Auction #76

1954: Vlastos A70-A72 / Hellas A71-A73, NATO Airmail Issue, First Day Cover (FDC - ΦΠΗΚ). Stamps tied to registered cover by ATHINAI AVION RECOMMANDES 15.V.54 and mailed to the USA. Very clean and VF-Sup

1954: Vlastos A70-A72[sp] / Hellas A71-A73[sp], NATO Airmail Issue, overprinted "ΑΚΥΡΟΝ" (voided) in red and used as Specimen stamps by the printer, with usually less than 500 sets overprinted as such and kept in the company archives. The Hellas catalogue as well as the Goddard Airmails of Greece book have a systematic listing of these elusive items. Complete set of three values, well centered, mint never hinged. Scarce, excellent for the...

1926: Vlastos UA1-UA3 / Hellas AI-AIII, Cap Sounium (never issued Aeroespresso Italiana stamps), complete set of three values, unused never hinged, the 5 and 10 drachmas marginal copies, Sup

1926: Vlastos UA1[v] / Hellas AI[v], Cap Sounium (never issued Aeroespresso Italiana stamps), the 3δρχ value in dark green, upper sheet corner pair with the left stamp missing the dot after Δρ in the value tablet on the lower right and the right stamp missing the vertical perforation between the stamp and the selvedge

1933: Vlastos UA4-7 / Hellas A1A-4A, Aeroespresso Italiana 1st issue (Patagonia) overprinted in red "IV ΕΚΘΕΣΙΣ ΤΗΣ ΑΝΑΤΟΛΗΣ, ΒΑΡΙ 1933" (4th EXHIBITION OF THE ORIENT, BARI 1933), held in Italy. Airplane in circle black mark on the gum. Not issued for primarily political reasons, about 935 sets made. Complete set of four values as per the following description: set of singles, the 3δρχ lightly hinged, the other three values mint never hinged...

Ελληνική Εταιρεία Εναερίων Συγκοινωνιών: "ΕΕΕΣ Société Hellénique de Communications Aeriennes S.A.", special airmail label of the Greek Air Company, lithographic, in blue, light blue and silver, unused never hinged. Unrecorded, Sup

1927.01.13: Athens-Rotterdam, ΑΘΗΝΑΙ ΣΥΣΤΗΜΕΝΑ 13.ΙΑΝ.27 (Athens, registered) tying 2x30λ +3δρχ lithographic & complete set of the Aeroespresso issue on open registered corner cover (printed matter rate), sent to ROTTERDAM 66 18.1.1927 Netherlands. Violet boxed ΕΝΑΕΡΙΩΣ PAR AVION marking. P.J. Drossos' correspondence, VF

1928.05.21: Athens-New York, ΑΘΗΝΑΙ ΑΕΡΟΠΟΡΙΚΩΣ ΣΥΣΤΗΜΕΝΑ 21.ΜΑΪ.28 (Athens, airmail, registered) tying 9x1,50δρχ Navarin & 2x10δρχ Aeroespresso on registered corner cover "ΠΡΑΚΤΟΡΕΙΟΝ Ο ΦΑΡΟΣ Α.Ε.", sent to NEW YORK (TRIMIT STA.) N.Y. REGISTERED JUN.2.1928 USA, via BRINDISI POSTA AEREA 21.5.28. U.S. CUSTOMS FREE OF DUTY oval handstamp upon arrival, F-VF -minor faults (cover & stamps)

1928.06.[?]: Athens-Paris, SOCIETÀ ANONIMA AERO ESPRESSO ITALIANA AGENZIA GENERALE PER LA GRECIA (Italian Aero Espresso Limited Company, General Agency for Greece) two lines in violet, canceling a 4δρχ Navarin & 5δρχ Aeroespresso, on cover sent to Paris France, via BRINDISI TRANSITI (ESPRESSI) LECCE 21.6.28, Sup

1928.08.11: Athens-Duisbürg, ΑΘΗΝΑΙ ΑΕΡΟΠΟΡΙΚΩΣ ΣΥΣΤΗΜΕΝΑ 11.ΑΥΓ.28 (Athens, Registered Airmail) tying 10λ Lithographic + 2x25λ, +40λ +1δρχ Landscapes + 1,50δρχ +4δρχ Navarin & 2δρχ +3δρχ +5δρχ Aeroespresso on registered cover sent to DUISBURG 1c 16.8.28 Germany, via BRINDISI POSTA AEREA 13.8.28, FOGGIA-BOLOGNA 12 14.8.28 and BOLOGNA-TRENTO (7) 15.8.28, VF

1929 [?]: Two Cover Fronts sent from Athens to Paris with the Compagnie Air-Orient Seal. Covers were sent by the airline company as the red COMPAGNIE AIR-ORIENT. ESCALE D'ATHENES and manuscript "Service M M" indicate. Tattered but seldom seen.

1930.07.30: Athens-Bielefeld, ΑΘΗΝΑΙ ΑΕΡΟΠΟΡΙΚΩΣ 29.ΙΟΥΛ.30 (Athens, airmail) tying 1δρχ +4δρχ Independence & 2δρχ Aeroespresso on picture postcard, with handwritten "Αερο-Εξπρεσσ", sent to Bielefeld Germany, via BRINDISI POSTA AEREA 30.7.30, F-VF