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  • Lot# : 542 Greece

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    1821: Entire letter begun from Athens (March 12) and continued in Corfu, Ionian Islands (April 17) mailed to Dublin, Ireland struck with circular ISOLE IONIE handstamp in bluish ink with '5d.' manuscriot inserted, disinfected with vertical slits at Otranto with straight line OTRANTO in red, manuscript '15' on front applied at Naples in grana, Venice, Augsburg, to London (May 24) and to Dublin where charged '6/-' (shillings) in manuscript. An unusual entire.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF

    Lot# : 543 Greece

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    1835 (May 13): Disinfected tiny entire letter (contents refer to 'the usual Romanian courier') from Salonica to Trieste with reverse flap displaying well, missent to Livorno in error with a notation of payment due at top of cover for the amount of 1'230 sous (florini); with large part framed LAZZARETTO SAN / ROCCO DI LIVORNO cachet alongside and the entire presumably returned as enclosure and handstamped by circular NETTO E FUORA ET DI DENTRO circular cachet applied in Rothenthurn. An unusual entire.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 280 CHF

    Lot# : 544 Greece

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    1861: Cover from Athens to Naumburg a Saale, Saxony with manuscript "Athens 20/9 '61" in red at top (just a few days prior to the issue of the Large Hermes head issue), mailed via Triest (26/9) with datestamp in black on obverse and manuscript '7' silvergroschen in blue; arrival cds on reverse (29/9). An unusual usage.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 170 CHF

    Lot# : 545 Greece

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    Catalogue# : 145/147+152/153
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    1906: Olympic Games 2 l. black, 3 l. orange, 5 l. green, 40 l. brown and 50 l. red-brown, all used on registered cover to Catania, Sicly at 1 drachma rate tied by Athens cds's. Catania arrival on reverse of an attractive cover.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 120 CHF

    Lot# : 546 Greece

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    Catalogue# : 20+22
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    Incoming mail from Austria (1862): Double rate Entire sent unpaid from Trieste to Nauplion struck with framed "TRIEST 26/10" datestamp and rated "6/30" (Kr.) in blue ink (twice 3 Kr. local Trieste land rate and twice 15 Kr. Lloyd ship fee = 110 lepta), with 1862/67 20 l. blue, four examples and 80 l. carmine, overall fresh to fine with fair to large margins all round, tied by 'Nauplion' datestamps (Oct 20, julian) on arrival, reverse with Athens transit (Oct 18 62). The Austrian taxation of 110 lepta and the double rate for Greece of 40 lepta resulted in '150' (lepta ) noted in red crayon, the difference between the handwritten taxation of 150 l. and the added postage due of 160 l. is not clear to the describer. 
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 340 CHF

    Lot# : 547 Greece

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    Catalogue# : 22a
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    1861/1882: Large Hermes Heads, the unused collection with 1861 Paris printing 2 l., 20 l. and a fine large margined 80 l. carmine horizontal pair with large part og., 1862/67 consecutive printing 40 l. red-violet on bright blue (Mi 21/I = € 2'000) with large margins all round (cert. Simmermacher, 2009) and a superb corner marginal block of six of the 80 l. rose (cert. RPSL, 1956), some further fine examples from 1871/72 printings with 40 l. pair (cert. Simmermacher), 1876 Paris 30 l. and 60 l. (2, one is corner marginal), 1880 1 l., 10 l., 20 l. and 40 l. all overprinted SPECIMEN in black, 1882 20 l. carmine with sheet margin at left etc. (37 items).
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,300 CHF

    Lot# : 548 Greece

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    1861/1970: Old time collection witth several hundred stamps used and partly as well as unused, showing a broad variety in large and small Hermes Heads incl. surcharged values, those all with colour shades and diff. cancellations, further issues as 1896 Olympic games and later sets, Revolution issues of 1922, aimail set 1926 and later issues,1933 Zeppelin set, 1951 Reconstruction set, surcharged values, postage dues, welfare issues and such with value added tax and many more, mainly in good condition and housed in one album.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,400 CHF

    Lot# : 549 Greece

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    1866/83: Lot six entires / lettersheets incl. 1866 London via Brindisi incoming to Patras with 10 l. & 80 l. used as postage due upon arrival, 1870 Syros to Genova with the same franking used in this case as definitives, May 1876 Kerkyra on Corfu to Venezia with 10 l. & 20 l. definitives, and three items with 30 l. UPU frankings to Venezia, Padova, and Trieste showing 30 l. brown Paris and Athens print and 30 l. blue. Interesting ensemble.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 550 Greece

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    Catalogue# : 1/3
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    Dedeagatch 1913 (July 18): Complete sheets of eight (3) each showing one 5 lepta black, four 10 lepta with one tête-bêche and vertical strip of three of the 25 lepta, each the sheet either vertically imperforate at sides, imperf. at base or imperf. at top and at base; each struck with three circular Anchor Control cachets (Fleet of the Aegean) in red; also a group of the hastily printed forgeries on blued paper unused (6) and used (6) issued on September 25, 1913. A scarce group Mi = € 540+.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 551 Greece

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    Catalogue# : 13
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    Dedeagatch 1913: Cover to Volos franked by 1913 provisional 10 l. blue, discoloured due to glue on reverse as these stamps were issued without gum, with part circular Control cachet and tied by straight in red, mailed to the Bank of Greece in Volos with manuscript 3/9/13 in red on front and Volos arrival cds on reverse (Sept 14) in black. A very rare cover. Signed Orestis Vlastos.rnrnNote: The issue date in both Michel and Stanley Gibbons is erroneous. The Hellas catalogue correctly states September 2, 1913 as the day of issue.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 240 CHF

    Lot# : 552 Greece

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    Western Thrace 1913: Postal Stationery envelopes 1 pi. blue envelopes (2) with first design both pre.cancelled at Gumuldjina with negative seals on 'Panama' and 'Discret' stock; 1913 envelopes with modified inscription 1 pi. blue envelope (143 x 110 mm.) used with First Day cachet in arabic 27 September 1329 (Oct 10, 1913, gregorian) on 'Elegant' stock, 2 pi. violet envelope on 'Panama' stock with same cachet, each with Gumuldjina negative seal handstamps; 1 pi. blue envelope on 'Panama' stock with design at left (143 x 110 mm.) used with 'Soflu' red seal, and 1 pi. blue used examples (2). Scarce group (7).
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 120 CHF
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