Thessaly, Volos 1861, Βόλος: Private entire folded letter dated "17 May 1861", bearing in blue the official bi-linear handstamp of the Vice-Consulate of Greece in Volo ΥΠΟΠΡΟΞΕΝΕΙΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ ΕΙΣ ΒΩΛΟΝ, sent to ΠΕΙΡΑΙΕΥΣ 26.ΜΑΙΟΣ.61 (Piraeus). Before the establishment of the official Hellenic Post Office, the Greek Consulate was charged to receive private correspondence. Handwritten rate upon arrival "50" lepta. The mail from the Hellenic...
Auction #77
By: Collectio (Alexandre Galinos)
Collectio (Alexandre Galinos) Auction #77
Our 77th Collectio Public Auction will be held in Athens on January 18th, 2015.
This is a very interesting auction featuring more than 4,000 lots, including unique items, many rare & important or just interesting lots of stamps, postal history, postal stationery & postcards from the Balkans, Levant Post Offices, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Middle East, Asia, Oceania, Americas, etc...
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Lot #1297 - greece (offices abroad levant) greece - postal history - pre-stamp period - post offices abroad (levant)
Lot #1298 - greece (offices abroad levant) greece - postal history - pre-stamp period - post offices abroad (levant)
Macedonia, Salonica 1841, disinfected mail: Entire folded letter from ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ (Salonica, Macedonia) + oval ΠΛΗΡΩΜΕΝΟΝ (postage paid), written in Greek at "εν Θεσσαλ:η τη 18η/Ιουλ.ου.1841, via ΛΑΜΙΑ 23.ΙΟΥΛΙ.1841 (Lamia, Central Greece) & boxed entry in Greece marking ΕΛΛΑΣ ΔIA ΛΑΜΙΑΣ (Greece via Lamia), ΑΘΗΝΑΙ 26.ΙΟΥΛ:1841 (Athens) and ΠΥΡΑΙΕΥΣ 26.ΙΟΥΛ:1841 (Piraeus) sent to ΣΥΡΑ 28.ΙΟΥΛΙ.1841 (Syros). Rated "70" and to pay tax "10"...
Lot #1299 - greece (offices abroad levant) greece - postal history - pre-stamp period - post offices abroad (levant)
Thessaly, Larissa 1839, disinfected mail: Entire folded letter dated "24 November 1839" bearing in blackish green the type I postmark ΛΑΡΙΣΣΑ, sent to ΝΑΥΠΛΙΟΝ 4.ΔΕΚΕΜ.1839 (Nafplion Peloponnese). Handwritten rate on arrival "20+30=50" lepta. Entry in Greece via Lamia with boxed handstamp ΕΛΛΑΣ ΔΙΑ ΛΑΜΙΑΣ, and postmarks ΛΑΜΙΑ 29.ΝΟΕΜΒ.1839 (Lamia) & ΑΘΗΝΑΙ 2.ΔΕΚΕΜ:1839 (Athens). Disinfection slits by the Sanitary Office of Taratsa (...
Lot #1300 - greece (offices abroad levant) greece - postal history - pre-stamp period - post offices abroad (levant)
Thessaly, Larissa 1850: Entire folded letter dated "30 January 1850" bearing in green the type I postmark ΛΑΡΙΣΣΑ, sent to ΑΘΗΝΑΙ 6.ΦΕΥΡ.1850 (Athens). Handwritten rate on arrival "50" lepta. Transit postmark of ΛΑΜΙΑ 2.ΦΕΒΡΟ.1850 (Lamia, entry Post Office in Greece), ex Drossos collection, RR & VF
Lot #1301 - greece (offices abroad levant) greece - postal history - pre-stamp period - post offices abroad (levant)
Thessaly, Larissa 1850, disinfected mail: Entire folded letter written in Greek with dateline "Εν Λαρίσση 27 Φεβρουαρίου 1850" (Larissa, Thessaly, Turkey), handstamped with the rare ΛΑΡΙΣΣΑ (type I, P.O. abroad) sent to ΑΘΗΝΑΙ 2.ΜΑΡΤ:1850 (Athens, in blue) via ΛΑΜΙΑ 1.ΜΑΡΤΙ.1850 (Lamia), with boxed entry marking ΕΛΛΑΣ ΔΙΑ ΛΑΜΙΑΣ (Greece via Lamia). Disinfected with 3 horizontal slits at Taratsa. Handwritten to pay tax “75", RR & VF
Lot #1302 - greece (offices abroad levant) greece - postal history - pre-stamp period - post offices abroad (levant)
Thessaly, Larissa 1851: Entire folded letter dated "27 August 1851" bearing in green the type I postmark ΛΑΡΙΣΣΑ, sent to ΑΘΗΝΑΙ 31.ΑΥΓ.1851 (Athens). Handwritten rate on arrival "50" lepta. Transit postmark of ΛΑΜΙΑ 29.ΑΥΓΟΥ.1851 (Lamia, entry Post Office in Greece), ex Drossos collection, RR & F+
Lot #1303 - greece (offices abroad levant) greece - postal history - pre-stamp period - post offices abroad (levant)
Epirus, Arta 1858: Entire folded letter dated "εν Άρτη τη 30.Σεπτεμβρίου.1858", bearing in blackish green the type I postmark ΑΡΤΗ, sent to ΠΑΤΡΑΙ 5.ΟΚΤ.58 (Patras Peloponnese). Handwritten rate "40" lepta. Transit postmark of ΑΜΦ. ΑΡΓΟΣ 1.ΟΚΤΩ.1860 (Amphilohia, entry Post Office in Greece), ex Daes collection, R & F-VF
Lot #1304 - greece (offices abroad levant) greece - postal history - pre-stamp period - post offices abroad (levant)
Epirus, Arta 1859: Entire folded letter dated "εν Άρτη τη 12 Ιουνίου 1859", bearing in blackish green the type I postmark ΑΡΤΗ, sent to ΠΑΤΡΑΙ 17.ΙΟΥΝ.1859 (Patras Peloponnese). Handwritten rate "60" lepta. Transit postmark of ΑΜΦ. ΑΡΓΟΣ 14.ΙΟΥΝ.1859 (Amphilohia, entry Post Office in Greece), R & F
Lot #1305 - greece (offices abroad levant) greece - postal history - pre-stamp period - post offices abroad (levant)
Macedonia, Salonica 1848: disinfected mail: Entire folded letter bearing in red the type II postmark ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ 4.ΑΥΓ:1848, sent to ΣΥΡΑ 8.ΑΥΓΟΥ.1848 (Syros Cyclades). Boxed ΠΕΔ handstamp [Πληρωμένον Εξωτερικόν Δικαίωμα = External Postage paid] without rate. Horizontal disinfection slit by the Sanitary Office of Syros (letter sent by ship from Salonica directly to Syros). Sender's dry stamp seal "Ανδρέας Οικονόμου ΑΟ" sealing the letter, VF...
Lot #1306 - greece (offices abroad levant) greece - postal history - pre-stamp period - post offices abroad (levant)
Macedonia, Salonica 1849: disinfected mail: Entire folded letter bearing in red the type II postmark ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ 8.ΔΕΚΕΜ.1849, sent to ΣΥΡΟΣ 13.ΔΕΚΕΜ.1849 (Syros Cyclades). Boxed ΠΕΔ handstamp [Πληρωμένον Εξωτερικόν Δικαίωμα = External Postage paid] and handwritten rate "70" lepta. Horizontal disinfection slit by the Sanitary Office of Syros (letter sent by ship from Salonica directly to Syros), VF-Sup
Lot #1307 - greece (offices abroad levant) greece - postal history - pre-stamp period - post offices abroad (levant)
Macedonia, Salonica 1850: disinfected mail: Entire folded letter bearing in black the type II postmark ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ 10.ΑΥΓ.1850, sent to ΣΥΡΟΣ 15.ΑΥΓ.1850 (Syros Cyclades). Boxed ΠΕΔ handstamp [Πληρωμένον Εξωτερικόν Δικαίωμα = External Postage paid] and handwritten rate "105" lepta. Disinfection slits by the Sanitary Office of Syros (letter sent by ship from Salonica directly to Syros), ex Daes collection, F-VF
Lot #1308 - greece (offices abroad levant) greece - postal history - pre-stamp period - post offices abroad (levant)
Macedonia, Salonica 1850: Entire folded letter bearing in black the type II postmark ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ 15.ΟΚΤΩΜ.1847, sent to ΣΥΡΑ 10.ΟΚΤΩΒ.1847 (Syros Cyclades). Boxed ΠΕΔ handstamp [Πληρωμένον Εξωτερικόν Δικαίωμα = External Postage paid] and handwritten rate "70" lepta (letter sent by ship from Salonica directly to Syros), ex Daes collection, VF-Sup -minor cover faults
Lot #1309 - greece (offices abroad levant) greece - postal history - pre-stamp period - post offices abroad (levant)
Turkey, Constantinople 1858: ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΥΠΟΛΙΣ ΤΟΥΡΚΙΑ 17.ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡ.1858 (Constantinople, Turkey) as arrival postmark, with handwritten to pay tax "40", on entire folded letter written at "εν Αθήναις τη 14.Ιαν.1858", sent from ΑΘΗΝΑΙ 14.ΙΑΝ.58 (Athens, type III) gray blue, via ΠΕΙΡΑΙΕΥΣ 14.ΙΑΝ.1858 (Piraeus, type 1856), maritime mail, ex Daes collection, VF
Lot #1310 - greece (offices abroad levant) greece - postal history - pre-stamp period - post offices abroad (levant)
Turkey, Constantinople 1858: Entire folded letter, bearing the type II postmark ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΥΠΟΛΙΣ ΤΟΥΡΚΙΑ 18.ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡ.1858 in black, sent to ΣΥΡΟΣ 21.ΙΑΝ.1858 (Syros Cyclades). Handwritten rate on arrival "40" lepta, ex Drossos collection, VF
Lot #1311 - greece (offices abroad levant) greece - postal history - pre-stamp period - post offices abroad (levant)
Turkey, Constantinople 1858: Entire folded letter from ΣΥΡΟΣ 18.ΜΑΡΤ.1858 (Syros Cyclades), bearing on arrival the type II postmark ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΥΠΟΛΙΣ ΤΟΥΡΚΙΑ 20.ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ.1858. ΠΕΔ handstamp in blackish red [Πληρωμένον Εξωτερικόν Δικαίωμα = External Postage paid] and handwritten paid rate "100" lepta (double rate), ex Drossos collection, Sup
Lot #1312 - greece (offices abroad levant) greece - postal history - pre-stamp period - post offices abroad (levant)
Macedonia, Salonica 1858: Entire folded letter, bearing in blackish blue the type III postmark ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ (ΤΟΥΡΚΙΑ) 6.ΑΥΓ.1858, sent to ΣΥΡΟΣ 17.ΑΥΓ.1858 (Syros Cyclades). Boxed ΠΕΔ handstamp in red [Πληρωμένον Εξωτερικόν Δικαίωμα = External Postage paid] and handwritten rate "40" lepta. Sender's handstamp "Demetrio Rogotti". The letter was sent by ship from Salonica directly to Syros, ex Drossos collection, R & VF
Lot #1313 - greece (offices abroad levant) greece - postal history - pre-stamp period - post offices abroad (levant)
Thessaly, Volos: Private entire folded letter dated "Βόλος την 18.7βρίου.1860" (Volos), sent to ΓΥΘΕΙΟΝ 29.ΣΕΠΤ.60 (Gythion, Peloponnese) via the Hellenic Post Office of Thessaly at Larissa ΛΑΡΙΣΣΑ (ΤΟΥΡΚΙΑ) 19.ΣΕΠΤ.60 (in blue), ΛΑΜΙΑ 21.ΣΕΠΤ.60 (Lamia, entry Post Office in Greece) and ΑΘΗΝΑΙ 23.ΣΕΠΤ.60 (Athens) blue. Before the establishment of the official Hellenic Post Office at Volos, the Greek Consulate was charged to receive private...
Lot #1314 - greece (offices abroad levant) greece - postal history - pre-stamp period - post offices abroad (levant)
Turkey, Smyrna 1860: ΣΜΥΡΝΑ (ΤΟΥΡΚΙΑ) 1.ΟΚΤ.60 (Smyrna, Turkey) with handwritten to pay tax "40" on entire folded letter written at "Σμύρνη 1/13 8βρίου 1860" sent to ΠΕΙΡΑΙΕΥΣ 3.ΟΚΤ (Piraeus), maritime mail, ex Bellas collection, Scarce & VF
Lot #1315 - greece (offices abroad levant) greece - postal history - pre-stamp period - post offices abroad (levant)
Turkey, Smyrna 1859: Entire folded letter, bearing in blue the type III postmark ΣΜΥΡΝΑ ΤΟΥΡΚΙΑ 18.ΑΠΡ.59, sent to ΑΘΗΝΑΙ 20.ΑΠΡ.59 (Athens) blue, via ΠΕΙΡΑΙΕΥΣ 20.ΑΠΡ.1859 (special type). Black ΠΕΛ marking (Πληρωμένον έως Ελληνικόν Λιμένα =Paid to Greek Port), ex Drossos collection, R & VF
Lot #1316 - greece (offices abroad levant) greece - postal history - pre-stamp period - post offices abroad (levant)
Turkey, Smyrna 1860: ΣΜΥΡΝΑ (ΤΟΥΡΚΙΑ) 15.ΙΟΥΛ.60 (Smyrna, Turkey, type III), entire folded letter with handwritten 'Paquebot Hellenique', via ΠΕΙΡΑΙΕΥΣ, sent to ΑΘΗΝΑΙ 17.ΙΟΥΛ.60 blue (Athens). Handwritten to pay tax '40' in red upon arrival, R & VF
Lot #1317 - greece (offices abroad levant) greece - postal history - pre-stamp period - post offices abroad (levant)
Turkey, Smyrna 1861: ΣΜΥΡΝΑ (ΤΟΥΡΚΙΑ) 1.ΑΠΡ.61 (Smyrna, Turkey) & straightline 'ΠΕΛ' (Πληρωμένον έως Ελληνικόν Λιμένα =Paid to Greek Port) on entire folded letter with dateline 'Σμύρνη τη Πρώτη Απριλίου 1861' [1.4.1861] addressed to ΑΘΗΝΑΙ 3.ΑΠΡ.61 (Athens), R & VF
Lot #1318 - greece (offices abroad levant) greece - postal history - pre-stamp period - post offices abroad (levant)
Egypt, Alexandria, 1859: Αλεξάνδρεια, disinfected mail: Entire folded letter bearing the type II-1 postmark ΑΛΣΞΑΝΔΡΕΙΑ (ΤΟΥΡΚΙΑ) 6.ΟΚΤ.59 (erronous, AlSxandria for AlExandria) with ΠΕΛ (Πληρωμένον έως Ελληνικόν Λιμένα =Paid to Greek Port), sent to ΣΥΡΟΣ 12.ΟΚΤ.59 (Syros Cyclades). Handwritten rate on arrival "70" lepta. Sent by ship directly to Syros. Disinfected upon arrival with horizontal slit, RR & F
Lot #1319 - greece (offices abroad levant) greece - postal history - post offices abroad (levant)
Turkey, Constantinople 1862: Cover of folded letter, not pre-paid, bearing the type II postmark of pre-stamp period ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΥΠΟΛΙΣ (ΤΟΥΡΚΙΑ) 26.ΜΑΪΟΥ.1862, sent to ΣΥΡΟΣ 27.ΜΑΙΟΣ.62 (Syros, Cyclades). The handwritten postage due "50" was paid with 10λ +40λ (Athens provisional printings), ex Drossos collection, RR (late use of the pmk) & VF
Lot #1320 - greece (offices abroad levant) greece - postal history - post offices abroad (levant)
Turkey, Constantinople 1862: Entire folded letter from ΣΥΡΟΣ 9 ΟΚΤ.[62] (Syros Cyclades), bearing on arrival the pre-stamp period type II postmark ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΥΠΟΛΙΣ (ΤΟΥΡΚΙΑ) 13.ΟΚΤΩΒ.1862 (exceptional late use). 10+40 lepta Large Hermes (Athens Provisional prints), canceled by dotted "67" and ΠΕΔ handstamp in blackish red [Πληρωμένον Εξωτερικόν Δικαίωμα = External Postage paid], ex Drossos collection, R & F
Lot #1321 - greece (offices abroad levant) greece - postal history - post offices abroad (levant)
Thessaly, Volos 1863, Βόλος: Private entire folded letter, bearing the official circular handstamp of the Vice-Consulate of Greece in Volo ΥΠΟΠΡΟΞΕΝΕΙΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛ. ΕΙΣ ΒΩΛΟΝ, sent to Gythion ΓΥΘΕΙΟΝ 29.ΟΚΤ.63. Before the establishment of the official Hellenic Post Office, the Greek Consulate was charged to receive private correspondence. Handwritten rate on arrival "40" lepta. The mail from the Hellenic Consulate of Volo was sent in transit,...
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