Amfilochia Censorship: Cover to Athens, franked on flap with 50dr. + 10d./25l. Charity, canc. "ΑΜΦΙΛΟΧΙΑ * 27.ΧΙΙ.42" with Greek/Italian censorship tape "ΕΛΟΓΟΚΡΙΘΗ / Verificato per Censura" sealed with partly readable violet "...TO PER CENSURA ... IE / XI ARMATA".
Auction #499 General Stamps Sale
By: A. Karamitsos
A. Karamitsos Auction #499 General Stamps Sale
A. KARAMITSOS is holding a general auction with over 2000 lots of stamp, postal history and postal stationary.
Starting with stamps & postal history of Greece including Large & Small Hermes Head.
Greek Islands and related area with Crete and Dodecanese.
Emphasis on Greece issues with Olympics, Greek Islands, Territories & related area, Greece in WWII, postmarks & cancellations.
Greek Ottoman Post and Levant.
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Lot #1952 - Greece - Greece in World War II 1941-44 axis powers occupation - italian zone
Lot #1953 - Greece - Greece in World War II 1941-44 axis powers occupation - italian zone
Arta Censorship: "ΕΛΛΑΣ 1940" military PS card used as simple card to Athens, franked with 2dr. + 10l. Charity, canc. "ΑΡΤΑ * 20.VI.42" with violet cachet "VERIFICATO PER CENSURA" & "COMANDO DIVISIONE MODENA * 11 ARMATA * VERIFICATO PER CENSURA". Arta was the base of the Italian Division "Modena".
Lot #1954 - Greece - Greece in World War II 1941-44 axis powers occupation - italian zone
Arta Censorship: 1dr. PS card used as simple card to Athens, franked with 3x25dr. stamps, canc. "ΑΡΤΑ - ΑΦΙΞΙΣ * 25.ΙΙI.43" with violet cachet "COMANDO DIVISIONE FANTERΙΑ MODENA * 7 VERIFICATO PER CENSURA". Filing holes. Arta was the base of the Italian Division "Modena".
Lot #1955 - Greece - Greece in World War II 1941-44 axis powers occupation - italian zone
Volos Censorship: Commercial cover to Athens, franked with 25dr., canc. "ΒΟΛΟΣ * 10.8.42" with censorship tape "COMANDO SUPERIORE FF. AA. GRECIA / VERIFICATO PER CENSURA / ΘΕΩΡΗΘΕΝ ΥΠΟ ΤΗΣ ΛΟΓΟΚΡΙΣΙΑΣ" sealed with violet "COMANDO SUPERIORE F.F. A.A. GRECIA * VERIFICATO PER CENSURA / ΘΕΩΡΗΘΕΝ ΥΠΟ ΤΗΣ ΛΟΓΟΚΡΙΣΙΑΣ".
Lot #1956 - Greece - Greece in World War II 1941-44 axis powers occupation - italian zone
Lamia Censorship: "Dr.10/(3dr.+50l.)" PS envelope to Athens, franked with 2x50dr. + 10dr./25l. Charity, canc. "ΛΑΜΙΑ - ΣΥΣΤΗΜΕΝΑ * 27.ΙΑΝ.43" with censorship tape "COMANDO SUPERIORE FF. AA. GRECIA / VERIFICATO PER CENSURA / ΘΕΩΡΗΘΕΝ ΥΠΟ ΤΗΣ ΛΟΓΟΚΡΙΣΙΑΣ" sealed with violet "COMANDO SUPERIORE F.F. A.A. GRECIA * VERIFICATO PER CENSURA / ΘΕΩΡΗΘΕΝ ΥΠΟ ΤΗΣ ΛΟΓΟΚΡΙΣΙΑΣ".
Lot #1957 - Greece - Greece in World War II 1941-44 axis powers occupation - italian zone
Larissa Censorship: Commercial cover to Athens, franked on back with 2x50l. + 2dr. +50l. Charity, canc. "ΛΑΡΙΣΣΑ * 18.ΣΕΠ.41" with blank censorship tape sealed with violet "COMANDO SUPERIORE F.F. A.A. GRECIA * VERIFICATO PER CENSURA / ΘΕΩΡΗΘΕΝ ΥΠΟ ΤΗΣ ΛΟΓΟΚΡΙΣΙΑΣ". Arrival canc. "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ / ΑΦΙΞΙΣ / 22.ΙΧ.41".
Lot #1958 - Greece - Greece in World War II 1941-44 axis powers occupation - italian zone
Ioannina Censorship: Cover to Athens, franked with 2x25dr. + 10dr./25l. Charity, canc. "ΑΣΠΡΑΓΓΕΛΟΙ * 19.1.1943, transit "ΙΩΑΝΝΙΝΑ - (ΑΦΙΞΙΣ) *21.Ι.43", arr. at Athens. Censorship tape in Italian/Greek "VERIFICATO PER CENSURA / Θεωρηθέν υπό της λογοκρισίας" & violet cachet "8 VERIFICATO PER CENSURA".
Lot #1959 - Greece - Greece in World War II 1941-44 axis powers occupation - italian zone
Kalamai Censorship: Bank cover to Kalamai, franked with 2x5dr., canc. "ΦΙΛΙΑΤΡΑ * 2-ΙΟΥΝ.42", arr. "ΚΑΛΑΜΑΙ * -5.ΙΟΥΝ.42". Violet Italian/Greek censorship cachet "XI ARMATA 11α ΣΤΡΑΤΙΑ / VERIFICATO PER CENSURA / ΕΛΟΓΟΚΡΙΘΗ"* 11a ARMATA".
Lot #1960 - Greece - Greece in World War II 1941-44 axis powers occupation - italian zone
Krestaina Censorship: Cover to Athens, franked with 7dr., posted from Krestaina on 8th Feb. 1942, with printed censorship tape "VERIFICATO PER CENSURA / ΕΛΟΓΟΚΡΙΘΗ", sealed with violet "11A ARMATA / VERIFICATO PER CENSURA".
Lot #1961 - Greece - Greece in World War II 1941-44 axis powers occupation - italian zone
Messolonghi Censorship: Cover to Athens, franked with 7dr., canc. "ΜΕΣΟΛΟΓΓΙΟΝ * 11.ΦΕΒ.42" with censorship tape with typewritten "VERIFICATO PER CENSURA" sealed with Italian/Greek violet boxed "VERIFICATO PER CENSURA / - ΕΛΟΓΟΚΡΙΘΗ -". The enclosed letter is stamped with violet "COMANDO 11o fanteria "casale" * VERIFICATO PER CENSURA * XI ARMATA".
Lot #1962 - Greece - Greece in World War II 1941-44 axis powers occupation - italian zone
Messolonghi Censorship: Cover to Athens, franked with 7dr. + 2x50l. Charity stamps, canc. "ΜΕΣΟΛΟΓΓΙΟΝ * -3.IAN.42" with STAPLED (not glued) censorship tape with typewritten "VERIFICATO PER CENSURA" sealed with Italian/Greek violet boxed "VERIFICATO PER CENSURA / - ΕΛΟΓΟΚΡΙΘΗ -". The enclosed letter is stamped with violet "COMANDO 11o fanteria "casale" * VERIFICATO PER CENSURA * XI ARMATA".
Lot #1963 - Greece - Greece in World War II 1941-44 axis powers occupation - italian zone
Nauplion Censorship: Commercial cover to Athens, franked with 5dr., canc. "ΝΑΥΠΛΙΟΝ - ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΗ * 10.ΧΙΙ.1942" with censorship tape "VERIFICATO PER CENSURA" sealed with Italian violet "VERIFICATO PER CENSURA * 11a ARMATA" (same cachet on enclosed letter).
Lot #1964 - Greece - Greece in World War II 1941-44 axis powers occupation - italian zone
Sparti Censorship: Registered cover to Athens, franked with 25dr., canc. "ΣΠΑΡΤΗ - ΣΥΣΤΗΜΕΝΑ * 16.ΙΟΥΝ.1942" with censorship "VERIFICATO PER CENSURA / 11α ARMATA / ΕΛΟΓΟΚΡΙΘΗ" sealed with Italian/Greek red "VERIFICATO PER CENSURA - ΕΛΟΓΟΚΡΙΘΗ / 11a ARMATA". Censors cachet "59/2" in red. Arrival: "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ - ΑΦΙΞΙΣ ΣΥΣΤΗΜ. * 19.VI.42".
Lot #1965 - Greece - Greece in World War II 1941-44 axis powers occupation - italian zone
Tripolis Censorship: Cover to Athens, franked with 2x50dr. stamps, canc. "ΤΡΙΠΟΛΙΣ * 23.ΜΑΙ.42" with censorship tape with printed "VERIFICATO PER CENSURA / ΕΛΟΓΟΚΡΙΘΗ / VINCERE VINCEREMO" sealed with Italian/Greek black "VERIFICATO PER CENSURA - ΕΛΟΓΟΚΡΙΘΗ / 11a ARMATA". Censors cachet "59/1 - 1" in black, on cover and on the enclosed letter.
Lot #1966 - Greece - Greece in World War II greek government in exile
British aerogramme addressed to a lieutenant of the Greek Navy in Alexandria, Egypt, canc. "GILLINGHAM / KENT * 26 FEB 1944", arr. "CAIRO A / 18 MCH 1944" & "ALEXANDRIA A / 15.MR.44". Egyptian censorship tape & cachets in black & violet, plus Greek censorship "GREEK NAVY CENSOR *-*" in red.
Lot #1967 - Greece - Greece in World War II greek government in exile
British aerogramme from Sidi Bisr (Alexandria), with British military canc. "FIELD POST OFFICE -572- 30 JU 45", arr. "ALEXANDRIA / D / -7.JL.45". Greek naval censorship cachets "GREEK NAVY CENSOR" and "ΕΛΟΓΟΚΡΙΘΗ" (on text) in red colour.
Lot #1968 - Greece - Greece in World War II prisoners of war and concentration camps
Italian military PS card for the Prisoners of War, used by a Greek internee in the Concentration Camp No.27 with Postal Sector P.M.3200, posted to Athens, with Italian censorship markings: Violet "UFFICIO CENSURA POSTA ESTERA * I * " & "VERIFICATO PER CENSURA" & violet censors number "730/I". Written 9.3.1943, arrival urban postmans cachet No.10. The Camp No.27 was located in the environs of Bologna and was reserved for Greek...
Lot #1969 - Greece - Greece in World War II prisoners of war and concentration camps
Italian military PS card for the Prisoners of War, used by a Greek internee in the Concentration Camp No.62 with Postal Sector P.M.3200, posted to Athens, with Italian censorship markings: Black "UFFICIO CENSURA POSTA ESTERA * I * / VERIFICATO PER CENSURA" & violet censors number "730/I". German censorship markings in red "A/d" and "5481" applied in Munich.
Lot #1970 - Greece - Greece in World War II prisoners of war and concentration camps
Italian military PS card for the Prisoners of War, used by a Greek internee in the Concentration Camp No.95 with Postal Sector P.M.3100, posted to Athens, with Italian censorship markings: violet "VERIFICATO PER CENSURA", black "UFFICIO CENSURA POSTA ESTERA" & violet censors number "196/I". Arrival canc. "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ - ΠΑΓΚΡΑΤΙΟΝ - ΑΦΙΞΙΣ * 25.VI.42".
Lot #1971 - Greece - Greece in World War II prisoners of war and concentration camps
Cover printed "YMCA - SERVICE DAIDE AUX INTERNES MILITAIRES EN SUISSE" used by a Greek internee in the Concentration Camp of Fribourg, Switzerland, addressed to Pyrgos Ilias, Greece. Cachets: "Camp militaire dInternement * Suisse * Franc de port" & two red faint of the Greek Red Cross. Arr. "ΠΥΡΓΟΣ - ΗΛΕΙΑΣ - ΑΦΙΞΙΣ / 18.V.44". German censorship tape & markings. After the capitulation of Italy, the POW were moved by the Germans to...
Lot #1972 - Greece - Greece in World War II prisoners of war and concentration camps
German PS envelope for the prisoners of war, used by a Greek internee in the Concentration Camp of Nienburg (Weser), addressed to Kastoria, Greece. German red censorship markings, arr. "ΚΑΣΤΟΡΙΑ * 20.IV.44".
Lot #1973 - Greece - Greece in World War II prisoners of war and concentration camps
German PS envelope (Reponse - Answer) for the prisoners of war, used by a Greek civilian in Kastoria, addressed to a Greek internee in the Concentration Camp of Nienburg (Weser). German red censorship markings, canc. "ΚΑΣΤΟΡΙΑ * 27.VI.44" and transit canc. of Thessaloniki on back.
Lot #1974 - Greece - Greece in World War II prisoners of war and concentration camps
Correspondence between countries under German occupation was made via the Red Cross. Formular of the Swiss Red Cross sent from Paris on 7.8.1942, with a message addressed to Piraeus, arrived in Greece on 2.1.1943. On back is written the response which arrived in Paris on 2.2.1943. Red cachets of the German, Swiss, French and Greek Red Cross (Prisoners Office), plus violet cachets of an Italian censor.
Lot #1975 - Greece - Greece in World War II prisoners of war and concentration camps
Correspondence between countries under German occupation was made via the Red Cross. Formular of the French Red Cross posted from Paris on 8.7.1943, with a message addressed to Athens, arrived in Greece on 18.2.1944. On back is written the response which arrived in Paris on 22.6.1944. Cachets of the German, French and Greek Red Cross (Prisoners Office).
Lot #1976 - Cyprus
1865 EL writte "Εις Κύπρον την 16/28 8βρίου 1865", cancelled with "LARNACA DI CIPRO" (complete oily), arr. "TRIEST".
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