10l. orange, used. Fine-very fine. (Hellas 12Ib).
Public Auction № 670 General Sale
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A. Karamitsos Public Auction № 670 General Sale
Public Auction № 670 General Sale 6 December 2020 Start time 10:30 Hilton Athens Hotel VIEWING ARRANGEMENTS Athens Auctions Store Monday. 9 November 2020 to Friday, 4 December 2020 Working hours: Monday to Friday 09:30–17:30 Saturday 09:30–15:00 Hilton Athens Hotel Sunday, 6 December 2020 Pindarou 7 & Alexandrou Soutsou 2, Athens T: +30 210 3250173 / F: +30 210 3250176 46 Vasilissis Soas Ave., Athens T: +30 210 7281000 / F: +30 210 7281111
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Lot #27 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
Entire letter fr. with 10l. orange in pair (cut between) with very intense yellow cast, canc. dot. "1" and "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*4.ΜΑΙΟΣ.62", arr. "ΝΑΥΠΛΙΟΝ*6.ΜΑΙΟΣ.62". Very fine and rare. (Hellas 12Ib).
Lot #28 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
20l. Prussian blue used on fragment. One narrow margin, otherwise fine. (Hellas 13Ic).
Lot #29 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
20l. prussian blue, used. Fine-very fine. (Hellas 13Ic).
Lot #30 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
20l. deep blue on thick paper (paper thickness 9.2μ), used. Good to large margins all around but thinned. Still fine for this very rare stamp. (Hellas 13IdPb).
Lot #31 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
20l. deep blue (pos.127), uneven CF (Kound. 12.6), used. Very fine for this. This is the 2nd pos.127 copy known, second to a 20l. indigo blue (same setting). Fine-very fine and very rare. (Hellas 13Id).
Lot #32 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
20l. deep blue (pos.100), plate flaw "white spot on the M" used on a large fragment. Stamp superb and very rare. (Hellas 13Id20F19-400E+).
Lot #33 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
40l. dull mauve on blue, used. Very fine and rare. (Hellas 14Ib).
Lot #34 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
1l. brown, used. Fine-very fine. (Hellas 9IIc).
Lot #35 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
2l. bistre in right marginal copy, mint. Very fine. (Hellas 10IIa).
Lot #36 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
2l. yellow-bistre with contour, mint. Very fine. (Hellas 10IIb).
Lot #37 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
5l. deep green, unused. One very narrow part at left, otherwise fine. (Hellas 11IIb).
Lot #38 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
10l. orange canc. "96" (=ΣΜΥΡΝΑ ΤΟΥΡΚΙΑ). One narrow margin and creased corner upper left in margin only, otherwise fine-very fine. (Hellas 12IIa).
Lot #39 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
10l. orange, double printing of the CF (intense for this stamp/Kound.17.3), used. One narrow/three large margins. Light vertical crease but still fine for this hard to find CF error. (Hellas 12IIaNoI).
Lot #40 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
Entire letter cover fr. with 10l. in pair with very intense yellowish wash, cancelled "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ (1)*6.ΝΟΕΜ.62" to Aigion. Ex. Lascarides collection. Upper margin narrow touches the frame line (right stasmp) but very rare. (Hellas 12IIa).
Lot #41 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
20l. blue in lower marginal copy canc. "20" (=ΔΗΜΗΤΣΑΝΑ). One narrow margin, otherwise fine-very fine. (Hellas 13IIb).
Lot #42 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
Letter sheet cover fr. with 20l. blue (fine impression) marginal, cancelled with dot. "33" and posted from "ΓΥΘΕΙΟΝ (33)*14 ΝΟΕΜ. 62", arr. "ΠΑΤΡΑΙ (9)*17 ΝΟΕΜ. 67". Superb. (Hellas 13IIa).
Lot #43 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
40l. mauve on blue in upper marginal copy, used. Very fine. (Hellas 14IIa).
Lot #44 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1861/1862 athens provisional printings
Prepaid entire letter from "ΠΑΤΡΑΙ*6.ΟΚΤ.62" fr. with 10l. orange and 40l. light mauve on blue, 50 lepta to pay the Lloyd fee for a letter up to 7 1/2gr, via "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ" and "ΠΕΙΡΑΙΕΥΣ" to Smyrna. (Hellas 6a+12Ib).
Lot #45 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
1l. brown-chocolate with vertically laid background in mint never hinged pair. Very fine. (Hellas 15a).
Lot #46 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
1l. brown with horizontally laid background in mint right marginal bl.4. Full original gum, three stamps never hinged. Very fine multiple. (Hellas 15b).
Lot #47 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
1l. copper-brown with horizontally laid background, used. Fine-very fine. (Hellas 15b).
Lot #48 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
1l. red-brown in left marginal used pair. One closing part at upper left and top margin narrow, otherwise fine. (Hellas 15c).
Lot #49 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
2l. bistre in u/m bl.50 (upper part of the sheet/pos.1-40, 41-45, 51-55). Two hinges on margin only, all stamps u/m. Holcombe certificate (1990) but misclasified as 1875/80. (Hellas 16b).
Lot #50 - - LARGE HERMES HEAD 1862/67 consecutive athens printings
2l. bistre in corner block of 6 (pos.8-10/18-20), Lower left stamp with a small gumless spot. Hinges on two stamps, the rest mint never hinged. (Hellas 16b).
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