10l. yellow-orange tied by "60" (Kymi) cds. Superb. (Hellas 12IIb).
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
Start time 16:00
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Lot #77 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
20l. deep blue, mint. Very fine in all aspects and very rare, especially in this quality. (Hellas 13IIa).
Lot #78 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
20l. blue, unused. Very fine and rare. (Hellas 13IIb).
Lot #79 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
20l. blue tied by Drahmanion "42" cds and municipal cancellation "ΔΤ 21". Superb and rare. (Hellas 13IIb).
Lot #80 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
20l. blue (fine impression) on thick paper, used. Clear margins, large thin, but the ONLY KNOWN on thick paper. Extremelt rare. (Hellas 13IIbPb).
Lot #81 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
40l. mauve on blue, unused. Clear margins, no faults. Small parts of original gum. Rare. (Hellas 14IIa).
Lot #82 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
40l. mauve on blue, used. Superb. (Hellas 14IIa).
Lot #83 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
40l. mauve on blue, slight double printing of the control numbers due to sliding (Kound. 19.1), canc. "67" (Syros). Good-large margins all around. Superb for this very rare error. (Hellas 14IIaNoI).
Lot #84 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
40l. mauve on green paper, used. Good margins all around. Extremelly rare and very fine. (Hellas 14IIc).
Lot #85 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
Unpaid entire letter from "TRIEST*15/1" to Syros. Handwritten "3/15" (Kr) and "75" (lepta), fr. on arrival with 40l. light mauve on blue and 20l. blue Paris issue and 5l. green with broken circle and 10l. orange with intense yellow wash to pay the 18Kr=55l. Austrian and Lloyd rate + 20l. Greek inland fee, tied by "67" (Syra) cds and canc. "ΣΥΡΟΣ*2.ΙΑΝ.62". A very fine and rare cover. (Hellas 6b+5a+12Ib+11IbCF3).
Lot #86 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
Unpaid entire letter from "ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΥΠΟΛΙΣ ΤΟΥΡΚΙΑ*2.ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ.1862" (pre-adhesive canc.) to Athens. Handwritten "65", taxed on arrival with 5l. deep green, 20l. blue and light mauve on blue, all fine provisionals. Stamps with faults. (Hellas 11IIb+13IIb+14IIb).
Lot #87 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
Double weight entire letter fr. with 5l. deep olive-green in pair pre-cut between and 40l. light mauve on blue canc. "ΣΥΡΟΣ*10.ΙΟΥΛ.62", via "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ", arr. "ΓΥΘΕΙΟΝ*14.ΙΟΥΛ.62". Left 5 lepta stamp with missing corner, 40l. stamp very fine. Rare. (Hellas 11Ic+14Ib).
Lot #88 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
Domestic double rate with 40 lepta first Athens print franking: Cover A: Double rate letter sheet from Syros July 4th, 1862 with a very bright and fine 40l. Provisional, Cover B: double rate letter from Amfissa July 25th, 1862 with a very deep coloured nevertheless very fine Provisional.
Lot #89 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
Unpaid letter sheet from Manchester 26.11.1862 via London and Marseille to Syra 24.11 taxed with 490 lepta- the highest franking with 80l. provisionals. The figures 490 and 170 explain a cover with a tax of 490l. (this one) and another one with 170l. were delivered that day. Rate 3xFrench 20-25g=450l.+40l. local 15-30g=490 lepta. A very fine and impressive franking of the greatest rarity. (Hellas 21a+12Ia).
Lot #90 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
Unpaid EL from "TRIEST*14/3" to Patras. Endorsed "Via Brindisi", handwritten "3/15" (=3kr. Austrian inland rate+15kr. for ship) and "75" (=75l, 55l.=18kr.+20l. Greek domestic rate) fr. on arrival with 5l. green, 10l. orange and 40l. mauve on blue (provisionals) and 20l. sky-blue and canc. "ΠΑΤΡΑΙ*9.ΦΕΒΡ.63". (Hellas 11IIa+12IIa+14IIa+19a).
Lot #91 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
1l. brown in mint never hinged bl.6. Creased vertically in margin between, otherwise very fine. (Hellas 15b).
Lot #92 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
Letter sheet from Ithaca June 18, 1884 paid with the 25 lepta rate to Trieste with a very late use of 5 pieces of 1l. Def. Athens, printed in 1863 and a 20l. rosine from 1883. Fine and most unusual usage. (Hellas 15b+59IIb).
Lot #93 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
1l. red-brown (short beard), used. Clear to good margins, fresh colour, very fine appearance. Scarce. (Hellas 15e).
Lot #94 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
2l. bistre in unused left marginal vertical pair. Very fine and scarce. (Hellas 16A).
Lot #95 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
2l. bistre in irregular bl.9 (5+4). Upper left stamp touched at top, creased vertically in margin between after upper left stamp, cut in margin between first pair to the left and margins narrow in places but still fine for this very rare used multiple. (Hellas 16b).
Lot #96 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
Printed matter (large part) fr. with 2l. brown-bistre in marginal pair, posted from "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ (1)*23.?.71" to Kerkyra. Very fine and very rare. (Hellas 16c).
Lot #97 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
5l. green (pos.10), unused. Very fine. (Hellas 17a).
Lot #98 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
5l. yellow-green in mint block of six. Frame line touched at right otherwise fine. Fresh colour. (Hellas 17b).
Lot #99 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
Insuficiently prepaid letter (ΠΛΗΡ. ΑΝΕΠΑΡΚΗΣ) from Argos June 24th, 1864 to Tripolis. There taxed with "20" and franked with a block of four of the 5l. to pay these 20l. The letter is repaired from the backside but it is the only block of the 5l. Definitive Printing on cover not only in combination of "ΠΛΗΡ.ΑΝΕΠΑΡΚΗΣ" (insufficiently prepaid). Fine and very rare. (Hellas 17b+19b).
Lot #100 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
5l. yellow-green with double control number (Kound. 29.2.ci) tied by the Piraeus "2" cds. Small imperfections but very rare. (Hellas 17bNoI).
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