Double weight entire letter fr. with 40l. light mauve on blue, cancelled with dot. "67" and posted from "ΣΥΡΟΣ (67)*1 ΔΕΚΕ. 63", arr. "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ (1)*3 ΔΕΚΕ. 63". VF. (Hellas 20Ia).
Public Auction 635 General Stamp Sale
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A. Karamitsos Public Auction 635 General Stamp Sale
A. KARAMITSOS is holding a general auction of stamp, postal history and postal stationary. Starting with stamps & postal history of Greece including Large & Small Hermes Head. Greek Islands and related area with Crete and Dodecanese. Emphasis on Greece issues with Olympics, Greek Islands, Territories & related area, Greece in WWII, postmarks & cancellations. Greek Ottoman Post and Levant.
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Lot #102 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
20l. light mauve on blue, double "4" on control numbers (Kound. 32.1.c), canc. "ΣΥΡΟΣ*3.ΦΕΒΡ.65". Sign. O.VLASTOS. Fine-very fine margins but a diagonal ironed out crease. Rare. (Hellas 20IaNoI).
Lot #103 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
40l. mauve on blue, used. Fine-very fine. (Hellas 20Ib).
Lot #104 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
40l. grey-mauve on blue, used. Large/even margins. Very fine. (Hellas 20Id).
Lot #105 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
40l. greyish rose on grey-lilac, unused with small part of gum. Three good to large, one very narrow margins but still fine for this rare stamp. (Hellas 20IIa).
Lot #106 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
80l carmine with orange CF, unused. One closing corner but still fine-very fine for this. Rare in unused. (Hellas 21a)
Lot #107 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
80l. carmine, canc. "97" (=ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΙΑ ΤΟΥΡΚΙΑ). Fine-very fine. (Hellas 21a).
Lot #108 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
POST OFFICE FRAUD: two cancellations "ΣΥΡΟΣ (67)*2? ΣΕΠΤ. ??" and "ΣΥΡΟΣ (67)*2? ΙΟΥΝ. ??" on 80l. rose-carmine (with orange C.F.). Very fine and rare. (Hellas 21b).
Lot #109 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
80l. rose-carmine (pos.91), inverted "0" on control number (Kound. 33.3), used. Tiny pinhole although nice in appearance. (Hellas 22aNa).
Lot #110 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
4x80l. rose carmine and carmine, used. Fine-fine very fine. (Hellas 22a+22b).
Lot #111 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
Entire letter from "ΣΜΥΡΝΑ (ΤΟΥΡΚΙΑ)*6 ΔΕΚΕ. 62" to Syros. On arrival "ΣΥΡΟΣ (67)*10 ΔΕΚΕ. 62" taxed with 5l. green (coarse impression) in marginal pair + 2x20l. sky-blue with very strong relief and "Chiffres maigres" (typical transitional printing) and cancelled with dot. "67". EXTREMELY RARE and FINE lot. (Hellas 11Ib+19A).
Lot #112 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
Large part of EL (front cover+one flap) from "ΣΜΥΡΝΑ (ΤΟΥΡΚΙΑ)*30.ΔΕΚΕ.62" fr. with 20l. sky-blue (plate flaw "white line at the inscription"-pos.23), 40l. mauve on blue and 5l. deep olive-green (coarse print), mailed to Syros. (hellas 19a+20Ib+11Ib).
Lot #113 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
Double weight entire letter fr. with 10l. orange on blue + 40l. light mauve on blue, cancelled with dot. "111" and posted from "ΖΑΚΥΝΘΟΣ (111)*7 ΜΑΡΤ. 65", arr. "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ (1)*10 ΜΑΡΤ. 65". Very fine. (Hellas 18d+20Ia).
Lot #114 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
EL from "Κυδονίαι 31 Μαρτίου 1865", via "MYTILINE*13/4" where taxed with 10sld. Venetto-Lombardo and canc. "LLOYD AGENZIE SMIRNE*14/4". On arrival taxed with 20l. blue (plate flaw "white spot on the floret-pos.77) and canc. "ΣΥΡΟΣ*4.ΑΠΡ.65". Very rare. (Hellas 19b20F17).
Lot #115 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
Unpaid entire letter from "MESSINA*21.GUL.65" to Sira. Handwritten "90" (=lepta) fr. on arrival with 10 red-orange on blue and carmine, both VF, and canc. "ΣΥΡΟΣ*11.ΙΟΥΛ.65". (Hellas 18e+22b).
Lot #116 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
1866 triple weight EL fr. with 20l. blue with plate flaws "spot on the chin" and "whilte line in the upper inscription" (pos.23) + 40l. greyish rose on grey-lilac dot. "15" and posted from "ΝΑΥΠΛΙΟΝ (15)*20 ΣΕΠΤ. 66", arr. "ΤΡΙΠΟΛΙΣ (18)*21 ΣΕΠΤ. 66". (Hellas 19b+20IIa).
Lot #117 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1867/1869 cleaned plates.
1l. deep red-brown, unused. Very fine to superb. (Hellas 23a).
Lot #118 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1867/1869 cleaned plates.
1l. red-brown (pos.44), plate flaws white defect at the base of the neck, white line from the top tip of the helmet and deformed circle, used. One closing corner, otherwise very fine and scarce. (Hellas 23aFa).
Lot #119 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1867/1869 cleaned plates.
1l. light greyish brown in mint bl.4 (pos.139-140/149-150), plate flaw "protruding inscription" (pos.149). A light diagonal gum crease at lower pair but still very fine. (Hellas 23b).
Lot #120 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1867/1869 cleaned plates.
5l. green in right marginal copy, used. Large/even margins. Very fine. (Hellas 25a).
Lot #121 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1867/1869 cleaned plates.
5l yellow-green, deformed "5" (Kound.36.3.b), canc. "ΝΕΑ ΜΙΖΕΛΑ*17.ΜΑΙΟΣ.73". Clear-good margins but a closing corner, still fine for this. Scarce. (Hellas 25a).
Lot #122 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1867/1869 cleaned plates.
2x10l. red-orange (pos.131+145/1st setting), used. Fine-very fine. (Hellas 26a).
Lot #123 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1867/1869 cleaned plates.
10l. red-orange (pos.56), inverted "1" (Kound. 37.3) and plate flaw "spot on Greek border", used. Fine-very fine. (Hellas 26aNa10F11).
Lot #124 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1867/1869 cleaned plates.
10l. red-orange (pos.77), inverted "0" on control numbers (Kound.37.4), mint. Light thin at upper right corner in margin only not affecting the stamp. Fine-very fine and scarce. (Hellas 26aNb).
Lot #125 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1867/1869 cleaned plates.
10l. red-orange in pair (pos.77-78) canc. "15" (=ΝΑΥΠΛΙΟΝ), double "1" and "0" inverted on both stamps (Kound. 37.2.c+37.4). Post office not mentioned in Koundouros study under 37.2.c case. Very fine and very rare. (Hellas 26aNbNo).
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