GREECE- MILITARY CANCELLATIONS - Stamp Auctions

Lot 969 - GREECE-  MILITARY CANCELLATIONS Serbian military post-offices -  A. Karamitsos

Lot 969 - GREECE- MILITARY CANCELLATIONS Serbian military post-offices - A. Karamitsos

The Ministerial post office on Corfou. PS posted from "NICE*11 12 17", arr. "MINISTARSKA*12.12.17.16" (a temporary return of the hour) with Serbian censorship canc. "CENSURE/MILITAIRE SERBE" in black. After July 1917 the year date is usually shown a "-917" without any hour indication.

A. Karamitsos Public Auction 633 General Stamp Sale

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Lot 982 - GREECE-  MILITARY CANCELLATIONS Serbian military post-offices -  A. Karamitsos Public Auction 633 General Stamp Sale

Lot 982 - GREECE- MILITARY CANCELLATIONS Serbian military post-offices - A. Karamitsos Public Auction 633 General Stamp Sale

The Ministerial post office on Corfou. Registered cover fr. with 10c+2x50c. French stamps (foreign registered 80-100gr. letter rate) canc. with linear "POSTES SERBES" and posted from "MINISTARSKA*18.5.1917" without censorship indication, arr. "GENEVE*16.VI.17". Many heavy letters were sent by Serbian goverment agencies to France and Switzerland. These were bulky envelopes and packages and usually, battered in mail.

A. Karamitsos Public Auction 633 General Stamp Sale

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Lot 961 - GREECE-  MILITARY CANCELLATIONS Serbian military post-offices -  A. Karamitsos

Lot 961 - GREECE- MILITARY CANCELLATIONS Serbian military post-offices - A. Karamitsos

THE EARLY PERIOD. 5l. Litho PS taxed with 5l. Litho from "Breganiotika camp, posted from "ΚΕΡΚΥΡΑ*30 ΜΑΡ. 16" to Lausanne. The PS bearing Serbian Censor canc. "PREGLEDALA/VOJNA CENSURA" in violet, manuscript "preg/B" in red crayon and Italian "VERIFICATO PER CENSURA (115) and "MILANO/POSTA ESTERA", both in black colour. Also manuscript "via Brindisi".

A. Karamitsos Public Auction 633 General Stamp Sale

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Lot 963 - GREECE-  MILITARY CANCELLATIONS Serbian military post-offices -  A. Karamitsos Public Auction 633 General Stamp Sale

Lot 963 - GREECE- MILITARY CANCELLATIONS Serbian military post-offices - A. Karamitsos Public Auction 633 General Stamp Sale

The Ministerial Post Office on Corfou. Military PS fr. with 2x5c French stamps cancelled with linear "POSTES SERBES" and posted from "MINISTARSKA*3.5.1917" and Serbian censorship canc. "CENSURE/MILITAIRE SERBE" (type XIII/A, M.R.Vukovic study, page 196) to Geneva.

A. Karamitsos Public Auction 633 General Stamp Sale

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Lot 977 - GREECE-  MILITARY CANCELLATIONS Serbian military post-offices -  A. Karamitsos

Lot 977 - GREECE- MILITARY CANCELLATIONS Serbian military post-offices - A. Karamitsos

The Ministerial post office on Corfou. Double weight cover fr. with 40c. French stamp (double weight foreign letter rate) canc. with linear "POSTES SERBES" and posted from "MINISTARSKA*20.4.-918" with Government unit mark "KRALJ.SRP.MINISTARSTVO UNUTRAS.CELA", arr. "GENEVE*15.V.1918".

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Lot 971 - GREECE-  MILITARY CANCELLATIONS Serbian military post-offices -  A. Karamitsos

Lot 971 - GREECE- MILITARY CANCELLATIONS Serbian military post-offices - A. Karamitsos

The Ministerial post office on Corfou. During the war, French stamps of 5c, 10c, 15c, 25c, 35c, 40c and 50c. were regularly sold at the "MINISTARSKA" post office. Other values and also Greek postage were tolerated. This fragment is evidence that 1F. may also have been regularly sold.

A. Karamitsos Public Auction 633 General Stamp Sale

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Lot 964 - GREECE-  MILITARY CANCELLATIONS Serbian military post-offices -  A. Karamitsos

Lot 964 - GREECE- MILITARY CANCELLATIONS Serbian military post-offices - A. Karamitsos

The Ministerial Post Office on Corfou. Registerd cover fr. with 50c. cancelled with linear "POSTES SERBES" and posted from "MINISTARSKA*24.5.917" (change in Year date) with Serbian censorship canc. "CENSURE/MILITAIRE SERBE" (type XIII/A, M.R. Vukovic study, page 196) and French censorship "OUVERT par lAUTORITE MILITAIRE/303", arr. "WEESEN*22.VI.17".

A. Karamitsos Public Auction 633 General Stamp Sale

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Lot 967 - GREECE-  MILITARY CANCELLATIONS Serbian military post-offices -  A. Karamitsos Public Auction 633 General Stamp Sale

Lot 967 - GREECE- MILITARY CANCELLATIONS Serbian military post-offices - A. Karamitsos Public Auction 633 General Stamp Sale

The Ministerial Post Office on Corfou. Registered cover fr. 50c. French stamp (foreign reg. letter rate) canc. with linear "POSTES SERBES" and posted from "MINISTARSKA*29.6.17-16" (date bar changed to include the hour) with Serbian censorship canc. "GLAVNA/VOJNA POSTA" in black (possible last day of the use), arr. "GENEVA*27.VII.17".

A. Karamitsos Public Auction 633 General Stamp Sale

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Lot 978 - GREECE-  MILITARY CANCELLATIONS Serbian military post-offices -  A. Karamitsos

Lot 978 - GREECE- MILITARY CANCELLATIONS Serbian military post-offices - A. Karamitsos

The Ministerial post office on Corfou. Registered cover fr. with 35c+15c. French stamps (foreign registered letter rate) with linear "POSTES SERBES" and posted from "MINISTARSKA*19.1.1917" with Serbian censorship "CENSURE/MILITAIRE SERBE" in violet and French censorship "OUVERT par lAUTORITE*303" and "309", via "MARSEILLE*23-2 17", arr. "WEESEN*2.III.17". Initially the 35c. stamps were sold at the Ministarska office, because it pad the registered letter rate to France. A few days after the introduction of the "POSTES SERBES" handstamp, that rate raised to 40c. It is the scarcest of the stamps regularly found used from this office.

A. Karamitsos Public Auction 633 General Stamp Sale

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Lot 973 - GREECE-  MILITARY CANCELLATIONS Serbian military post-offices -  A. Karamitsos

Lot 973 - GREECE- MILITARY CANCELLATIONS Serbian military post-offices - A. Karamitsos

The Ministerial post office on Corfou. "CENSURE/MILITAIRE SERBE" (M.R.Vukovic study, type XIV) changes from red to black. Cover posted from "MINISTARSKA*?.10.17" with censorship canc. "CENSURE/MILITAIRE SERBE" in red and PS posted from "MINISTARSKA*26.10.17" with censorship canc. "CENSURE/MILITAIRE SERBE" in black. Until late of Octomber only red ink was used.

A. Karamitsos Public Auction 633 General Stamp Sale

GREECE- MILITARY CANCELLATIONS Serbian military post-offices