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Lot# 854 - 213-217 Auction

  • Lot# : 854 Greece

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    Catalogue# : 256/269+270/279+280/296
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    1923: 'Revolution / 1922', the Postage and Postage Due issues from Crete overprinted for use as Postage in Greece, the remarkable collection all overprinted with typically watery italic "Specimen" (Bendon Type 1, see page 68) in violet for the U.P.U, as per the circular dated Octover 29, 1923 with the two Crete pictorial sets overprinted and the two Crete Postage Due sets overprinted entirely complete as sent to the UPU. Extremely rare as full sets with partial gum and one or two stamps with faults but a particularly rare collection of a full set of 40 stamps.rnrnNote: James Bendon states: "the number of stamps at the disposal of the International Bureau does not permit the distribution of a large number. It appears that each member of the UPU received one or two collections, the second perhaps incomplete".
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold