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Lot# : 1336 Greece
(Greece) Crete 1859: ½ d. orange, slightly oxidised and cut at right with 1 d. blue, cut a left, cancelled together with cross-type pen stroke, typical for Cephalonia with greenish "KEFALLINIA 1860 MARCH 23" ribbon oval datestamp alongside on outer letter sheet, sent to Lefkada with oval arrival datestamp on reverse (St. Maura 1860 March 28). Cert. Simmermacher (1979) Michel nos. 1+2.Starting bid : 4,000 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1370 Greece
1839: Cover sent registered to Naphlion struck on front with PATRAS wreathed datestamp in black with exceptional early strike of Greek straight line REGISTERED handstamp in red. Rated on reverse in manuscript '45+45=90' lepta, with Naphlion arrival cds in black. Exceptional and most attractive cover.Starting bid : 100 CHFHammer price : 120 CHFLot# : 1371 Greece
Lot# : 1372 Greece
1861: Large Hermes Head, Athens printing 20 lepta dark-blue without control numbers on rerverse, good colour and large margins all round, cancelled with dotted numeral "7" of Aighion. A rare stamp in excellent shape. Cert. Alberto Diena (1945), Enzo Diena (2013), Sorani (2013) Mi = EUR13'000.Starting bid : 4,000 CHFHammer price : 4,500 CHFLot# : 1373 Greece
1862: Outer letter sheet from Syros to the Greek PO in Constantinople with "SYROS 17 July 62» despatch cds on front, endorsed «col vap Aus» and «KONSTANTINOPOLI TORKIA 10 July 1862» arrival cds on reverse, in addition Large Hermes Head 10 l. orange and 80 l. rose, both with large to broad margins on three sides, touched or with narrow margin at top, used as postage due and cancelled by dotted numeral mark «95» on arrival.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1374 Greece
1872 (Nov 26): Cover from Patras to Trieste franked by overlapped Large Hermes 1862/67 5 l. green on greenish (3) and single 1867/69 40 l. mauve on blued paper, trimmed at base, cancelled by PATRAS datestamps in black. Red framed 'PD' at base and reverse with Kerkyra (Nov 28) and Triest cds. A few file folks including one which touches the 40 lepta.Starting bid : 180 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1375 Greece
1872: Entire letter from the Greek PO in Constantinople via Piraeus to Athenes with Large Hermes Head 5 l. green and 40 l. mauve with large to broad margins, the 5 l. touched at base and top, cancelled by "KONSTANTINOPOLI TORKIA 1 Novem 1872» with transit and arrival cds»s on reverse. Sign. Holcombe.
Provenance: Corinphila sale 84 (1992), lot 4577.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 200 CHFLot# : 1376 Greece
1892: Cover to Austria at 25 lepta rate, franked on front with Small Hermes imperforate 1 lepta brown: single, two pairs and a strip of five, and on reverse with a fine block of 15, the front cancelled by 'Piraeus' datestamps in black, the block on reverse all cancelled TRIESTE handstamps six times in black. A delightful and very unusual cover.Starting bid : 220 CHFHammer price : 260 CHFLot# : 1377 Greece
1918/33: Covers/cards (3), with 1918 French Franchise Militaire illustrated stationery card used from Volos (Dec 29), Cover dated Nov 12, 1926 with Airmail 3 d. and 5 d. values on flight to Istanbul (Mi. 301/302), 1933 cover from Athens to AEI Offices in Buyukdere with Airmail issue complete set of seven values used on First Day (Mi. 355/361) with further 1927 40 l. strip of four and 1930 8 d. violet.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 150 CHFLot# : 1378 Greece
1840/1888c.: Large Hermes Heads, the cover collection with 85 covers and a few fronts, incl. early incoming mail from France and GB to Syra, franked covers with Paris print 20 l. used in 1861 from Naphlion, 1864 three colour 110 lepta franking on cover from Messina, 1865 four colour 75 lepta frankings on covers from Trieste (2), 1866 and 1869 covers from Constantinople, 1867 four colour 132 lepta franking on cover from Paris, many 20 lepta internal frankings from a range of towns and villages; condition obviously variable but a fine and interesting collection, together with further off cover examples.Starting bid : 3,500 CHFHammer price : not sold
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