GREECE: 2l bistre in mint bl.12. Very fine. (Hellas 16b).
Postal & Live Internet Auction 734 Large Hermes Heads
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A. Karamitsos Postal & Live Internet Auction 734 Large Hermes Heads
Postal & Live Internet Auction 734
Large Hermes Heads
5-Oct-2024 16:00:00 (Athens time)
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Lot #152 - LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
GREECE: 2l brown-bistre in used strip of 5. Vertically creased between 3rd and 4th stamp, mostly in margin. Also a light diagonal crease affecting two left stamps at top, still fine for this very rare used multiple. (Hellas 16c).
Lot #153 - LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
GREECE: 2l brown-bistre, used. Superb. (Hellas 16c).
Lot #154 - LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
GREECE: 5l green in mint block of 4 (pos.65-66/75-76). Plate flaws broken circle (pos.65) and thin circle (pos.75). Good-large/even margins all around, full original gum. Signed O. Vlastos, certificate Holconbe (1996). Very fine and scarce in this quality. (Hellas 17a).
Lot #155 - LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
GREECE: 5l. green in used strip of 5. Very fine and scarce. (Hellas 17a).
Lot #156 - LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
GREECE: 5l. green in used strip of 4. Very Fine. (Hellas 17a).
Lot #157 - LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
GREECE: 5l. green (pos.132), "15" instead of "5" (Kound.29.3.1), printing of the edge f the spacer. Fine - Very Fine. Rare. (Hellas 17a).
Lot #158 - LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
GREECE: Insuficiently prepaid letter (ΠΛΗΡ. ΑΝΕΠΑΡΚΗΣ) from Argos June 24th, 1864 to Tripolis. There taxed with "20" and franked with a block of four of the 5l. to pay these 20l. The letter is repaired from the backside but it is the only block of the 5l. Definitive Printing on cover not only in combination of "ΠΛΗΡ.ΑΝΕΠΑΡΚΗΣ" (insufficiently prepaid). Fine and very rare. (Hellas 17b+19b).
Lot #159 - LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
GREECE: 5l yellow-green (pos.20), printing of the spacer (Kound. 29.3.2), canc. "ΖΑΚΥΝΘΟΣ*2.ΑΠΡ.70". Very fine, very rare and impressive. (Hellas 17b).
Lot #160 - LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
GREECE: 5l olive-green, double control numbers in a distance 3mm vertically and 2mm horizontally (Kound. 29.2.h), canc. "(ΛΕΩΝΙ)ΔΙΟΝ*10.ΦΕΒΡ.77" (late use). A light diagonal crease, but still fine for this. (Hellas 17cNoI).
Lot #161 - LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
GREECE: 10l. yellow-orange, signs of contour relief and chiffres maigres, used. Superb. Very Rare. (Hellas 18A).
Lot #162 - LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
GREECE: 10l yellow-orange in mint block 9 (pos.98-100/118-120). Note that pos.100 plate flaw is not fully shaped, while pos.119 plate flaw does not exists yet. This is the second largest multiple of this stamp. Superb and very rare. (Hellas 18a).
Lot #163 - LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
GREECE: 10l yellow-orange in used right marginal pair. Very fine. (Hellas 18a).
Lot #164 - LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
GREECE: 10l orange on relative thick paper (8,3μ) tied by "60" (ΚΥΜΗ) cds. Stamp and strike very fine. (Hellas 18b).
Lot #165 - LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
GREECE: 10l orange (pos. 69), inverted "1" on control number (Kound. 30.5), canc. "(ΑΘ)ΗΝΑΙ*23.(Ν)ΟΕΜ.63". Signed O.Vlastos. Very rare since this error exists only once per sheet from a very limited setting. Very fine. (Hellas 18bNa).
Lot #166 - LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
GREECE: 10l red-orange in pair boxed municipal post cachet "ΔΤ 35" (route Πτελεός - Γαρδίκι). Two strikes. Very fine and rare. (Hellas 18ba).
Lot #167 - LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
GREECE: 10l red-orange on greenish in used pair. Very fine. (Hellas 18ba).
Lot #168 - LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
GREECE: 10l red-orange in strip of 4 (pos.61-64), "01" instead of 10 (Kound. 30.4/pos.61), tied by "97" (Alexandria) cds. Pos.61 stamp top margin narrow touches frame line at points, still very fine for this maybe unique strip. Signed O.Vlastos. (Hellas 18baNd+18ba).
Lot #169 - LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
GREECE: 10l. red-orange (pos.87), "01" instead of "10" (Kound. 30.4), tied by "64" (ΠΟΡΟΣ) cds. Very Fine. (Hellas 18baNd).
Lot #170 - LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
GREECE: 10l. orange on blue in used pair. Very Fine. (Hellas 18d).
Lot #171 - LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
GREECE: 10l. orange on blue, used. Superb. (Hellas 18d).
Lot #172 - LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
GREECE: Zante error: 10l orange on blue, inverted "10" printed on the face of the stamp (Kound. 30.1), used. A tiny thin spot, still very fine for this. A great rarity. (Hellas 18dNn).
Lot #173 - LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
GREECE: 10l orange on blue, double control numbers (Kound. 30.3.c) in a distance of 3.8mm vertically and 2.5mm horizontally, canc. "ΣΜΥΡΝΑ (ΤΟΥΡΚΙΑ)*7.ΙΑΝ.6?". A sallow thin spot due to hinge removal, still very fine for this. (Hellas 18dNoI).
Lot #174 - LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
GREECE: 10l. orange on blue (pos.12), widely spaced control numbers (Kound. 30.6). Very Fine. Scarce. (Hellas 18dNk).
Lot #175 - LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
GREECE: 10l red-orange on blue in left marginal copy. Very fine. Scarce in unused, especially in this quality. (Hellas 18e).
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