10l. yellow-orange in used strip of five (pos.66-70), inverted "1" (Kound.30.5/pos.69). Touched at top otherwise fine and unique in a strip of five which is a rarity by itself. (Hellas 18aNa).
Public Auction 624 Large Hermes Heads (1861-1867) The Wolfgang Bauer Championship Collection, Part II
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A. Karamitsos Public Auction 624 Large Hermes Heads (1861-1867) The Wolfgang Bauer Championship Collection, Part II
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Lot #177 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
10l. orange canc. Dec 27th, 1862 (earliest date of use), 10l. orange on blue canc. Oct 15, 1864 (earliest date of use) and 10l. red-orange on blue canc. June 17th, 1865 (early use). A unique group for the specialists. (Hellas 18b+18d+18e).
Lot #178 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
10l. orange, mint. Full original gum and large/even margins. Superb. (Hellas 18b).
Lot #179 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
10l. orange, unused. Large/even margins all around. Very fine. (Hellas 18b).
Lot #180 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
10l. orange tied on arrival with "5080" cds (Alexandria French P.O., gros chiffres). Light thin but very uncommon. (Hellas 18b).
Lot #181 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
10l. orange with double control figures in a distance of 2.2mm vertically and 1.3mm horizontally. Second control number in the same colour. Stamp cancelled "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*29.ΜΑΙΟΣ.6?". A case not mentioned in Koundouros study. Very fine and extremely rare, especially in this condition. (Hellas 18bNoI).
Lot #182 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
Cover from Syros to Athens with two different colours of 10l. and a 5l. to pay the Austrian Lloyd rate from Syros to Athens. Very fine and very rare. (Hellas 18b+18e+17b).
Lot #183 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
10l. reddish flesh (salmon), mint. A dark shade. Fine and rare. (Hellas 18c).
Lot #184 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
10l. orange on blue, mint. Clear to good/large margins. Scarce in mint. (Hellas 18d).
Lot #185 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
10l. orange on blue (pos.107), unused. Plate flaw Greek border conneced to the circle. Two narrow-clear, two large margins. (Hellas 18d10F23).
Lot #186 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
10l. orange on blue with inverted control figures on back, the KEFALLINIA ERROR (Kound. 30.2). One of the great rarities of the Large Hermes Heads stamps. Only three known. (Hellas 18dNm).
Lot #187 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
Letter sheet from Kerkyra (Corfu) to Prevesa (Turkey) Jan 30th, 1865 paid with 90l. At the end of 1865, the first month of the use of the cancel Kerkyra, the cancels colour changes from blue to black with seven 10l. on bluish, the one in the upper left corner shows pos.79 plate flaw, the two points. A very fine, spectacular and unique postal history item. (Hellas 18d+19b).
Lot #188 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
10l. red-orange on blue, mint. Full original gum with enormous/even margins all around. An outstanding item. (Hellas 18e).
Lot #189 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
10l. red-orange in upper marginal copy, mint. Full original gum. Closing corner at upper right but still a nice mint copy. (Hellas 18ba).
Lot #190 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
10l. red-orange in lower marginal copy, mint. Three clear-good margins but left margin very narrow. Left frame line complete. (Hellas 18ba).
Lot #191 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
20l. blue, unused. Control numbers similar to provisional fine printings. Very fine printing outcome, no contour, excellent spandrels and strong relief. Very fine for this rare stamp, especially in unused copy. (Hellas 19A).
Lot #192 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
20l. blue, used. Control numbers similar to provisional fine printings. Very fine print, excellent spandrels and very strong relief. Very fine for this rare stamp. (Hellas 19A).
Lot #193 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
Lot including 13x20l. sky-blue, blue, grey-blue, light and dark grey-blue (strongly oxid. corners), blue on green (colour shades) and 2x20 lepta stamps in very deep colour shades, one tied by scarce Ypati "92" cds. Very fine lot. (Hellas 19a+19b+19c+19d+19e).
Lot #194 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
20l. sky-blue in upper marginal copy, mint. Very fine. (Hellas 19a).
Lot #195 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
20l. sky-blue tied by municipal triangle cancellation. Torn at bottom but rare. (Hellas 19a).
Lot #196 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
20l. sky-blue in used ("98" = Thessaloniki) pair (pos.62-63), control figure "80" instead of "20" (pos.63) in combination with normal control figure (pos.62). Fine and of the highest rarity. (Hellas 19a+19aNe).
Lot #197 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
20l. sky-blue canc. "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*28.ΜΑΡΤ.63", "200" on control figure. Ex-Ferrari. Sold as is. (Hellas 19a).
Lot #198 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
20l. blue in right marginal copy, mint. Full original gum. Three good/one narrow margins. (Hellas 19b).
Lot #199 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
20l. blue in upper marginal copy, unused. One closing corner, otherwise large margins. (Hellas 19b).
Lot #200 - GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
20l. blue in right marginal copy, unused. One clear, three large margins. (Hellas 19b).
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