80l. carmine, used. Large margins all around. Superb. (Hellas 29b).
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 #152 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1867/1869 cleaned plates.
80l. deep carmine on thin paper, mint. Certificate Holcombe (1986). Very fine and very rare. (Hellas 29bPa).
Lot #153 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1870 special athens printing
1l reddish brown (pos.29), plate flaw white line, mint. In N.Asimakopoulos study mentioned that this plate flaw "it is seen only in the 1862-67" issues. Very fine and rare. (Hellas 30b).
Lot #154 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1870 special athens printing
20l. blue used pair. Superb. (Hellas 31c).
Lot #155 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1870 special athens printing
20l blue, control number inverted and displaced (Kound. 42.4), used. Large to very large margins all around. Superb and rare, especially in this quality. (Hellas 31cNm).
Lot #156 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1870 special athens printing
20l vivid deep blue on thick paper, used. Very fine for this very rare stamp. (Hellas 31dPb).
Lot #157 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings
1l red brown in used bl.4. A light horizontal crease in white margin between, not affecting the stamps mentioned just for accuracy. Appart from that, very fine for this very rare stamp, especially in used multiple. (Hellas 32a).
Lot #158 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings
5l. yellow-green in used vertical strip of three. Control numbers not aligned. Bottom margin narrow just touches frame line at left, but still fine for this rare used strip. (Hellas 34a).
Lot #159 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings
20l. sky-blue, used. Clear double impression. Upper margin touches at left while lower margin touches at right but a very impressive rarity. A UNIQUE SO FAR ITEM. (Hellas 35aVb).
Lot #160 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings
20l. blue (pos. 41) with printers mark, used. Very large margins all around. Superb. (Hellas 35c).
Lot #161 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings
20l. steel blue (pos.2), plate flaw narrow borders, mint no gum. Very large/even margins all around. Superb and rare, especially in this quality. (Hellas 35d).
Lot #162 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings
40l. yellow-bistre on greenish (pos.15), inverted "0" (Kound. 48.3), unused. Very large margins, superb and rare. Very rare, not known before in unused. (Hellas 36cNb).
Lot #163 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/76 meshed paper
1l. brown (pos.44), plate flaw broken plate, mint. Very fine and scarce. (Hellas 37bFa).
Lot #164 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/76 meshed paper
1871-76 2 LEP BLOCK of 9. THE UNIQUE LARGEST BLOCK IN PALE Grayish Bistre shade and 3rd LARGEST Known surviving from 2l. 1871-76. (** in Outstanding Condition). Superb for this UNIQUE showpiece. Rarest of all Large Hermes Heads 2l. issued stamps, elusive even as a single, very few blocks of 4 surviving and only a handful of larger blocks. A GREAT RARITY for the Greatest Collection. Pos. 41-63 w/Recessed Cliches Pos.62-63. Intact Full Crackly...
Lot #165 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/76 meshed paper
5l. yellow-green in used strip of 4. Third stamp verticaly creased. Clear to large margins, just touched at bottom left corner, small thin spot on one. Double control number on all stamps (Kound. 51.2.2), a very nice strip. (Hellas 39bNoI).
Lot #166 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/76 meshed paper
5l. greyish-green in left marginal copy, mint. Very fine and rare in mint. (Hellas 39c).
Lot #167 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/76 meshed paper
5l. emerald, used. Good to large/even margins all around. Very fine. (Hellas 39d).
Lot #168 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/76 meshed paper
5l. olive green, used. Enormous margins all around. Superb. (Hellas 39e).
Lot #169 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/76 meshed paper
10l. red-orange, mint. Full original gum. Very fine and rare in mint. (Hellas 40b).
Lot #170 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/76 meshed paper
10l. orange-vermilion in used strip of 3. Superb and rare. (Hellas 40c).
Lot #171 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/76 meshed paper
10l. orange-vermilion on lavender in pair canc. "ΛΕΥΚΑΣ*17.ΦΕΒΡ.78". Control numbers displaced (Kound. 52.13). A couple of closing parts but very fine for this. (Hellas 40d).
Lot #172 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/76 meshed paper
20l. blue on blue in right marginal copy, mint. Full original gum. Very fine and very rare. (Hellas 41h).
Lot #173 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/76 meshed paper
20l. blue on blue in lower marginal copy with double impression at lower part, used. Very large/even margins all around. Rare, impressive and superb. (Hellas 41h).
Lot #174 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/76 meshed paper
40l. bronze on blue, mint no gum. Very fine for this very rare in mint stamp. (Hellas 42Ic).
Lot #175 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/76 meshed paper
40l. purplish mauve on blue, mint. Full original gum. Superb and rare. (Hellas 42IIc).
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