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Zante 1943: Vlastos 1d / Hellas 2[v], "ΕΛΛΑΣ 2 X 43" Overprint on Italian ISOLE JONIE Stamps, overprint sideways, reading up, listed but unpriced in Vlastos, unlisted in Hellas, listed in Sassone as 2c at 20 times the value of the regular stamps, fresh, mint never hinged a gum skip, backstamped by "Drossos", offered as is, VF (Bill Ure's collection)
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Zante 1943: Vlastos 2 / Hellas 3, "ΕΛΛΑΣ 2 X 43" Overprint on Italian ISOLE JONIE Stamps, fresh, mint never hinged, backstamped by "Drossos", VF (Bill Ure's collection)
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Dodecanese, 1944: Vlastos A5-8 / Hellas 19-22, "PRO SINISTRATI DI GUERRA" Airmail Stamps Issue, fresh, usual centering, mint hinged, VF (Bill Ure's collection)
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Bayern 1915: MÜNCHEN 1 25.MAR.15 on 40pf 1914, single franking of registered cover with R-label, sent to ΑΘΗΝΑΙ (ΑΦΙΞΙΣ) 20.ΜΑΡ.15 (Athens, Greece). Sealing label "Auslandstelle des Bahnpostamtes Munchen" (Foreign mail office of the Railway Post Office of Munich) and sender's handwritten notice "Bitte nach der Kontrolle schliessen zu wollen" (please, after the control seal it). Addressed to the Metropolitan of Athens [WW1], R & VF
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Turkey Constantinople 1893: CONSTANTINOPEL 1. DEUTSCHE POST 11.8.93 on 20pa/10pf envelope stationery with additional 10pa/5pf dark yellow green +1¼pi/25pf orange 1889, registered letter with R-label 'R Eingeschrieben Constantinopel 1' to LEIPZIG L.13 14.8, R & Sup
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Turkey Smyrna 1906: "Paul Milberg Smyrna" violet handstamp, on 20pa/10pf postcard stationery canceled by SMYRNA DEUTSCHE POST b 8.5.06, sent to Paris, Turkey. This firm used to perforate postage stamps with PerfIns 'PM", VF
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Dodecanese, 1943: Hellas 4a, 1944 "Assistance for Egeo" issue [WW2], 25c pair with inverted overprint, unmounted mint, signed, ex Andronicus collection, R & F-VF -lightly foxed
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1923.09.02: KIEL 1 2.9.23 & line-canceler tying a lot of stamps (many damaged or missing) on very large cover, sent to Athens Greece, addressed to the Greek Navy. Inflation period, RR but poor quality
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Turkey Constantinople 1905: CONSTANTINOPEL 3 DEUTSCHE POST 21/I.05 on pair of 1pi/20pf, registered cover with R-label, sent to Athens Greece (Poste Restante), R & Sup
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US Zone, 1947: MÜNCHEN 16.8.47 on 75pf single franking, postcard sent to ΑΘΗΝΑΙ (ΛΕΒΙΔΟΥ 8) 6.X.47 (Athens Greece). Censored by the Americans in Munich, with mechanical "US CIVIL CENSORSHIP MUNCHEN 19.8.47" red [WW2], RR & Sup
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