GREECE: 80l. rose-carmine, mint. Very Fine. (Hellas 29a).
Postal & Live Internet Auction 748
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A. Karamitsos Postal & Live Internet Auction 748
08-Nov-2025 10:30:00
Postal & Live Internet Auction 748
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Lot #127 - LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1867/1869 cleaned plates.
GREECE: 80l carmine canc. "ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΥΠΟΛΙΣ (ΤΟΥΡΚΙΑ)*12.ΔΕΚΕ.75". Fine - very fine. (Hellas 29b).
Lot #128 - LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1867/1869 cleaned plates.
GREECE: 80l. carmine in mint bl.4 (pos.103-104/113-114), keyhole shapped 0 and plate flaw thin circle (pos.114, Kound. 40.3). Very Fine. (Hellas 29b+29bNLCF2).
Lot #129 - LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1867/1869 cleaned plates.
GREECE: 80l. carmine, partial impression (only traces) of 8, creased at top in margin, still fine and Rare, "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ (1)*5 ΝΟΕΜ. 75". (Hellas 29bΝi).
Lot #130 - LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1867/1869 cleaned plates.
GREECE: Insufficient (5kr. Austr. stamp) paid cover canc. "LEOPOLDSTADT WIEN*24.11.69" to Zante. Postage was 30kr (=82 lepta) from 15.5.1868. 5kr considered valid, therefore the cover was taxed with 70 lepta (or 69 lepta sometimes=25kr) and fr. with 10l. red-orange and 3x20l. sky-blue and canc. "ΖΑΚΥΝΘΟΣ*19.ΝΟΕΜ.69". On reverse Corfu transit postmark. Flap missing, still a fine and scarce postal history item. (Hellas 18ba+27a).
Lot #131 - LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1870 special athens printing
GREECE: 20l sky-blue (pos.21), "02" instead of "20" with "0" inverted (Kound. 42.6), used. Fine - very fine and scarce. (Hellas 31bNdII).
Lot #132 - LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1870 special athens printing
GREECE: 20l. sky-blue, inverted CF (Kound. 42.3), used. Very fine. (Hellas 31bNm).
Lot #133 - LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1870 special athens printing
GREECE: 20l. blue, used. Superb. (Hellas 31c).
Lot #134 - LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1870 special athens printing
GREECE: 20l. blue on thick paper (8.6μ), used. Very fine and scarce. (Hellas 31cPb).
Lot #135 - LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1870 special athens printing
GREECE: Double weight cover fr. with 2x20l blue (pair separated), canc. "ΠΥΡΓΟΣ*12.ΦΕΒΡ.71", arr. "ΠΑΤΡΑΙ*13.ΦΕΒΡ.71". Fine. (Hellas 31c).
Lot #136 - LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1871/2 printings
GREECE: 5l. sage-green, mint. Very fine. A major rarity in mint copy. (Hellas 34b).
Lot #137 - LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1871/2 printings
GREECE: Cover fr. with 2 pairs 5l. sage-green canc. "ΠΥΡΓΟΣ*17.ΝΟΕΜ.??", arr. "ΠΑΤΡΑΙ*18.ΝΟΕΜ.??". Very fine. (Hellas 34b).
Lot #138 - LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1871/2 printings
GREECE: 20l. sky-blue (pos.10/1st setting), used. Very fine. (Hellas 35a).
Lot #139 - LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1871/2 printings
GREECE: 20l. grey-blue, used. Very fine. (Hellas 35b).
Lot #140 - LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1871/2 printings
GREECE: 20l grey-blue, double control numbers, distance 4mm vert. and 3mm hor. (Kound. 47.1.r), tied by "1" (ΑΘΗΝΑΙ) cds. Practically three margins, but rare and impressive. (Hellas 35bNoI).
Lot #141 - LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1871/2 printings
GREECE: 20l blue in used pair (pos.24-25), plate flaw white line at the upper inscription on both stamps. Very fine. (Hellas 35c).
Lot #142 - LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1871/2 printings
GREECE: 20l. blue, used. Very fine. (Hellas 35c).
Lot #143 - LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1871/2 printings
GREECE: 40l. rose-bistre on greenish, used. One closing corner, otherwise very fine. (Hellas 36b).
Lot #144 - LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1871/2 printings
GREECE: 40l yellowish-bistre on greenish, used. Very fine. (Hellas 36c).
Lot #145 - LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1871/2 printings
GREECE: Letter from Trieste 26.8.1871 underpaid with 15 Kr instead of 20Kr the missing 5 were doubled to 10 and transferred to 45l. This amount is much too high -correct rate should be 27l. Nobody neither in Austria nor in Greece can explain this amount-so it is called "the mystery 45l.". A clean and beautiful combination cover. (Hellas 17a+36c).
Lot #146 - LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1871/2 printings
GREECE: Cover fr. with 10sld Austrian Levant stamp canc. "METELINE*25/10", via "LLOYD AGENZIE SMIRNE*24/10", fr. on arrival with 20l blue to pay the Greek rate, canc. "ΣΥΡΑ*15.ΟΚΤ.73". (Hellas 35c).
Lot #147 - LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1871/76 meshed paper
GREECE: 1l grey-brown in u/m bl.8 perf. 11 1/2. Very fine. (Hellas 37a).
Lot #148 - LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1871/76 meshed paper
GREECE: 1l brown in used strip of 3. Touched at right, still fine for this scarc used multiple. (Hellas 37b).
Lot #149 - LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1871/76 meshed paper
GREECE: 5l. deep green in used strip of 4 (pos.24-27). Plate flaw thin circle (pos.27). In addition deformed "5" on control number (Kound. 51.5.a/pos.25), a case not mentioned by Koundouros. Position 27 stamp with lower right corner creased, still fine - very fine for this. Interesting and rare. (Hellas 39e+39eCF2).
Lot #150 - LARGE HERMES HEAD - 1871/76 meshed paper
GREECE: 10l orange on slightly green-blue paper in used left marginal pair. Right stamp creased vertically, while left stamp very fine. Uncommon, scarce. (Hellas 40a).
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