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| 88001 | cvr | Letter addressed to France, dated May 2, 1830, bearing in front the Napoleonic marking: "QER GAL ARM. DE MOREE" with chisel disinfection slit, rated "8", and with datestamp on reverse. The letter is from an officer or soldier in the Napoleonic Army, written while in voyage, and posted at the General Headquarters of the Napoleonic Army in Greece. Complete and in good condition. Scarce. | 450.00 | |
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Scott #56b. Vlastos #73. Small folded letter posted at Agrinion and addressed to Garbia, franked with twenty lepta deep carmine, tied to the letter by the BLUE: "AGRINION (50) 15 OKT 82", repeated alongside, and appropriate transit backstamp. The stamp has very fine margins and the cover is without faults. Rare item. (Our inventory 89780). |
475.00 |
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------ Two very fine unused picture postcards, both in full colour, one depicting the Athens Olympic Stadium, and the other depicting the set of stamps issued for the 1906 Olympic Games and a small map of Greece. Very Fine, fresh, and scarce. (2) |
110.00 |
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| 88430 | (*) | Scott #1 Hellas #1A Vlastos #1. Large Hermes Head. One lepton brown from the Paris printings. Fine unused, without gum with complete margins all around, fresh colour. It has a very small surface stain at the top margin, otherwise completely sound. (Our inventory 88430). | $140.00 | |
| 88432 | (*) | Scott #1 Hellas #1a Vlastos #1b. Large Hermes Head. One lepton chocolate from the Paris printings. Very fine, unused, without gum, with complete margins on all four sides and entirely without faults. (Our inventory 88432). | $150.00 | |
| 88440 | o | Scott #1 Hellas #1a Vlastos #1b. Large Hermes Head. One lepton chocolate from the Paris printings. Very fine, used with complete margins all around and deep rich colour. Cancel by dotted rhombus with numeral cancellation 67 Siros. (Our inventory 88440). | $475.00 | |
| 88465 | o | Scott #3, Hellas #3b, Vlastos #3. Large Hermes Head. Five lepta yellow-green from the Paris printings. A very fine used example with complete margins on all four sides and a very neat and light numeral cancellation. Excellent. (Our inventory 88465). | $160.00 | |
| 88475 | o | Scott #4b, Hellas #5aPa, Vlastos #4f. Large Hermes Head. Twenty lepta blue of the paris printing, on very thin paper (0.06mm). A very fine used example with complete margins all around and extremely neat dotted rhombus cancellation which leaves the head almost completely free. Excellent stamp entirely without faults. (Our inventory 88475). | $250.00 | |
| 88514 | (*) | Scott #11a, Hellas #11.I.b, Vlastos #10. Large Hermes Head. Five lepta green, first Athens provisionals coarse printing. A very fine unused example without gum with complete margins on all four sides and entirely without faults. (Our inventory 88514). | $260.00 | |
| 88565 | (*) | Scott #11, Hellas #11.II.a, Vlastos #16. Large hermes head. Five lepta green, first athens provisionals, fine impression. A very fine unused example without gum with complete margins all around and entirely without faults. (88565) | $250.00 | |
| 88588 | o | Scott #14b, Hellas #14.II.a, Vlastos #19. Large Hermes Head. Forty lepta lilac on blue paper, first Athens provisionals, fine impressions. A very fine used example with large margins on all four sides and neat dotted cancellation and entirely free from faults. (88588) | $450.00 | |
| 3020 | ¤ | Greece. Scott #119,111,90. A cover posted
on board "S/S KIMOLOS OF PIRAEUS", with BOLOS transit mark in
front, ALEXANDRIA transit c.d.s. on reverse and BIR-CHAMS arrival
postmark also on reverse. The rare franking is made up by a 5 lepta
lilac of the First Olympic Series and a 20 lepta and 1 lepton Small Hermes Heads. Rare item in fine condition. Great addition to an Olympic Games collection. |
495.00 | |
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Scott #122. Twenty-five lepta red Chariot Race of the First Olympic Series tied by ATHENS c.d.s. of 1898 to the reverse of a very fine envelope addressed to New York. Arival datestamp also on reverse. The envelope is complete and absolutely without faults. |
125.00 |
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90687 | ¤ | Scott #233, 235, 254-259. Two Registered covers sent from Thessaloniki to Switzerland bearing low values of 1916 with the Royal Monogram overprint, and six high values to 25 Drachmas of the Venizelist issue of 1917. Transit and arrival postmarks on reverse. Two rare covers in Superb condition. Original Price US$437.50, Special Reduced Price ... | 240.00 |
| H0076 | ¤ | Scott #236 and RA15. Five lepta green with
Royal Monogram, and five lepta Postal Tax stamp affixed to a small
envelope sent from Athens to Lausanne, Switzerland, and then
re-addressed to Zurich. Athens machine cancellation in front of 20
September 1917. Swiss transit and arrival datestamps on reverse, two Censor tapes, one bilingual Greek and French, "CENSURE HELLENIQUE", and the other reads '"POSTE MILITAIRE". There are five other consorship related handstamps on the cover. Fresh and Very Fine. |
100.00 | |
| 90645 | ¤ | Scott #223. Forty lepta "Iris" blue, serrate rouletted 13 1/2, used block of sixteen stamps with four Superb strikes of the oval "LLOYD TRIESTINO / PIROSCAFO / AVENTINO". Exceptional multiple with scarce navigation postmark. | 350.00 | |
| 91490 | cvr | SG#43, 33. Scott #31, 23. Registered envelope sent from G.P.O. Grenada to Dresden Germany, pence pence postage, mailed December 4th of 1913 (!!). Two examples of the "HALF PENNY POSTAGE on TWO SHILLINGS on the orange revenue stamp, and four pence grey of De La Rue Keyplates. Tiny cover fault at lower-left. Otherwise fine. (Our inventory 91490). | 350.00 | |
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| 91320 | ¤ | Scott #N73-N75. Set of three stamps with map of Samos on a Registered cover sent from Karlovasia to Athens. On reverse are transits of Vathy, and arrival of Athens of March 25th, 1913. The stamps and cover are in excellent condition. Signed by Peter Holcombe. | 112.50 | |
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| 91371 | cvr | A complete folded letter addressed to England, dated 26 January 1809, sent from Dr. Drysdall, Rose Mount, Grenada, to a Miss. Kinnon. On back it bears the 36 mm oval with GRENADA, JAN 29, without year date. In front is the rate marking "2/-", crossed off and replaced by "2/4". There is a tear in the cover sheet. (Our inventory 91371). | 250.00 | |
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