Prepaid cover fr. with 20l. sky-blue and 80l. rose-carmine canc. "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*20.ΜΑΙΟΣ.71" to New York. Boxed "PD" and "Franco", via "TRIEST", arr. "NEW YORK...". Cover torn on reverse when opened but still entire. Letter included too. (Hellas 322a).
Auction #503 of Greece Large Hermes Heads
By: A. Karamitsos
A. Karamitsos Auction #503 of Greece Large Hermes Heads
A. KARAMITSOS is holding an auction of Large Hermes Head
Starting with a true rarity - The only known artists model for the large hermes heads stamps - an absolute showpiece of the greatest importance for the Greek philately, this auction features real gems for the Hermes Head Collector.
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Lot #376 - Greece - Large Hermes Head entire letters and covers bearing large hermes heads
Lot #377 - Greece - Large Hermes Head entire letters and covers bearing large hermes heads
1871 cover fr. with 5kr. red + 10kr. blue Austrian stamps and posted from "TRIEST*22/7/71" boxed "AFFRANCATURA/ISUFFICIENTE". On arrival "ΣΥΡΟΣ (67)*14 ΙΟΥΛ. 71" and taxed with 5l. green 1862/67 issue and 40l. grey mauve on blue 1867/69 issue. VF. (Hellas 17a+28a).
Lot #378 - Greece - Large Hermes Head entire letters and covers bearing large hermes heads
EL fr. with 10sld (coarse print) canc. "DURAZZO*?/11/71" to Corfu. Marked "20", fr. on arrival with 20l. blue dotted "106" and canc. "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*25.OKT.71". Certificate Holcombe (1986). (Hellas 35c).
Lot #379 - Greece - Large Hermes Head entire letters and covers bearing large hermes heads
1872 EL fr. with 20c. + 40c. Italian stamps, cancelled with dot."16" and posted from "MESSINA*25 MAG. 72", boxed "AFFRANCATURA/INSUFFUCIENTE", via "ΣΥΡΑ (67)*19 ΜΑΙΟΣ 72". On arrival "ΠΑΤΡΑΙ (9)*21 ΜΑΙΟΣ 72" taxed with missing postage rate: 2l. bistre 1862/67 issue + 20l. sky-blue 1867/69 issue with plate flaw "spot on the Greek border" (pos.17) and characteristic "0". RRR. (Hellas 16b+27a).
Lot #380 - Greece - Large Hermes Head entire letters and covers bearing large hermes heads
EL fr. with 2X5sld (coarse print) canc. "LARNACA DI CIPRO" to Athens. Marked "20", via "LLOYD AGENZIE SMIRNE*15/9" and " ΠΕΙΡΑΙΕΥΣ", fr. on arrival with 20l. sky-blue canc. "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*6.ΣΕΠΤ.72". (Hellas 35a).
Lot #381 - Greece - Large Hermes Head entire letters and covers bearing large hermes heads
1872 cover fr. with 20l. blue and posted from "ΠΕΙΡΑΙΕΥΣ (2)*30 ΟΚΤ. 72" with 3-line "VIA DI MARE (I)" and manuscript postage to be paid "9 1/2". On arrival "GENOVA*19 OTT. 72" taxed with 5c.+30c. Italian postage due stamps. (Hellas 35c).
Lot #382 - Greece - Large Hermes Head entire letters and covers bearing large hermes heads
EL fr. with 50ba. Romanian stamp canc. "GALATI*29.NOE.72" to Syra. Marked "P.P." and handwritten "20", via "LLOYD AGENZIE (SMIRNE?)*4/12", fr. on arrival with 20l. blue dotted "67" and canc. "ΣΥΡΟΣ*26.NEOM.72". (Hellas 35c).
Lot #383 - Greece - Large Hermes Head entire letters and covers bearing large hermes heads
1872 cover franked with 20l. blue and 2x40l. greyish magenta (Hellas 41d+42IIa). Posted from "ΠΕΙΡΑΙΕΥΣ" to "OHIO". The rate of 100l. was the agreed one between Greece and Austria. On back boxed "PD" and austrian handstamp "FRANCO" in red. Transit postmark "TRIEST" on the back and on the front "NEW YORK" postmark in red. Rare destination.
Lot #384 - Greece - Large Hermes Head entire letters and covers bearing large hermes heads
Large part of unpaid EL from "LONDON*2.JA.73" to Patras. Marked "115", fr. on arrival with 5l. deep green, 10l. orange, 20l. blue and 80l. carmine (115l. was the Engl.-Greece rate for unpaid letter) and canc. "ΠΑΤΡΑΙ*31.ΔΕΚΕ.72". (Hellas 39e+40a+41d+29b).
Lot #385 - Greece - Large Hermes Head entire letters and covers bearing large hermes heads
EL fr. with 10sld (fine print) canc. "SCIO-CESME" to Athens. Marked "20", via "ΣΥΡΑ*10.ΜΑΙΟΣ.73, fr. on arrival with 20l. blue dotted "1" and canc. "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*11.ΜΑΙΟΣ.73". (Hellas 31c).
Lot #386 - Greece - Large Hermes Head entire letters and covers bearing large hermes heads
Large part of EL fr. with 10sld (coarse print) canc. "ALEXANDRIEN*25/5/73" to Syra. Marked "20", fr. on arrival with 20l. blue canc. "ΣΥΡΑ*21.ΜΑΙΟΣ.73". (Hellas 35c).
Lot #387 - Greece - Large Hermes Head entire letters and covers bearing large hermes heads
EL from "ΠΑΤΡΑΙ*13.ΙΑΝ.74" fr. with 3X20l. deep blue to Venezia. Box "PD" crossed out, boxed "AFFRANCHISSEMENT/INSUFFISANT" and marked "5" for the missing rate. On arrival taxed with 5c. Italian postage due and canc. "VENEZIA ARRIVO*30.GEN.74". On reverse "ΚΕΡΚΥΡΑ" and "BRINDISI" transit canc. (Hellas 41b).
Lot #388 - Greece - Large Hermes Head entire letters and covers bearing large hermes heads
1874 EL fr. with 2X5sld canc. "RETTIMO*24/8" to Syra. Marked "20", fr. on arrival with a pair of 10l. orange dotted "67". (Hellas 40a).
Lot #389 - Greece - Large Hermes Head entire letters and covers bearing large hermes heads
EL fr. with 10sld (coarse print) canc. "VALONA*1/10" to Corfu. Marked "P.P." and handwritten "40" fr. with 2X20l. blue dotted "106" and canc. on arrival "ΚΕΡΚΥΡΑ*20.ΣΕΠΤ.74". Although the Greek stamps are both with faults, still a very rare combination cover. (Hellas 41d).
Lot #390 - Greece - Large Hermes Head entire letters and covers bearing large hermes heads
1875 cover franked with 2l. bistre & 5l. green in pair & 2x40l. dull olive-green on blue (Hellas 16b+39b+42Ia). Posted from "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*28 ΙΑΝ. 75" and arr. "MANCHESTER*20 FE. 75".
Lot #391 - Greece - Large Hermes Head entire letters and covers bearing large hermes heads
1879 EL franked with 20pa in pair of 1876 issue with blue oval bars cancellation posted from "CONSTANTINOPLE*8 AOUT. 1879", arrival "ΣΥΡΟΣ*29 ΙΟΥΛ. 79" and taxed with 20l. blue (Hellas 51b). Certificate by Yakup Nakri.
Lot #392 - Greece - Large Hermes Head entire letters and covers bearing large hermes heads
Double weight registered cover (16 1/2 gr) fr. with 30l. deep green and 20l. ultramarine (without CF) canc. "ΚΕΡΚΥΡΑ*23.ΣΕΠΤ.80" to Palermo. Linear "CHARGE" and handwritten "1219" for registration, via "BRINDISI*6.10.80", arr. "PALERMO". 80l. paid for the double UPU rate and the registration fee. Certificate Tseriotis (2007). VERY RARE AND ATTRACTIVE COVER. (Hellas 46a+57a).
Lot #393 - Greece - Large Hermes Head entire letters and covers bearing large hermes heads
EL from "ΣΥΡΑ*31.ΟΚΤ.81" to Trieste fr. with 20l. ultramarine and 10l. orange. Since the ultramarine 20l. stamps with control numbers were withdrawn because of the circulation of counterfeits in Syra and Aghia Anna the postal clerk invalidated the 20l. stamp by affixing a 10l. yellow-orange. To complete the UPU rate he added another 10l. yellow-orange stamp. Sign. O.Vlastos. ONLY TWO SUCH COVERS ARE KNOWN. (Hellas 51f+50b+56c).
Lot #394 - Greece - Large Hermes Head entire letters and covers bearing large hermes heads
EL from "ΣΥΡΑ*31.ΟΚΤ.81" to Trieste fr. with 20l. ultramarine and 10l. orange. Since the ultramarine 20l. stamps with control numbers were withdrawn because of the circulation of counterfeits in Syra and Aghia Anna the postal clerk invalidated the 20l. stamp by affixing a 10l. yellow-orange of 1880/86. In addition to complete the UPU rate he added another 10l. yellow-orange stamp. ONLY TWO SUCH COVERS ARE KNOWN. (Hellas 51f+50b+56c).
Lot #395 - Greece - Large Hermes Head entire letters and covers bearing large hermes heads
Registered cover fr. with 20l. marginal carmine + 30l. deep ultramarine and posted from "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ (1)*1 ΟΚΤ. 82" with linear "CHARGE", via "TRIEST*20/10/82", arr. "LEOPOLDSTADT WIEN*22 10 82". 20l. stamps with faults. (Hellas 59Ia+60c).
Lot #396 - Greece - Large Hermes Head entire letters and covers bearing large hermes heads
1883 Cover fr. with 10l. red-orange and posted from "ΝΑΥΠΛΙΟΝ (15)*2 ΦΕΒΡ. 83", on arrival "ΠΕΙΡΑΙΕΥΣ*4 ΦΕΒΡ. 1883" considered unpaid and was charged the full postage of 20l. by affixing a 10l. orange plus a 10l. postage due and cancelled with dot. "2". An excellent ex. of the application (16/09/1872) Royal Decree by which the originally affixed stamps must be canc. by the circular pmk whereas the added by the dotted. (Hellas 56d+D4).
Lot #397 - Greece - Large Hermes Head entire letters and covers bearing large hermes heads
Registered cover fr. with 20l. dull rosine in strip of 9 (pos.52-60, plate flaw spot on the neck-pos.57) and 3X5l. green (to pay 7 times the UPU rate plus registration fee) canc. "ΚΕΡΚΥΡΑ*26.ΑΠΡ.1884", via "CHAMBERY A MACON*11.MAI.84", arr. "PARIS*11.MAI.84". On reverse entire wax-seal. Cover miscut. Rare. (Hellas 59IIa+55c).
Lot #398 - Greece - Large Hermes Head entire letters and covers bearing large hermes heads
1886 EL fr. with 5l. green + 20l. bright rosine and posted from "ΒΟΛΟΣ*25 ΜΑΙΟΣ 1886" with manuscript "25" postage rate to be paid and trigonal pmk "T". Probably was a double weight letter and on arrival "SALONIQUE TURQUIE*5 JUIN 86" taxe d with 20c + 30c. French postage due stamps, the double rate of single letter. RR. (Hellas 55c+59IIa).
Lot #399 - Greece - Large Hermes Head entire letters and covers bearing large hermes heads
Postal card print 5l. Hermes in black fr. additionally with 5l. green 1880/82 issue and posted from (Zante 4 Dec. 1888), arr. "ANVERS". (Hellas 55c).
Lot #400 - Greece - Large Hermes Head entire letters and covers bearing large hermes heads
1889 cover franked with 2l. bistre in strip of 5, 10l. orange, 1l. brown & 5l. green (Hellas 33b+56d+73+74). Posted from "ΚΕΡΚΥΡΑ*9 ΔΕΚΕ. 89" via "BRINDISI*28. 12. 89". and arr. "KIEL". VERY NICE LARGE AND SMALL HEADS MIXED COVER.
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