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1865 Prepaid EL franked with 3x80l. carmine, 20l. light grey-blue, 10l. orange on blue and 5l. yellow-green (to make a total of 275 lepta) from Smyrna to Corfu. Linear "Π.Ε.Λ." and disinfection slits. All stamps with faults but a very nice multi-color heavy weight franking entire. (Hellas 22b+19d+18d+17b).
GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings |
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1875 (11th June) letter sent from Argostolion to Tagarong, endorsed (and sent) "via Vienna", franked with 1871-76 5l. yellow-green and 1862/67 80l. carmine (cut at right). mail to Russia sent over Triest and Austria is very rare, as the normal was to send letters over Constantinople. Very fine and rare postal history item. (Hellas 22b+39b).
GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1867/1869 cleaned plates. |
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1870 Unpaid EL from Triest to Athens. Handwritten "20", franked on arrival with 20l. sky-blue in a strip of 3 and 10l. red-orange to pay the Austria-Greece rate for unpaid letters. (Hellas 26a+27a).
GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1867/1869 cleaned plates. |
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1868 cover from Marseille to Athens franked on arrival with 1862/67 20l. sky-blue (touched at right) and 2x80l. carmine, a fine and rare rate. (Hellas 19a+22b).
GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings |
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40l. grey-mauve on blue (pos.12) canc. "ΙΘΑΚΗ*5.ΦΕΒΡ.71", CF displaced vertically. A CONTROL NUMBER ERROR NOT MENTIONED IN KOUNDOUROS STUDY NOR ANNOUNCED BEFORE. IMPRESSIVE AND RARE. (Hellas 28a).
GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1867/1869 cleaned plates. |
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20l. blue (pos.14), uneven CF (Kound. 47.8). Grooms characteristic "0" No.22. 1867/69 issue 20lepta stamp uneven CF in pos.14 also with the same "0" (inverted). Good margins all around. VF nice study copy. (Hellas 35c).
GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings |
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80l. carmine, partial impression (only traces) of "0", a nice example of this variety. (Hellas 22bNj).
GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings |
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2x10l. red-orange (pos.8+42/1st setting) inverted "1" on CF (Kound.37.3), u. Both with large/even margins all around. Very fine items. (Hellas 26aNa).
GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1867/1869 cleaned plates. |
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1879 EL frankef with 10x2l. yellow-bistre in strip of 7 (separated after 6th stamp plus 3 singles) tied by Kalamai cds to Kyparisia. Strip of six cut at left but extremely rare, especially on cover. An impressive showpiece. (Hellas 33a).
GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings |
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1870 Prepaid cover from Syra to Genova fr. with 40l. mauve on blue, 20l. sky-blue and 5l. green to pay the Austrian ship to Italy. On reverse Corfu and Brindisi transit cds. A very fine entire. (Hellas 17a+27a+28b).
GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1867/1869 cleaned plates. |
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