40l. mauve on blue (pos.110), large margins all around, used. Superb. (Hellas 28b).
Public & Live Internet Auction 685
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A. Karamitsos Public & Live Internet Auction 685
Public & Live Internet Auction № 685
Large Hermes Heads
Exceptional Stamps from Great Collections
20 November 2021
Start time 16:00
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Lot #177 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1867/1869 cleaned plates.
80l carmine, mint. Very fine. (Hellas 29b).
Lot #178 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1867/1869 cleaned plates.
80l. deep carmine, large margins all around, used. Superb. (Hellas 29b).
Lot #179 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1870 special athens printing
1l. light reddish brown, mint no gum. Large margins all around. Superb. (Hellas 30a).
Lot #180 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1870 special athens printing
20l. deep greyish blue, good margins all around, used. Very fine and scarce. (Hellas 31a).
Lot #181 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1870 special athens printing
20l. sky-blue (pos.105), plate flaw thin circle, canc. "62" (=ΞΗΡΟΧΩΡΙΟΝ). Very fine. (Hellas 31bCF2).
Lot #182 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1870 special athens printing
20l. sky-blue (pos. 67), without control number (Kound. 42.1) canc. "ΛΕΥΚΑΣ". Also plate flaws indentation of the bottom frame line and deformed underlip region. Signed Spanos. Extremelly rare. (Hellas 31b).
Lot #183 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1870 special athens printing
20l. blue, good margins all around, used. Very Fine. (Hellas 31c).
Lot #184 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings
2l yellow-bistre in mint pair. Very fine. (Hellas 33a).
Lot #185 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings
2l rose-bistre in mint never hinged lower marginal pair. Superb. (Hellas 33b).
Lot #186 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings
5l. yellow-green in upper marginal copy, unused. Very large/even margins all around. Superb. Extremely rare in mint no gum, especially in this quality. (Hellas 34a).
Lot #187 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings
5l. yellow-green with inverted control figure (Kound. 45.4) tied by the Piraeus "2" cds. Large/even margins all around. Superb and extremely rare, especially in this quality. (Hellas 34aNm).
Lot #188 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings
5l sage green, used. Very fine. (Hellas 34b).
Lot #189 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings
20l sky-blue (pos.100/1st setting), plate flaw white line behind the head, unused. Very fine and scarce. (Hellas 35a).
Lot #190 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings
20l sky-blue in pair on cover canc. "ΣΚΙΑΘΟΣ*5.ΙΟΥΝ.73", double control numbers (Kound. 47.1.c), arr. "ΧΑΛΚΙΣ*10.ΙΟΥΝ.73". Skiathos P.O. not mentioned in Koundouros study under 47.1.c case. Very fine and rare on cover. (Hellas 35aNoI).
Lot #191 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings
20l grey - blue (pos.129/2nd setting), Grooms characteristic "2" No.8, unused. Very fine. (Hellas 35b).
Lot #192 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings
20l blue (pos.24/1st setting), plate flaw white line at the upper inscription, unused. Very fine. (Hellas 35c).
Lot #193 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings
20l. steel blue (pos.89), "02" instead of "20" on control number (Kound. 47.3), used. Very fine. (Hellas 35dNd).
Lot #194 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings
20l deep blue (pos.124), plate flaw spot on the chin and Grooms characteristic "0" No.27, used. Very fine. (Hellas 35e).
Lot #195 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings
40l lilac-rose on greenish (Solferino/pos.87), with deformed "4" on control number (Kound.48.6.b), tied by "2" Piraeus cds. Small tear at left. Good to large margins all around and very fresh color. A most attractive example of this rarity. A very important rarity for Greek philately. THIS IS THE ONLY KNOWN "SOLFERINO" STAMP WITH CONTROL NUMBER ERROR. (Hellas 36a).
Lot #196 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings
40l bistre on greenish (pos.141) with different (calligraphic) "4" on control number (Kound. 48.1), tied by "9" Patras cds. Touched at places at top left and at right. A different type of "4" used, already in hands at the National Mint either because the normal "4" were finished or accidentally place among normal "4"s. ONLY TWO COPIES KNOWN, BOTH FROM POSITION 141 USED IN PATRAS. A very impressive, great rarity. (Hellas 36bNe).
Lot #197 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings
40l bistre on greenish, doulbe control numbers (Kound. 48.2) tied by "1" (ΑΘΗΝΑΙ) cds. Bottom margin very narrow. Still fine for this very rare control number error. (Hellas 36bNoI).
Lot #198 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings
40l. rose-bistre on greenish (pos.15), "0" inverted on control number (Kound.48.3), used. Very fine and very rare. (Hellas 36bNb).
Lot #199 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/76 meshed paper
1l. brown, mint. Very fine. (Hellas 37b).
Lot #200 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/76 meshed paper
2l grey-bistre in unused pair (pos.63-64), both stamps with recessed cliche bellow. Very fine and very rare. (Hellas 38a).
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