very few were issued, Sup (Bill Ure's collection)
Lot #1395 - united kingdom (gb) united kingdom (gb) - ww2 administration of dodecanese - postal history
1946: RHODES DODECANESE 28.9.46 tying a 6d overprinted MEF on cover sent "BY AIR MAIL / PAR AVION" to ATHINAI 5.X.46, (Bill Ure's collection)
Lot #1396 - united kingdom (gb) united kingdom (gb) - presence in greece after ww2 - postal history
1948: FIELD POST OFFICE 13.AP.48 tying a strip of 3x1½d on cover with embossed Coat of Arms, sent by a member of the British Consulate General, Salonica, to Yorks, England, F-VF (Bill Ure's collection)
Lot #1610 - united kingdom (gb) united kingdom (gb) - british troops in crete (1897-1912)
1904.12.27: HEADQUARTERS CRETE 27.DEC.1904 violet oval on reverse of a cover franked with 2x5λ +10λ 1901, tied with ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΟΝ 14.ΔΕΚΕ.1904 (Heraklion, Candia), sent to MACCLESFIELD JA.8,05, England, special rate for the British soldiers, some toning, otherwise VF (Bill Ure's collection)
Lot #1707 - united kingdom (gb) philatelic literature - studies
United Kingdom: RIGO DE RIGHI A.G., The Story of the Penny Black and its Contemporaries, 56p., London 1980 (Bill Ure's collection)
Collectio - Alexandre A. GALINOS
Member A.I.E.P. - International Association of Philatelic Experts
Current Areas of Specialisation: Greece: postal history; New Greek Territories: postal history
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