Crete
Catalogue 222: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
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Lot# : 544 Crete
Lot# : 545 Crete
1901 (Dec): Local large 'Provisional' overprint in black on 1900 25 l. deep blue, a fine unused block of four variety "Overprint Inverted", of good colour and centering, part to large part og. A rare multiple Hellas 20a = $ 3'280+/Mi = € 2'600+.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 500 CHFLot# : 546 Crete
1901: 5 dr. green & black, a superb unused block of 15 (3 x 5)from lower left corner of the sheet, of excellent colour and centering, minor bends unapparent on face, superb or unmounted og. Scarce stamp in a multiple, perfs. as the perforations on these issues are generally somewhat fragile Hellas 9 = € 780+/Mi = € 375+.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 170 CHFLot# : 547 Crete
1909 (Jan-Feb): Provisional issue, the complete set of six values in unused blocks of four, the rare 5 l. on 1900 20 l. rose being top marginal, usual slight aging to brownish gum, but all unmounted og. An extremely scarce full set. The rarity (Mi 46F) with Cert. Zeis (1990) Hellas 48/53 = € 1'680/Mi = € 760+.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 440 CHFLot# : 548 Crete
Lot# : 549 Crete
Lot# : 550 Crete
Austrian Post Offices 1906 (June): 5 c. on 5 h. green on granite paper, a fine unused block of four, variety perf. 9 all round, of good colour, perfs. typically irregular at top, fine unmounted og. A rare multiple Hellas 14a = € 1'400.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 551 Crete
Russian Administration 1899 (June): 2 m. black (Type 4) and 1 gr. black (Type 3), perforated 11½, each overprinted in blue, presumed to be Proofs or Trials for the issue, each cancelled at Rethymnon in black to prevent re-use. Opinion Holcombe (1999) Mi = € 1'750.rnrnNote: The Holcombe opinion states that these are the only perforated examples of these Trials he had recorded.Starting bid : 350 CHFHammer price : 2,200 CHFLot# : 552 Crete
Russian Administration 1899 (May): 1 met., 2 met. and 1 gr., the complete set of eighteen Proofs in the six diffferent colours for each value, all in imperforate marginal pairs from left of sheet, one or two with some creasing, mostly fresh and very fine with large part og. Rare and most unusual set. All signed Calves.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 3,600 CHF
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