Letter sheet cover from "ΖΑΚΥΝΘΟΣ*5.ΜΑΙΟΣ.69" fr. with 20l. blue (pos.82) and 5l. olive-green (to make the 25l. inter-ionian fee) to Corfou. (Hellas 17c+27a).
Public Auction 656
By: A. Karamitsos
A. Karamitsos Public Auction 656
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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Saturday, 11 April 2020
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Lot #127 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1867/1869 cleaned plates.
Letter sheet cover from "ΣΥΡΑ*7.ΙΑΝ.73" fr. with 2x10l. red-orange and 5l. green, arr. "ΠΕΙΡΑΙΕΥΣ*8.ΙΑΝ.73". (Hellas 17a+26a).
Lot #128 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1870 special athens printing
1l. light reddish brown (pos.55), plate flaw broken plate, unused. Certificate Tseriotis (2012). A tiny thin spot, still fine for this. (Hellas 30aFb).
Lot #129 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1870 special athens printing
1l. reddish brown, mint no gum. Fine-very fine. (Hellas 30b).
Lot #130 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1870 special athens printing
8x20l sky-blue (5 copies), blue (2 copies) and vivid deep blue, used. Mixed quality. (Hellas 31b+31c+31d).
Lot #131 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1870 special athens printing
20l. blue (pos.89), plate flaw white line at the upper inscription and in the medallion, used. Large/even margins all around. Superb. (Hellas 31c).
Lot #132 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1870 special athens printing
Cover fr. with 20l. vivid deep blue with inverted C.F. (Kound. 42.3), canc. "9" and posted from "ΠΑΤΡΑΙ (9)*6 ΝΟΕΜ. 70", arr. "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ (1)*8 ΝΟΕΜ. 70". Very rare CF error on cover. (Hellas 31dNm).
Lot #133 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1870 special athens printing
1870 Unpaid entire letter from Triest to Athens. Handwritten "70" fr. on arrival with 40l. mauve on blue, 10l. red-orange and 20l. blue (to pay the Austria-Greece 70l. postage for unpaid letters according to the 1867 treaty). (Hellas 28b+26a+31c).
Lot #134 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings
1l. red-brown in mint block of four, very fine and very rare. (Hellas 32a).
Lot #135 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings
2l. yellow-bistre and rose-bistre, mint. Six copies imperforrate while three stamps perf. 8-9. (Hellas 33a+33b).
Lot #136 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings
5l. sage-green, used. Very fine. (Hellas 34b).
Lot #137 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings
20l. sky-blue (pos.110) with Grooms characteristic "2" No.17, used. Upper margin very narrow, the rest good/even margins. Fine. (Hellas 35a).
Lot #138 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings
20l. sky-blue (pos.53) with Grooms characteristic "2" No.2, used. Good-large margins all around. Very fine. (Hellas 35a).
Lot #139 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings
20l. sky blue used with characteristic Grooms "0" (type 5, pos.63), clear margins. Fine-very fine. (Hellas 35a).
Lot #140 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings
20l. blue in used vertical pair (pos.81-91/1st setting), Grooms characteristic "2" No.6 (pos.81). Very fine. (Hellas 35c).
Lot #141 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings
20l. blue (pos.146) with Grooms characteristic "0" (type 6), used. Fine-very fine. (Hellas 35c).
Lot #142 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings
20l. blue (pos. 7/2nd setting), uneven control numbers (Kound. 47.8). On pos.7 20 lepta stamps with uneven CF do exists on 1871/76 and 1875/80 stamps as well. Touched at lower right but very interesting. (Hellas 35c).
Lot #143 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings
40l. bistre on greenish, mint. Full original gum but a tiny thin spot due to hinge removal, otherwise very fine. Certificate Raybaudi (1983). Still fine for this scarce in mint stamp. (Hellas 36b).
Lot #144 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings
2x40l bistre on greenish and yellow-bistre on greenish, used. Very fine. (Hellas 36b+36c).
Lot #145 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings
1871 Triple weight EL fr. with 20l. blue and 40l. yellow-bistre on greenish from Corfu to Patras. Entire very fine and rare. (Hellas 36c+35c).
Lot #146 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/76 meshed paper
1l. grey-brown (pos.55), plate flaw broken plate, mint. Fine and scarce. (Hellas 37aFb).
Lot #147 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/76 meshed paper
1l brown perf 11 1/2, mint. Very fine. (Hellas 37b).
Lot #148 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/76 meshed paper
2l grey-bistre, mint. Full original gum. Soft yellow toning on gum but still fine for this very rare stamp. (Hellas 38a).
Lot #149 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/76 meshed paper
5l. yellow-green, used. Large-very large margins. A small tear at top in margin only not affecting stamp. Very fine. (Hellas 39b).
Lot #150 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/76 meshed paper
5l. sage-green in used marginal strip of 4 (pos.1-4) with 3 very large and 1 narrow margins. Very fine and rare. (Hellas 39a).
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