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Lot 227 - GREECE-  LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/76 meshed paper -  A. Karamitsos Public & LIVE Bid Auction 600 Coins, Medals & Banknotes

Lot 227 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/76 meshed paper - A. Karamitsos Public & LIVE Bid Auction 600 Coins, Medals & Banknotes

20l. blue, plate flaw "spot on the neck" (pos.57) boxed municipal post cancellation "ΔΤ 44(?)". Stamps of 1871/76 issues very rarely found with municipal post cancellations. RRR. (Hellas 41d).

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Lot 241 - GREECE-  LARGE HERMES HEAD 1876/77 athens printing -  A. Karamitsos Public & LIVE Bid Auction 600 Coins, Medals & Banknotes

Lot 241 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1876/77 athens printing - A. Karamitsos Public & LIVE Bid Auction 600 Coins, Medals & Banknotes

30l. olive-brown showing strong quadrille background on fragment tied by Piraeus cds. Enormous margins all around. Very rare and superb. (Hellas 45aVa).

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GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1876/77 athens printing
Lot 203 - GREECE-  LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings -  A. Karamitsos Public & LIVE Bid Auction 600 Coins, Medals & Banknotes

Lot 203 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings - A. Karamitsos Public & LIVE Bid Auction 600 Coins, Medals & Banknotes

20l. deep blue (pos.91) with Grooms characteristic "0" No.5 and plate flaw spot on the neck, u. Large/even margins all around. VF. (Hellas 35e).

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Lot 220 - GREECE-  LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/76 meshed paper -  A. Karamitsos Public & LIVE Bid Auction 600 Coins, Medals & Banknotes

Lot 220 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/76 meshed paper - A. Karamitsos Public & LIVE Bid Auction 600 Coins, Medals & Banknotes

2x10l. orange, both with impressive CF displacements (Kound. 52.13), one faulty with illegible cancellation while the other canc. "ΖΑΚΥΝΘΟΣ" with good margins all around but a narrow part. "ΖΑΚΥΝΘΟΣ" canc. not mentioned in Koundouros study for this error, u. Impressive and scarce. (Hellas 40a).

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Lot 163 - GREECE-  LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings -  A. Karamitsos Public & LIVE Bid Auction 600 Coins, Medals & Banknotes

Lot 163 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings - A. Karamitsos Public & LIVE Bid Auction 600 Coins, Medals & Banknotes

1865 Prepaid EL franked with 3x80l. carmine, 20l. light grey-blue, 10l. orange on blue and 5l. yellow-green (to make a total of 275 lepta) from Smyrna to Corfu. Linear "Π.Ε.Λ." and disinfection slits. All stamps with faults but a very nice multi-color heavy weight franking entire. (Hellas 22b+19d+18d+17b).

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Lot 188 - GREECE-  LARGE HERMES HEAD 1867/1869 cleaned plates. -  A. Karamitsos Public & LIVE Bid Auction 600 Coins, Medals & Banknotes

Lot 188 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1867/1869 cleaned plates. - A. Karamitsos Public & LIVE Bid Auction 600 Coins, Medals & Banknotes

1875 (11th June) letter sent from Argostolion to Tagarong, endorsed (and sent) "via Vienna", franked with 1871-76 5l. yellow-green and 1862/67 80l. carmine (cut at right). mail to Russia sent over Triest and Austria is very rare, as the normal was to send letters over Constantinople. Very fine and rare postal history item. (Hellas 22b+39b).

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GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1867/1869 cleaned plates.
Lot 183 - GREECE-  LARGE HERMES HEAD 1867/1869 cleaned plates. -  A. Karamitsos Public & LIVE Bid Auction 600 Coins, Medals & Banknotes

Lot 183 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1867/1869 cleaned plates. - A. Karamitsos Public & LIVE Bid Auction 600 Coins, Medals & Banknotes

80l. rose-carmine in unused copy, partial impression (only traces) of "0" in control number. Good-large margins but a closing corner just touching at upper right. (Hellas 29aNj).

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GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1867/1869 cleaned plates.
Lot 158 - GREECE-  LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings -  A. Karamitsos Public & LIVE Bid Auction 600 Coins, Medals & Banknotes

Lot 158 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings - A. Karamitsos Public & LIVE Bid Auction 600 Coins, Medals & Banknotes

1868 cover from Marseille to Athens franked on arrival with 1862/67 20l. sky-blue (touched at right) and 2x80l. carmine, a fine and rare rate. (Hellas 19a+22b).

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GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
Lot 177 - GREECE-  LARGE HERMES HEAD 1867/1869 cleaned plates. -  A. Karamitsos Public & LIVE Bid Auction 600 Coins, Medals & Banknotes

Lot 177 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1867/1869 cleaned plates. - A. Karamitsos Public & LIVE Bid Auction 600 Coins, Medals & Banknotes

40l. grey-mauve on blue (pos.12) canc. "ΙΘΑΚΗ*5.ΦΕΒΡ.71", CF displaced vertically. A CONTROL NUMBER ERROR NOT MENTIONED IN KOUNDOUROS STUDY NOR ANNOUNCED BEFORE. IMPRESSIVE AND RARE. (Hellas 28a).

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GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1867/1869 cleaned plates.
Lot 200 - GREECE-  LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings -  A. Karamitsos Public & LIVE Bid Auction 600 Coins, Medals & Banknotes

Lot 200 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings - A. Karamitsos Public & LIVE Bid Auction 600 Coins, Medals & Banknotes

20l. blue (pos.14), uneven CF (Kound. 47.8). Grooms characteristic "0" No.22. 1867/69 issue 20lepta stamp uneven CF in pos.14 also with the same "0" (inverted). Good margins all around. VF nice study copy. (Hellas 35c).

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GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings