1870 Entire letter fr. with 20l. blue and 5l yellow-green to pay the Inter-ionian fee from Corfu to Cefalonia. Fine entire. (Hellas 31c+17b).
Public Auction 658 General Sale
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A. Karamitsos Public Auction 658 General Sale
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Lot #152 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings
1l. purplish-brown, mint no gum. Very fine margins. A very hard to find item. (Hellas 32b).
Lot #153 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings
2l. yellow-bistre, used. Very fine. (Hellas 33a).
Lot #154 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings
2l. rose-bistre in used strip of 3. Upper left corner ironed out but very fine for this difficult strip. (Hellas 33b).
Lot #155 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings
5l. sage-green in used vertical pair. Upper stamp creased horizontally but still fine for this scarce in pair stamp. (Hellas 34b).
Lot #156 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings
20l. grey-blue in pair canc. "ΑρΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΙΑ (ΤΟΥΡΚΙΑ)*22.ΙΑΝ.73". Very fine. (Hellas 35b).
Lot #157 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings
20l. blue (pos.134) with Grooms characteristic "0" (type 26), used. Uneven control numbers with digit "0" lower (Kound. 47.8). Fine and rare. (Hellas 35c).
Lot #158 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings
20l. blue (pos.89), "02" instead of "20" on control number (Kound.47.3), used. Very fine to superb. (Hellas 35cNd).
Lot #159 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings
20l. deep blue (pos.130) with Grooms characteristic "0" No.10, used. Also plate flaw thin circle. Good/large margins but a narrow corner. (Hellas 35e).
Lot #160 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings
3x40l. bistre on greenish, rose-bistre on greenish and yellow-bistre on greenish, used. FIne to very fine copies. (Hellas 36b+36c).
Lot #161 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings
Unpaid Entire letter from "ΣΜΥΡΝΑ (ΤΟΥΡΚΙΑ)*2.ΟΚΤ.71" to Athens. Handwritten "40" fr. on arrival with 40l. bistre on greenish and canc. "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*4.ΟΚΤ.71". Fine. (Hellas 36b).
Lot #162 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings
1871 Unpaid EL from Triest to Patras. Handwritten "70", fr. on arrival with 40l. yellow-bistre on greenish, 20l. blue and 10l. red-orange to pay the Austria-Greece postage for unpaid letters. Very nice entire. (Hellas 26a+35c+36c).
Lot #163 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/76 meshed paper
1l. grey-brown in mint never hinged bl.8 perf. 11 1/2. Upper pair stamps broken but still fine for this. (Hellas 37a).
Lot #164 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/76 meshed paper
1l. brown in mint bl.4 perf. 11 1/2. (Hellas 37b).
Lot #165 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/76 meshed paper
5l. greyish-green in used strip of 3. Very fine. (Hellas 39c).
Lot #166 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/76 meshed paper
2x5l. greyish-green, both perf. 7, mint. Full original gum but one creased horizontally while the other creased vertically and heavily hinged. Still fine for these copies. Rare in mint. (Hellas 39c).
Lot #167 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/76 meshed paper
3x5l. greyish green (2 shades) and deep green, used. Fine-Very fine. (Hellas 39c+39e).
Lot #168 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/76 meshed paper
5l. emerald, used. One closing corner otherwise very fine. (Hellas 39d).
Lot #169 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/76 meshed paper
10l. orange, used. Fine. (Hellas 40b).
Lot #170 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/76 meshed paper
10l. orange (pos.143), plate flaw "thin circle", used. Fine. (Hellas 40aCF2).
Lot #171 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/76 meshed paper
10l. orange (pos.79), "0" inverted on CF (Kound. 52.1). Also plate flaw "white dot in the upper inscription", used. Good/large margins all around. Very fine and rare. (Hellas 40aNb10F18).
Lot #172 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/76 meshed paper
10l. orange, displaced CF VERTICALLY (Kound.52.13) canc. "ΠΑΤΡΑΙ*14.ΙΑΝ.73". THIS IS THE ONLY KNOWN WITH VERTICAL DISPLACEMENT OF THE CF FOR 1871/76 10 LEPTAS. Two margins, thinned and creased, a second choise item but still a unique never announced before CF error not mentioned in Koundouros study as well. Rare and important. (Hellas 40a).
Lot #173 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/76 meshed paper
10l orange in used pair (pos.141-142), without control numbers (Kound. 52.6). Touched at bottom and torn at right but very rare as very few pairs are known of this attractive control number error. (Hellas 40aNp)
Lot #174 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/76 meshed paper
2x10l. orange and red-orange, used. Fine-very fine. (Hellas 40a+40b).
Lot #175 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/76 meshed paper
10l. red-orange in used pair (pos. 1-2). Very fine. (Hellas 40b).
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