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lot # 68 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861 paris print

Saturday Nov 03, 2018 16:00 Europe/Athens

Postal Fraud with a 20l. where the upper left quarter is added inverted to pretend a complete stamp. This is the earliest known example of such a fraud. The cover is from Triest to Kalamai, there paid on Dec. 31 1862 with the normal rate of 75 lepta composed of 3 different issues: 5l. Paris, 40l. Provisional and 10 and 20l. Definitive. A delightfoul and unique postal history item. (Hellas 3b+14IIa+18a+19a).

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