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lot # 136 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1867/1869 cleaned plates.
Postal fraud: 1869 Unpaid EL from Syros to Constantinoupolis. Handwritten "40" for postage to be paid, fr. on arrival with 40l. already used stamp (ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝ*11.ΙΟΥΛ) cancelled for second time "ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΥΠΟΛΙΣ (ΤΟΥΡΚΙΑ)*29.ΣΕΠΤ.69". Second cancellation placed skillfully upon original strike in order to deceive the post office. (Hellas 28b).
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