1l. chocolate-brown unused (mint no gum) copy, clear to good margins all around, fresh colour. (Hellas 15A).
Public Auction 656
By: A. Karamitsos
A. Karamitsos Public Auction 656
A. KARAMITSOS is holding a general auction of stamp, postal history and postal stationary. Starting with stamps & postal history of Greece including Large & Small Hermes Head. Greek Islands and related area with Crete and Dodecanese. Emphasis on Greece issues with Olympics, Greek Islands, Territories & related area, Greece in WWII, postmarks & cancellations. Greek Ottoman Post and Levant.
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Lot #52 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
1l. chocolate-brown with vertically laid background, mint. Very fine. (Hellas 15a).
Lot #53 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
1l. chocolate-brown used perforated marginal copy with vertically laid background. (Hellas 15a).
Lot #54 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
1l. brown with horizontally laid background in used bl.4. Right pair creased. Still fine and rare. (Hellas 15b).
Lot #55 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
1l. brown (pos.141), used. Very fine. (Hellas 15b).
Lot #56 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
1l. red-brown in used marginal pair, large margins all around, fresh colour, nice appearance. Very Fine. (Hellas 15c - 360 euro).
Lot #57 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
1l. claret brown, unused. Fine. (Hellas 15d).
Lot #58 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
2l. yellow-bistre unused (mint no gum) copy, clear to good mrgins, very fine. (Hellas 16A).
Lot #59 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
2l. bistre in marginal mint block of 4, large margins all around, very fine. (Hellas 16b).
Lot #60 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
2l. bistre in bl.8 (4x2), canc. to order. Very fine. (Hellas 16b).
Lot #61 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
2l. bistre on thin paper (5.5μ), used. Large/even margins. Superb. (Hellas 16bPa).
Lot #62 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
2l. bistre in mint pair perf. 11 1/2, imperforate between. Very fine. (Hellas 16b).
Lot #63 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
2x2l. bistre and brown-bistre, mint. Very fine. (Hellas 16b+16c).
Lot #64 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
2l. brown-bistre in used pair, var. "imperforate at bottom", very fine. (Hellas 16c).
Lot #65 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
5l. green mint marginal copy, good margins all around, fresh colour, nice appearance. (Hellas 17a).
Lot #66 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
5l. green in strip of 4 canc. "59" (ΚΑΡΥΣΤΟΣ) in blue. A narrow part at top. Left stamp thinned. Fine and scarce. (Hellas 17a).
Lot #67 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
5l. yellow-green (pos.37), plate flaw white spot on the Greek border, used. Very fine. (Hellas 17b5F6).
Lot #68 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
10l. orange unused (mint no gum) copy, plate flaw "two dots in the upper inscription" (pos.79), good margins all around. (Hellas 18b 10F18 - 270+ euro).
Lot #69 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
10l. orange in used pair. Three large, one clear margins. Very fresh and very fine. (Hellas 18b).
Lot #70 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
10l. orange, used. Very fine. (Hellas 18b).
Lot #71 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
10l. red-orange in used right marginal pair. Very fine. (Hellas 18ba).
Lot #72 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
10l. red-orange in used pair (pos.79-80). Plate flaw two dots in the upper inscription (pos.79) and "01" instead of "10" on control number (Kound. 30.4-pos.80). Pos.80 stamp with faults. (Hellas 18ba+18baNd).
Lot #73 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
10l. reddish flesh (salmon) (pos.9), plate flaw "white dot in the floret", used. Fine in appearance but torn at bottom. A heavily defective item but a great rarity. Catalog estimation = 15000 Euros. (Hellas 18c10F1).
Lot #74 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
10l. orange on blue in left marginal mint pair. Superb appearance but creased horizontally. (Hellas 18d).
Lot #75 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
10l. orange on blue (pos.40), plate flaw swollen circle, used. Uncommon printing outcome due to overinking. One narrow margin, otherwise fine-very fine. (Hellas 18d10F6).
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