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Lot 415 - greece (olympics) greece - olympic games 1896 stamps - postal history -  Collectio (Alexandre Galinos) Auction #77

Lot 415 - greece (olympics) greece - olympic games 1896 stamps - postal history - Collectio (Alexandre Galinos) Auction #77

35λ (=40λ) rate: Registered sample with no value: ΑΘΗΝΑΙ 3 31.ΙΑΝ.1897 (Athens 3, type VI) tying 10λ +25λ Olympics 1896 on special cover closed by clip (as should be), with handwritten "Echantillon sans valeur", R-label "R GRÈCE ATHÈNES №..." (black) and sender's oval handstamp "JEAN SCHINAS ATHENES", sent to GAND 16.FEVR.97, via BRUXELLES (NORD) 2 16.FEVR.1897, Belgium. Two "Sample of no value" (special rate) with Olympic Games stamps are known but only one known Registered, UNIQUE & VF-Sup

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greece (olympics) greece - olympic games 1896 stamps - postal history
Lot 431 - greece (olympics) greece - olympic games 1896 stamps - pen cancellations -  Collectio (Alexandre Galinos) Auction #77

Lot 431 - greece (olympics) greece - olympic games 1896 stamps - pen cancellations - Collectio (Alexandre Galinos) Auction #77

Πειραιεύς handwritten cancellation (incomplete) on 5λ (Vlastos 135 / Hellas 111), canceled by ΠΕΙΡΑΙΕΥΣ (type VI, Piraeus), R & F

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greece (olympics) greece - olympic games 1896 stamps - pen cancellations
Lot 410 - greece (olympics) greece - olympic games 1896 stamps - postal history -  Collectio (Alexandre Galinos) Auction #77

Lot 410 - greece (olympics) greece - olympic games 1896 stamps - postal history - Collectio (Alexandre Galinos) Auction #77

5λ rate: 5λ (Vlastos 135 / Hellas 111), tied with ΠΑΤΡΑΙ 28.ΙΑΝ.97 (Patras, Peloponnese) on corner cover "BARFF & Co", sent to HAMILTON Canada. The font used for "97" digits (and possibly also for ΙΑΝ) is different than this used for "96", in my opinion they used these of the postmark type II. R destination & F-VF -horizontal folding

Collectio (Alexandre Galinos) Auction #77

greece (olympics) greece - olympic games 1896 stamps - postal history
Lot 426 - greece (olympics) greece - olympic games 1896 stamps - postal history -  Collectio (Alexandre Galinos) Auction #77

Lot 426 - greece (olympics) greece - olympic games 1896 stamps - postal history - Collectio (Alexandre Galinos) Auction #77

ΚΕΡΚΥΡΑ 23.ΦΕΒΡ.98 (Corfu, type VI) tying a 10λ Olympic Games on picture postcard (showing the Fortress, ed. A. Farrougia), sent to Triest, R & VF

Collectio (Alexandre Galinos) Auction #77

greece (olympics) greece - olympic games 1896 stamps - postal history
Lot 405 - greece (olympics) greece - olympic games 1896 stamps -  Collectio (Alexandre Galinos) Auction #77

Lot 405 - greece (olympics) greece - olympic games 1896 stamps - Collectio (Alexandre Galinos) Auction #77

3.ΑΠΡ.96 ΓΕΡΑΚΙΟΝ (type V, Gerakion, Laconia Peloponnese), during the Olympic Games, on 20λ, R & VF

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greece (olympics) greece - olympic games 1896 stamps
Lot 421 - greece (olympics) greece - olympic games 1896 stamps - postal history -  Collectio (Alexandre Galinos) Auction #77

Lot 421 - greece (olympics) greece - olympic games 1896 stamps - postal history - Collectio (Alexandre Galinos) Auction #77

ΑΘΗΝΑΙ 1 21.ΙΟΥΛ.1897 (Athens 1, type VI) tying a pair of 5λ Olympic Games on picture postcard (Athènes, Temple de Thesée), sent to Scotland, VF

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greece (olympics) greece - olympic games 1896 stamps - postal history
Lot 416 - greece (olympics) greece - olympic games 1896 stamps - postal history -  Collectio (Alexandre Galinos) Auction #77

Lot 416 - greece (olympics) greece - olympic games 1896 stamps - postal history - Collectio (Alexandre Galinos) Auction #77

ΘΠΡΑ 4.ΙΟΥΝ.96 black and ΘΠΡΑ 4.ΦΕΒΡ.97 blue (misspelled ΘΗΡΑ: Thera, Santorin, Cyclades) on two copies of the 20λ value (Vlastos 137 / Hellas 113), F-VF.

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greece (olympics) greece - olympic games 1896 stamps - postal history
Lot 432 - greece (olympics) greece - olympic games 1896 stamps - railway postal history -  Collectio (Alexandre Galinos) Auction #77

Lot 432 - greece (olympics) greece - olympic games 1896 stamps - railway postal history - Collectio (Alexandre Galinos) Auction #77

Xylokastron: ΞΥΛΟΚΑΣΤΡΟΝ -.ΙΟΥΝ.96 boxed in blue, and faint ΠΑΤΡΩΝ-ΑΘΗΝΩΝ (Patras-Athens) on defective 20λ (Vlastos 137 / Hellas 113), F

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greece (olympics) greece - olympic games 1896 stamps - railway postal history
Lot 411 - greece (olympics) greece - olympic games 1896 stamps - postal history -  Collectio (Alexandre Galinos) Auction #77

Lot 411 - greece (olympics) greece - olympic games 1896 stamps - postal history - Collectio (Alexandre Galinos) Auction #77

5λ rate: strip of 5x1λ (Vlastos 133 / Hellas 109), tied with ΑΘΗΝΑΙ 17.ΔΕΚΕ.18- (Athens) on visit card small open cover, sent to London, R & F-VF

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greece (olympics) greece - olympic games 1896 stamps - postal history
Lot 427 - greece (olympics) greece - olympic games 1896 stamps - postal history -  Collectio (Alexandre Galinos) Auction #77

Lot 427 - greece (olympics) greece - olympic games 1896 stamps - postal history - Collectio (Alexandre Galinos) Auction #77

Erroneous year: ΚΟΡΙΝΘΟΣ 26.ΑΥΓ.93 (Corinth Peloponnese) with year 1893 instead of 1896, on 20λ (Vlastos 137 / Hellas 113), unusual & VF

Collectio (Alexandre Galinos) Auction #77

greece (olympics) greece - olympic games 1896 stamps - postal history