PAPER COLOUR AND PRINTING METHOD PROOFS. Deep blue essay on French stamp "CERES" with inscription "ESSAI 1858" in pair. Control figure "10" on reverse. Excellent condition. (Konst. ΔΟΚ. Va).
Public & LIVE Bid Auction 651. Large Hermes Heads Exceptional Stamps from Great Collections
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A. Karamitsos Public & LIVE Bid Auction 651. Large Hermes Heads Exceptional Stamps from Great Collections
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 #2 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD large hermes head
Die proof in red-brown on rosy China paper (37X63mm), complete except for value tablets, signed Hulot. First wavy line at the left upper spandrel intact. MAYBE UNIQUE. A VERY IMPORTANT ITEM FOR GREEK PHILATELY. (Konst. ΔΟΚ.IV.dvar).
Lot #3 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD large hermes head
1 lepton plate proof, printing on both sides. One side in blackish brown with strong white contour due to poor "decoupage", the other side printed inverted and in double impression, in blackish brown and in yellowish brown. A light thin spot at lower margin, mentioned just for accuracy. A case not mentioned in Konstantinidis study. Very fine and rare.
Lot #4 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD large hermes head
Proof of 1l. deep brown on thin paper (Final colour proof), marginal. Signed by Orestis Vlastos. (Konst. 1 ΔΟΚ. III 2).
Lot #5 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD large hermes head
1 lepton final colour proof in red-brown on thin semi transparent white brownish paper in upper marginal bl.4. Superb and rare. (Konst. 1.ΔΟΚ.III.3).
Lot #6 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD large hermes head
5 lepta proof in pink colour on pelure paper (pos.72), plate flaw dotted cheek lines, unusual for these proofs. Light ironed out crease. A unique item. Plate varieties are extremely rare on proofs as very few sheets were printed.
Lot #7 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD large hermes head
Proof of 10l. red-orange on thin blueish paper without "C.F.". VF. (Konst. 4ΔΟΚ.Ι.1).
Lot #8 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD large hermes head
Final proof of 10l. orange marginal on thin greenish blue paper with "C.F.". Superb. (Konst. 4ΔΟΚ.ΙΙ).
Lot #9 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD large hermes head
20l. proof in deep ultramarine with excellent margins, normal print inverted at the back. Small thin otherwise fine and extremely rare.
Lot #10 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD large hermes head
PAPER COLOUR AND PRINTING METHOD PROOFS. 20l. blue printed on both sides on bluish paper. On reverse, double print, one inverted. VF. Certificate by Holcombe. (Konst. 5 ΔΟΚ.II.7).
Lot #11 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD large hermes head
Proof of 20l. blue on bluish paper. VF. (Konst. 5 ΔΟΚ.IV).
Lot #12 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD large hermes head
30l. Die proof, black on white thin paper. Ex GUIRE LEA collection. (Konst. 56.ΔΟΚ.I.1).
Lot #13 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD large hermes head
30l. Die proof, grey-brown on white paper. (Konst. 56.ΔΟΚ.II.1).
Lot #14 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD large hermes head
PAPER COLOUR AND PRINTING METHOD PROOFS. 40l. black on white paper marginal copy. VF. (Konst. 6 ΔΟΚ.I).
Lot #15 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861 paris print
29 September 1861, 2 days before the issue of the stamps, an unpaid cover posted from Constantinople to Spetsai, cancelled with preadhesive "ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΥΠΟΛΙΣ ΤΟΥΡΚΙΑ*29 ΣΕΠΤΕΜ 1861" with manuscript postage rate to be paid "80", via "ΠΕΙΡΑΙΕΥΣ (2)*2 ΟΚΤ. 61" and "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ (1)*2 ΟΚΤ. 1861", arr. "ΣΠΕΤΣΑΙ (66)*5 ΟΚΤ. 61". On arrival, according to article 95 of the 15 September 1861, taxed with 80l. rose-carmine with plate flaw "line on the Greek...
Lot #16 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861 paris print
1l. brown with vertically laid background in bl.8 canc. "67" (=ΣΥΡΟΣ). Touched at upper part and with several creases as expected for this multiple (practically one stamp without faults) but still a great rarity. It is quite uncommon in a used bl.8 (ratherly seen in strips of 4 or 5 canc. "67"), one of the largest used blocks, perhaps second to a used bl.12 known. (Hellas 1a).
Lot #17 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861 paris print
1l brown, mint. Full original gum. Very fine. (Hellas 1a).
Lot #18 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861 paris print
1l brown strip of five, used. Last stamp with small faults, very fine for such an extremely rare multiple. (Hellas 1a).
Lot #19 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861 paris print
1l. brown used copy. Superb. (Hellas 1a).
Lot #20 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861 paris print
1l. brown used on newspaper from Nafplion (3/1/1862). A clean and rare usage. Very fine. (Hellas 1a).
Lot #21 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861 paris print
1l red-brown in pair tied by "26" (Pylos) cds. Faint vertical lines in the medallion. Very fine and scarce. (Hellas 1b).
Lot #22 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861 paris print
1l red-brown (pos.120), plate flaw mark on the Greek border, used. Superb and rare. (Hellas 1b).
Lot #23 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861 paris print
1l. chocolate used copy on vertically laid paper. Fresh colour. Very Fine. (Hellas 1c - 600 euro).
Lot #24 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861 paris print
2l. bistre used copy. Very Fine. (Hellas 2a).
Lot #25 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861 paris print
2l. olive-bistre mint block of 40, very fine. Certificate by Holcombe. (Hellas 2b).
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