2l. brown-bistre (oxidised color), used. Good-large margins all around. Very fine. (Hellas 10Ib).
Public & Live Internet Auction 666 Large Hermes Heads Exceptional Stamps from Great Collections
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A. Karamitsos Public & Live Internet Auction 666 Large Hermes Heads Exceptional Stamps from Great Collections
Public & Live Internet Auction № 666
Large Hermes Heads
Exceptional Stamps from Great Collections
10 October 2020
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Lot #52 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
2l. brown-bistre, mint. Very fine. (Hellas 10Ib).
Lot #53 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
2l. pale bistre (coarse impression) in unused block of 4. Large margins all around. Certificate by P.Holcombe (1981). A superb multiple. (Hellas 10Id).
Lot #54 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
5l. green in mint bl.4 (pos.39-40/49-50), plate flaw "thin circle" (pos.50). Full original gum and large/even margins but a small scissor cut in margin between. Very fine and very rare. (Hellas 11Ib+11IbCF2).
Lot #55 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
5l. yellow-green with double control number (Kound. 10.1), used. Small faults as virtually all existing examples, a good example of this extremely rare error. (Hellas 11IbNoI).
Lot #56 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
5l. green with greyish cast, used. Clear to good margins all around but upper right corner creased and a pinhole. (Hellas 11Id).
Lot #57 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
10l. ochre-orange (pos.8), uneven control numbers (Kound.11.5), unused. Fine and extremely rare. (Hellas 12Ia).
Lot #58 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
10l. orange (pos.79), tied by Filiatra "86" cds, plate flaw two dots in the upper inscription. Large margins but a small closing part. Very fine and scarce. (Hellas 12Ib10F18).
Lot #59 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
Cover from Syros Dec. 29 1862 to Chalkis. Franked with 10l. coarse Provisional, marked "insufficiently paid" and taxed with "10", although without a stamp affixed on arrival. A most unusual usage. (Hellas 12Ib).
Lot #60 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
10l. reddish flesh (Salmon) used. Cut-into at bottom, but a most elusive stamp. (Hellas 12Ic).
Lot #61 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
20l. deep ultramarine, used. Very fine. (Hellas 13Ia).
Lot #62 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
20l. deep ultramarine, used. Very large margins. Superb. (Hellas 13Ia).
Lot #63 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
20l. indigo blue, used. Very fine. (Hellas 13Ib).
Lot #64 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
Entire letter from Arta (preadhesive button type canc.) March 22nd 1862, fr. with a pair of 20l. prussian blue coarse Provisional cancelled by "105" type I cds to Patras, arr. March 28th 1862. Very fine and extremely rare. Ex. Argyropoulos. (Hellas 13Ic).
Lot #65 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
Single domestic letter from Piraeus Dec. 2nd 1861 to Athens with the preadhesive canc. (2nd day of usage), fr. with 20l. deep blue coarse provisional with "uneven C.F." (Kound. 12.5). A very fine and extremely rare usage of the postmark. (Hellas 13Id).
Lot #66 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
20l. deep dull chulky blue on letter from Athens, Dec.7, 1861 to Tripolis. The stamp is in excellent condition and of a very coarse impression. Very fine and extremely rare on cover. (Hellas 13Ie).
Lot #67 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
40l. dull mauve on blue in strip of four- the largest known unit on a piece Athens June 8th, 1862 via Marseille to London. Fine and of the greatest rarity. (Hellas 14Ib).
Lot #68 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
1l. deep chocolate, unused. Very fine. (Hellas 9IIa).
Lot #69 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
1l. chocolate, unused. Very fine for this rare stamp. (Hellas 9IIa).
Lot #70 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
Letter sheet from Syros Oct 3rd, 1862 with a total of 30L. to Tripolis. The normal inland rate was 20L. but the transportation with a foreign vessel (in this case an austrian one) was 10L. more (only known to and from Syros). 1L. Provisional on cover are very rare, the 1L. Paris was applied later. Despite the added stamp an impressive and very rare franking. (Hellas 2a+9IIb+11Ib+13IIb).
Lot #71 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
1l. brown in used pair, plate flaw "defective lower inscription" (NOT mentioned by Koundouros for this issue). Clear to large margins. Fine and extremelly rare pair. (Hellas 9IIc).
Lot #72 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
2l. bistre, used. Large margins all around. A Superb copy. (Hellas 10IIa).
Lot #73 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
2l. yellow-bistre, used. Superb. (Hellas 10IIb).
Lot #74 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
5l. yellow-green mint block of 4. Right pair with faults, othewise fine and scarce. (Hellas 11IIa).
Lot #75 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
10l. orange, mint. Very fine. (Hellas 12IIa).
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