Vlastos 39a / Hellas 27Nb, 1867-1869 Athens Cleaned Plates Large Hermes Head Issue, forty five copies of the 20λ value, all with inverted "0" of the Control Numbers (positions 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19-20, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 35, 37, 39, 40, 40B, 43, 48, 49, 51, 54, 55, 56, 58, 60, 61, 63, 68-69, 70, 71, 73, 75, 77, 78, 80, 90. Missing positions 3, 34, 66 and 74). Hard to collect, mixed condition (Bill Ure's collection)...
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 #177 - Greece greece - large hermes heads stamps
Vlastos 39a / Hellas 27Nb, 1867-1869 Athens Cleaned Plates Large Hermes Head Issue, six copies of the 20λ value, all with inverted "0" of the Control Numbers (positions 19, 37?, 49, 51 or 71, 71), see scans for condition (Bill Ure's collection)
Lot #178 - Greece greece - large hermes heads stamps
Vlastos 39a / Hellas 27Nb, 1867-1869 Athens Cleaned Plates Large Hermes Head Issue, twenty copies of the 20λ value, all with inverted "0" of the Control Numbers (positions 1, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 28, 32, 37, 43, 49, 51, 56, 58, 61, 69, 71, 75, 80), see scans for condition (Bill Ure's collection)
Lot #179 - Greece greece - large hermes heads stamps
Vlastos 39a / Hellas 27Nb., 1867-1869 Athens Cleaned Plates Large Hermes Head Issue, the 20λ with the "0" of the control figures on the back inverted. Toning, bottom frameline touched, heavy blue dotted "23" (Megalopolis, Peloponnese) cancel, still a presentable copy of this control number error, G (Bill Ure's collection)
Lot #180 - Greece greece - large hermes heads stamps
Vlastos 39b / Hellas 27No, 1867-1869 Athens Cleaned Plates Large Hermes Head Issue, seven copies of the 20λ value, all with double Control Numbers by sliding, see scans for condition (Bill Ure's collection)
Lot #181 - Greece greece - large hermes heads stamps
Vlastos 40b / Hellas 28aNb., 1867-1869 Athens Cleaned Plates Large Hermes Head Issue, the 40λ value with the "0" of the control figures on the back inverted. Stamp is fresh, nice margins all around, type I cancel, backstamped thrice, Scarce and VF (Bill Ure's collection)
Lot #182 - Greece greece - large hermes heads stamps
Vlastos 40b / Hellas 28aNb., 1867-1869 Athens Cleaned Plates Large Hermes Head Issue, two copies of the 40λ value with the "0" of the control figures on the back inverted. Different shades of the stamp and the control figures, the lighter copy is cut into at the bottom, otherwise sound and with Syros cds; the darker shaded copy has nice margins all around but defective, Kerkyra 1869 cds, but with large thins. Nice couple for study, B (Bill...
Lot #183 - Greece greece - large hermes heads stamps
Vlastos 40c / Hellas 28Nf, 1868-1869 Cleaned Plates Large Hermes Head Issues, the 40λ value with the control number originally reading "20" corrected to "40". Fresh color, margins at top and at right, touched at left and bottom, light cancel, a couple of minor creases visible from the back, a useful copy of this exceedingly difficult control number error, RR & G (Bill Ure's collection)
Lot #184 - Greece greece - large hermes heads stamps
Vlastos 41 / Hellas 29a, 1873 Cleaned Plates Athens Large Hermes Head Issues, the 80λ value, in rose carmine, typical "stripped" execution because of the harsh cleaning of the plate, usual carmine hue, the characteristic pronounced "0" of the control figures on the back, nice margins all around, ΑΘΗΝΑΙ 21.ΜΑΡΤ.74 (Athens, type II) pmk. An attractive example of this difficult and underrated stamp, VF (Bill Ure's collection)
Lot #185 - Greece greece - large hermes heads stamps
Vlastos 41a / Hellas 29b, 1873 Cleaned Plates Athens Large Hermes Head Issues, the 80λ value, in carmine, marginal copy, nice margins all around, mint with original gum, hinged. An attractive example of this difficult and underrated stamp, VF (Bill Ure's collection)
Lot #186 - Greece greece - large hermes heads stamps
Vlastos 41a / Hellas 29b, 1873 Cleaned Plates Athens Large Hermes Head Issues, the 80λ value, in carmine, wide margins all around, used in ΣΥΡΟΣ -.ΝΟΕΜ.74 (Syros, Cyclades). An attractive example of this difficult and underrated stamp, VF (Bill Ure's collection)
Lot #187 - Greece greece - large hermes heads stamps
Vlastos 41k / Hellas 29Nl., 1873 Athens Cleaned Plates Large Hermes Head Issue, the 80λ value with the "Keyhole 0" variety of the "80" control figure on the back. Stamp is faulty, with ΚΕΡΚΥΡΑ 27.ΔΕΚΕ.75 (Corfu, type II), but this is a scarce control number error and this is a useful copy for study, B -thinned (Bill Ure's collection)
Lot #188 - Greece greece - large hermes heads stamps
Vlastos 42 / Hellas 30a, 1870 Special Athens Large Hermes Head Issue, the 1λ light red brown, very fresh, just clear to good margins all around, unused no gum as usual, F (Bill Ure's collection)
Lot #189 - Greece greece - large hermes heads stamps
Vlastos 42, 42a / Hellas 30a, 30b, 1870 Special Athens Large Hermes Head Printing, the 1λ value in two distinct shades: in light reddish brown, unused no gum, signed in pencil, just touched frameline at bottom right; also, in reddish brown, part gum, just barely clear at bottom left to good margins, fresh color, G-F (Bill Ure's collection)
Lot #190 - Greece greece - large hermes heads stamps
Vlastos 42b / Hellas 30b, 1870 Special Athens Large Hermes Head Issue, the 1λ red brown, very fresh, balanced margins all around, mint lightly hinged (possibly regummed), VF (Bill Ure's collection)
Lot #191 - Greece greece - large hermes heads stamps
Vlastos 43[v] / Hellas 31[Nv], 1870 Special Athens Large Hermes Head Issue, the 20λ value in light blue shade marginal copy, with traces only of the Control Numbers, canceled by dotted "15" (Nafplion, Peloponnese), good margins all around, but thinned, B-G (Bill Ure's collection)
Lot #192 - Greece greece - large hermes heads stamps
Vlastos 43[v] / Hellas 31[Nv], 1870 Special Athens Large Hermes Head Issue, the 20λ value in light blue shade, with Control Numbers displaced to the right, canceled by dotted "15" (Nafplion, Peloponnese), good margins all around, but thinned, VF (Bill Ure's collection)
Lot #193 - Greece greece - large hermes heads stamps
Vlastos 43acb / Hellas 31dNm., 1870 Special Athens Large Hermes Head Issue, the 20λ value in a vivid deep blue shade with control figures on the back inverted and displaced. Great color, nice margins all around, partial ΠΑΤΡΑΙ 2-.ΟΚΤ.70 (Patras type II) pmk, but with thin. A very attractive copy of this scarce control number error, G -thinned (Bill Ure's collection)
Lot #194 - Greece greece - large hermes heads stamps
Vlastos 43c / Hellas 31NdII., 1870 Special Athens Large Hermes Head Issue, the 20λ value in light blue shade with Control Numbers on the back reading "02" instead of "20" and with the "0" inverted, marginal copy. Great color, touching frameline at right, small corner crease mentioned for accuracy, type I cancel, backstamped. A nice copy of this control number variety, G (Bill Ure's collection)
Lot #195 - Greece greece - large hermes heads stamps
Vlastos 46[v] / Hellas 34b[v], 1871-1872 Athens Large Hermes Head Issue on Inferior Quality Thin Paper, the 5λ value in sage-green, with printing variety due to paper inclusions, good to fine margins, F+ (Bill Ure's collection)
Lot #196 - Greece greece - large hermes heads stamps
Vlastos 48[v] / Hellas 35[Nv], 1871-1872 Athens Large Hermes Head Issue on Inferior Quality Thin Paper, the 20λ value in pair with double control figures, the normal in deep blue and the inverted & displaced in black-blue. Fresh, right stamp (position 114) in perfect condition, the left one (pos. 113) creased and with small tearing of 3mm. Canceled by type II ΘΗΒΑΙ 29.ΙΟΥΝ.73 (Thebes). This pair was discovered by Bill Ure and was sent in...
Lot #197 - Greece greece - large hermes heads stamps
Vlastos 48d / Hellas 35eNb., 1871-1872 Athens Large Hermes Head Issue on Inferior Quality Thin Paper, the 20λ value in a deep blue shade with the "0" of the control number on the back inverted. Great color, nice margins all around, ΜΕΣΣΗΝΗ 3.ΟΚΤ.73 (Messini type II) pmk, an upper right corner crease visible mainly from the back, otherwise a Very Fine example of this control number error, F+ (Bill Ure's collection)
Lot #198 - Greece greece - large hermes heads stamps
Vlastos 48e / Hellas 35eNd., 1871-1872 Athens Large Hermes Head Issue on Inferior Quality Thin Paper, the 20λ value in a deep blue shade with control figures on the back reading "02" instead of "20". Great color, nice margins all around, type I cancel, a beautiful example of this difficult control number error, VF (Bill Ure's collection)
Lot #199 - Greece greece - large hermes heads stamps
Vlastos 48f / Hellas 35No., 1871-1872 Athens Large Hermes Head Issue on Inferior Quality Thin Paper, the 20λ value with clear double control figures (by sliding) on the back. Fresh, cut into at left, type I cancel, a rare control error, G-F (Bill Ure's collection)
Lot #200 - Greece greece - large hermes heads stamps
Vlastos 48f / Hellas 35No., 1871-1872 Athens Large Hermes Head Issue on Inferior Quality Thin Paper, the 20λ value with clear double control figures (by sliding) on the back. Fresh, cut into at lower part, type I cancel, a rare control error, G-F (Bill Ure's collection)
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