GREECE: Unpaid cover canc. "TRIEST*19/7" to Calamata. Marked "3/15" and "75" (18Kr for Austrian and Lloyd fee = 55 lepta + 20 lepta Greek inland rate), fr. on arrival with 40l dull mauve on blue, 5l green, 20l deep blue and 10l orange tied by "31" cds but without the type II postmark. On reverse transit "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*12.ΙΟΥΛ..." (most likely 1862). Very fine and scarce. (Hellas 6b+3b+13Id+12Ib).
LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1861/1862 athens provisional printings |