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1873 Prepaid EL franked with 5x1l. red-brown (strip of 3 and a pair), 20l. blue and 40l. dull grey-mauve on blue to pay the Greece-Italy rate (by Austrian ship) from Corfu, via Bari to Gallipoli. (Hellas 41d+42IIb+23a).
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40l. Deep bright purple on blue (Groseille), good/even margins all around, used. Superb for this very hard to find stamp. (Hellas 42IId).
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1872 cover front from Athens to Bourlati, Moldavi franked with 1871/72 2x20l. grey-blue to pay postage to Constantinople, taxed with "45 BANI" (boxed mark in black tying one stamp), some faults, but a very rare postal history document. (Hellas 35b).
GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1871/2 printings |
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20l. blue, plate flaw "spot on the neck" (pos.57) boxed municipal post cancellation "ΔΤ 44(?)". Stamps of 1871/76 issues very rarely found with municipal post cancellations. RRR. (Hellas 41d).
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5l. yellow-green on white, good/even margins, m. VF. (Hellas 49a-160E).
GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1875/80 cream paper |
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20l. deep blue (pos.91) with Grooms characteristic "0" No.5 and plate flaw spot on the neck, u. Large/even margins all around. VF. (Hellas 35e).
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2x10l. orange, both with impressive CF displacements (Kound. 52.13), one faulty with illegible cancellation while the other canc. "ΖΑΚΥΝΘΟΣ" with good margins all around but a narrow part. "ΖΑΚΥΝΘΟΣ" canc. not mentioned in Koundouros study for this error, u. Impressive and scarce. (Hellas 40a).
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30l. olive-brown showing strong quadrille background on fragment tied by Piraeus cds. Enormous margins all around. Very rare and superb. (Hellas 45aVa).
GREECE- LARGE HERMES HEAD 1876/77 athens printing |
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1875 Prepaid double weight EL franked with 2x40l. bistre on blue from Constantinoupolis to Athens. (Hellas 42Ib).
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2l. grey-bistre in mint lower marginal pair. Large margins all around, superb for this rare stamp. Certificate Tseriotis. (Hellas 38a).
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