10l red-orange (pos.130/1st setting), inverted "1" on control number (Kound. 37.3), unused. Superb and rare in unused. (Hellas 26aNa).
Public & Live Internet Auction 707 Large Hermes Heads Exceptional Stamps from Great Collections
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A. Karamitsos Public & Live Internet Auction 707 Large Hermes Heads Exceptional Stamps from Great Collections
Public & Live Internet
Auction № 707
Large Hermes Heads
Exceptional Stamps from Great Collections
4 December 2022
Start time 16:00
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Lot #152 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1867/1869 cleaned plates.
10l red-orange (pos.43/2nd setting), inverted "0" on control number (Kound. 37.4) and plate flaw open cross (upper right), mint. Very fine for this. (Hellas 26aNb).
Lot #153 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1867/1869 cleaned plates.
10l. reddish flesh (Salmon) on bluish paper, inverted "1" (Kound. 37.3/pos.42). Very fine for this. THE ONLY KNOWN UNTIL NOW. (Hellas 26bNa).
Lot #154 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1867/1869 cleaned plates.
10l red-orange on greenish-yellow, used. Very fine. (Hellas 26c).
Lot #155 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1867/1869 cleaned plates.
20l sky-blue (pos.87), mint. Very fine and rare. (Hellas 27a).
Lot #156 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1867/1869 cleaned plates.
20l blue (pos.70), inverted "0" on control number (Kound.38.2), plate flaw indentation of the left frame line, used. Superb. (Hellas 27aNb).
Lot #157 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1867/1869 cleaned plates.
40l grey-mauve on blue, double control numbers with the second printed lighter vertically in a distance of 2mm (Kound.39.2.c), canc. "108" (ΛΕΥΚΑΣ). Very fine. This is the second known copy. Very rare. (Hellas 28aNoI).
Lot #158 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1867/1869 cleaned plates.
40l mauve on blue in mint bl.4 (pos.121-122/131-132), deformed "4" on control number (Kound. 39.4.b/pos.122). A tiny thin spot due to hinge removal, still very fine to superb. (Hellas 28b).
Lot #159 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1867/1869 cleaned plates.
40l mauve on blue in mint pair (pos.127-128), wrong control number "20" corrected to "40" (Kound. 39.1/pos.127). Certificate O.Vlastos (1992). Superb and rare. (Hellas 28bNf).
Lot #160 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1867/1869 cleaned plates.
40l mauve on greenish, used. Very fine. (Hellas 28c).
Lot #161 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1867/1869 cleaned plates.
Cover fr. with 2x10kop Russian stamps, to pay to Cosntantinoulopis, canc. "ODECCA*21.OKT.1872" to Hydra. Transit postmarks "ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΥΠΟΛΙΣ (ΤΟΥΡΚΙΑ)*25.ΟΚΤ.72" and "ΠΕΙΡΑΙΕΥΣ*29.ΟΚΤ.72". Marked "45" to pay the ship and the Greek inland postage, fr. on arrival with 5l green and 40l mauve on green (creased due to cover fold) cand. "ΥΔΡΑ (66)...". Fine and rare. (Hellas 17a+28ca).
Lot #162 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1867/1869 cleaned plates.
80l rose-carmine in mint bl.4 (pos.69-70/79-80), plate flaws line on the Greek border (pos.69) and thin circle (pos.79). Superb. (Hellas 29a).
Lot #163 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1867/1869 cleaned plates.
80l rose-carmine, used. Large margins all around. Very fine. (Hellas 29a).
Lot #164 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1867/1869 cleaned plates.
80l carmine in mint pair (pos.79-80). Superb. (Hellas 29b).
Lot #165 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1867/1869 cleaned plates.
80l carmine (pos.147), uneven control numbers (Kound. 40.5), used. The same control number error exists on 10 lepta and 20 lepta of the same period stamps. Very fine. (Hellas 29b).
Lot #166 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1867/1869 cleaned plates.
Insufficient (5kr. Austr. stamp) paid cover canc. "LEOPOLDSTADT WIEN*24.11.69" to Zante. Postage was 30kr (=82 lepta) from 15.5.1868. 5kr considered valid, therefore the cover was taxed with 70 lepta (or 69 lepta sometimes=25kr) and fr. with 10l. red-orange and 3x20l. sky-blue and canc. "ΖΑΚΥΝΘΟΣ*19.ΝΟΕΜ.69". On reverse Corfu transit postmark. Flap missing, still a fine and scarce postal history item. (Hellas 18ba+27a).
Lot #167 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1867/1869 cleaned plates.
Cover canc. "OLTENITA*27/11" fr. with 50ba Rumanian stamp to Sira. Handwritten "Franco", boxed "PD", marked "20" and fr. with 20l. sky-blue to pay the Greek rate. On reverse transit canc. "CONSTANTINOPEL*3/12". Very rare. (Hellas 27aNb).
Lot #168 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1870 special athens printing
1l light reddish brown (pos.67), plate flaw white dot on "MM", used. Very fine and scarce. (Hellas 30a1F3).
Lot #169 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1870 special athens printing
1l reddish brown, used. Very fine. (Hellas 30b).
Lot #170 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1870 special athens printing
20l deep greyish blue (bleu de Sevres), used. Superb and rare, especially in this quality. (Hellas 31a).
Lot #171 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1870 special athens printing
20l sky-blue, mint. Full original gum. Very fine and rare. (Hellas 31b).
Lot #172 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1870 special athens printing
20l sky-blue, used. Very large margins all around. A gem item. (Hellas 31b).
Lot #173 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1870 special athens printing
20l sky-blue, control number inverted (Kound. 42.3), tied by "7" (ΑΙΓΙΟΝ) cds. Very fine. (Hellas 31bNm).
Lot #174 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1870 special athens printing
20l blue, used. Large-very large/even margins all around. Superb. (Hellas 31c).
Lot #175 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1870 special athens printing
20l vivid deep blue, used. Superb. (Hellas 31d).
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