18 Apr 2012 – 20 Apr 2012
705 lots
Lot 30200
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
1L Claret-Brown with very large even margins, used, superb
Estimate: 60 EUR
Lot 30201
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
1L Red-Brown with short beard in a fantastic used block of five, cancelled in Aeghion on the 26/2/74, top stamp thinned but rest are in a very fine condition…
Estimate: 4’200 EUR
Lot 30202
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
1L Red-Brown with short beard with clear to good margins on 2/8/67 newspaper, very rare franking with this particular stamp
Estimate: 320 EUR
Lot 30203
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
1L Red-Brown with short beard, mint, large margins showing plate flaw “lower frame line missing,” very fine and scarce
Estimate: 170 EUR
Lot 30204
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
1L Red-Brown with short beard, showing plate flaw “white spot in front of the head” (pos. 116) and right bottom corner unprinted, good to large margins,…
Estimate: 170 EUR
Lot 30205
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
2L Yellow-Bistre in a mint block of four (three unmounted), good to very large margins, very fine and scarce
Estimate: 100 EUR
Lot 30206
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
2L Yellow-Bistre in an unmounted mint block of twelve with large margins, fine and fresh
Estimate: 70 EUR
Lot 30207
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
2L Yellow-Bistre used pair on thin paper, large margins
Estimate: 50 EUR
Lot 30208
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
2L, the four main colours in mint (three unmounted) condition, large margins, very fine
Estimate: 40 EUR
Lot 30209
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
2L Brown-Bistre in a very fresh unmounted mint block of four
Estimate: 60 EUR
Lot 30210
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
2L Brown-Bistre, mint sheet marginal block of 50, small thins and tiny blue spot on face, very fine appearance, rare
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 30211
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
2L Brown-Bistre in a rejoined used block of eight (probably separated in the middle from the edge of the cover), very large margins all around, very fine…
Estimate: 270 EUR
Lot 30212
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
2L Deep Grey-Bistre in a mint corner block of 16 with control cachet (ELEGHOS) on the back, two stamps mint and the rest unmounted, very fine
Estimate: 130 EUR
Lot 30213
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
2L Deep Grey-Bistre in a used strip of four, very fine
Estimate: 80 EUR
Lot 30214
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
5L, the three main colours in very fine to superb used pairs
Estimate: 70 EUR
Lot 30215
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
5L Green mint right marginal single, large even margins, very fine
Estimate: 80 EUR
Lot 30216
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
5L Green used strip of four with clear to good margins, very fresh
Estimate: 120 EUR
Lot 30217
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
5L Yellow-Green in a beautiful mint strip of three, large to very large margins, very fine and rare
Estimate: 320 EUR
Lot 30218
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
5L Yellow-Green mint, very large margins, superb
Estimate: 100 EUR
Lot 30219
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
5L Yellow-Green strip of four with good to large margins showing deformed 5 of the control figures on the third stamp, very fine and scarce
Estimate: 150 EUR
Lot 30220
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
5L Yellow-Green, 4 singles (2 with faults) on a cover dated 18/8/74 from Kalamai to Syros
Estimate: 60 EUR
Lot 30221
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
5L Olive-Green mint left marginal, large to very large margins, very deep rich shade, superb
Estimate: 180 EUR
Lot 30222
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
5L Deep Olive-Green right marginal strip of four with large margins all around, fourth stamp shows some thinning which is not detracting from its excellent…
Estimate: 170 EUR
Lot 30223
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
5L Olive-Green used pair with large margins and fresh colour, left stamp showing plate flaw “broken circle at the left upper side” (pos. 15), very fine…
Estimate: 50 EUR
Lot 30224
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
5L Green, three stamps with control figure errors, the first with rare double control figures touched at two sides and the other two showing deformed 5…
Estimate: 180 EUR
Lot 30225
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
10L Yellow-Orange used strip of four with greyish wash, the two outer stamps touched but still a very rare strip for the particular stamp
Estimate: 320 EUR
Lot 30226
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
10L Yellow-Orange used pair with strong embossing and large to very large margins, superb
Estimate: 50 EUR
Lot 30227
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
10L Yellow-Orange in four distinctive colours in used pairs, superb condition
Estimate: 110 EUR
Lot 30228
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
10L Yellow-Orange, the five distinctive shades all in superb used condition
Estimate: 70 EUR
Lot 30229
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
10L Yellow-Orange from the very early prints of the consecutives, in a very fine mint pair (minor gum creases) and large to very large margins all around,…
Estimate: 400 EUR
Lot 30230
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
10L Yellow-Orange unused without gum, fresh colour and good to large margins, very fine
Estimate: 100 EUR
Lot 30231
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
10L Orange mint, with large to very large margins all around, very fine
Estimate: 170 EUR
Lot 30232
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
10L Red-Flesh on blue mint, good even margins, a unique stamp which is coming to be know as one of the greatest rarities of the Large Hermes Heads, presented…
Estimate: 18’000 EUR
Lot 30233
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
10L Yellow-Orange on blue unmounted mint with large to very large margins, very fine
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 30234
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
10L Yellow-Orange, six examples (mainly with faults), together with two 2L yellow-bistre touched and 1L claret-brown on a cover from Livorno to Corfu (29/7/67),…
Estimate: 380 EUR
Lot 30235
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
10L Red-Orange on blue in a superb used strip of three
Estimate: 70 EUR
Lot 30236
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
10L Red-Orange on white and red-orange on blue, two pairs both showing on the left stamp the control figure error “01 instead of 10,” the first from pos.61…
Estimate: 100 EUR
Lot 30237
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
10L Red-Orange mint right marginal, large to very large margins, which belongs to the prints of 1867 (fine print and whitish corners), the so-called “Janniotis,”…
Estimate: 400 EUR
Lot 30238
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
10L Red-Orange left marginal pair on cover from Pyrgos to Patras, large margins, with right stamp showing plate flaw “thin circle,” very fine
Estimate: 50 EUR
Lot 30239
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
20L Sky-Blue mint with good to large margins, very fine
Estimate: 120 EUR
Lot 30240
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
20L Sky-Blue with control figure error “80 instead of 20,” a little toned but with very large even margins, fine and rare
Estimate: 800 EUR
Lot 30241
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
20L Sky-Blue with control figure error “80 instead of 20” tied on Cover dated 22/12/62 from Sparta to Syros, with good to large margins, has been lifted…
Estimate: 1’200 EUR
Lot 30242
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
20L Sky-Blue with clear double control figures with 1 mm horizontal separation, one lightly touched corner and a small thin at margin but still a presentable…
Estimate: 420 EUR
Lot 30243
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
20L Blue in seven distinctive shades, used, all superb examples
Estimate: 100 EUR
Lot 30244
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
20L Greenish Blue, mint with large to very large margins, part original gum, very fine
Estimate: 130 EUR
Lot 30245
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
20L Grey-Blue mint with good to very large margins, very fresh
Estimate: 120 EUR
Lot 30246
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
20L Deep Grey-Blue, variety with DOUBLE CONTROL FIGURES, just touched to large margins, tied by “2” (Piraeus) on 1867 cover (19 Dec.) to Syros, cover faults,…
Estimate: 800 EUR
Lot 30247
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
20L Light Grey-Blue with oxidised corners, mint, large even margins, showing plate flaw “broken circle,” very fine and scarce stamp
Estimate: 500 EUR
Lot 30248
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
20L Blue on green in a superb used pair
Estimate: 50 EUR
Lot 30249
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
20L Deep Blue with fine to good margins and almost full original gum except for some gum spots on top, fine and scarce in this difficult shade
Estimate: 420 EUR
Lot 30250
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
20L Deep Dark Blue used pair with fine to good margins, very fresh colour, fine and scarce
Estimate: 120 EUR
Lot 30251
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
20L Deep Dark Blue with large margins on a cover dated 5/4/68 from Kalamai to Athens, very fine
Estimate: 80 EUR
Lot 30252
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
40L Mauve, five distinctive shades all used and in superb condition
Estimate: 80 EUR
Lot 30253
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
40L Light Mauve on blue mint, very large even margins, very fine
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 30254
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
40L Light Mauve used pair with good to large margins, very fine
Estimate: 70 EUR
Lot 30255
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
40L Mauve on blue used showing clear double control figures, although touched at a corner and creased, still a rare stamp
Estimate: 280 EUR
Lot 30256
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
40L Light Mauve used, showing DOUBLE control figures, defective but a great rarity
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 30257
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
40L Deep Mauve on blue mint, huge even margins, showing plate flaw “open cross” at top, superb and rare in this condition
Estimate: 230 EUR
Lot 30258
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
40L Mauve together with 10L consecutive both with good to very large margins on cover dated 9/3/65 from Athens to Smyrna
Estimate: 70 EUR
Lot 30259
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
40L Mauve on green paper used, with widely spaced control figures, good to huge margins, very fine
Estimate: 100 EUR
Lot 30260
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
40L Purplish Mauve on blue unused without gum with large margins all around and very fresh colour, small tear at left which does not detract from the beautiful…
Estimate: 2’000 EUR
Lot 30261
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
40L Light Mauve on blue with intense embossing and large even margins from the first consecutive printings, very fine
Estimate: 60 EUR
Lot 30262
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
40L Greyish Rose on grey-lilac with large even margins, unused without gum, very fine
Estimate: 280 EUR
Lot 30263
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
40L Greyish Rose on grey-lilac used pair with large margins all around, very fine
Estimate: 60 EUR
Lot 30264
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
40L Greyish Rose on grey-lilac showing clear double control figures with separation of 4 mm from each other, used, cut at bottom but scarce
Estimate: 180 EUR
Lot 30265
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
80L Carmine with orange control figures, mint, very large even margins, very fine and rare
Estimate: 400 EUR
Lot 30266
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
80L Carmine with orange control figures used strip of three, large to huge margins all around, superb and rare
Estimate: 420 EUR
Lot 30267
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
80L Carmine with orange control figures, used, showing lined background and whitish 8, very large even margins, superb
Estimate: 70 EUR
Lot 30268
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
80L Rose-Carmine mint with orange control figures, mint and good to large margins, very fine
Estimate: 350 EUR
Lot 30269
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
80L Rose-Carmine used pair with orange control figures, very large margins all around, very fine
Estimate: 120 EUR
Lot 30270
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
80L Rose-Carmine used with orange control figures, large to very large margins, very fine
Estimate: 50 EUR
Lot 30271
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
80L Rose-Carmine, carmine and dull-carmine marginal examples, all mint, superb
Estimate: 60 EUR
Lot 30272
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
80L Rose-Carmine mint block of nine (eight unmounted) from the early consecutive prints with the central right stamp showing “broken circle,” the lower…
Estimate: 250 EUR
Lot 30273
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
80L Rose-Carmine in an amazing used strip of ten (complete row of the sheet), a couple of stamps with creases and one with a small tear at foot, full margins…
Estimate: 2’000 EUR
Lot 30274
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
80L Rose-Carmine used strip of four, one touched corner otherwise fine
Estimate: 130 EUR
Lot 30275
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
80L Carmine used BLOCK OF TEN, good to large even margins, small tears on two stamps, a stunning used multiple and extremely fine for this great rarity,…
Estimate: 2’000 EUR
Lot 30276
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
80L Carmine used block of four, apart from a light tear in the upper left stamp and a close corner the block is in fine condition, very rare
Estimate: 500 EUR
Lot 30277
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
80L Dull-Carmine unmounted mint corner block of twelve, very fine and scarce
Estimate: 320 EUR
Lot 30278
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
80L Dull-Carmine with large margins on cover dated 13/3/68 from Syros to Constantinople, very fine
Estimate: 100 EUR
Lot 30279
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print
80L Dull-Carmine used with large margins, showing “control figure 8 inverted,” superb
Estimate: 180 EUR
Lot 30280
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1868-69 Cleaned plates
1L Red-Brown, greyish brown (unmounted mint) and light fawn (mint), all with very large margins, very fine
Estimate: 70 EUR
Lot 30281
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1868-69 Cleaned plates
1L Brown, the three distinctive colours used, with large to very large margins, very fine
Estimate: 90 EUR
Lot 30282
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1868-69 Cleaned plates
1L Red-Brown unmounted mint corner block of 32 with very large margins all around, very fresh, very fine and scarce
Estimate: 580 EUR
Lot 30283
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1868-69 Cleaned plates
1L Red-Brown mint block of ten (nine unmounted) from the early prints with large margins all around, very fine
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 30284
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1868-69 Cleaned plates
1L Red-Brown used block of six on intense vertically laid paper, with very large margins, very fine and very rare
Estimate: 650 EUR
Lot 30285
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1868-69 Cleaned plates
1L Brown mint showing broken plate (pos.44) and plate flaws “deformed circle” and “white line between circle and border,” large margins, very fine
Estimate: 100 EUR
Lot 30286
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1868-69 Cleaned plates
1L Light Greyish Brown in marginal mint block of 15, good to large margins, very fine
Estimate: 250 EUR
Lot 30287
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1868-69 Cleaned plates
1L Red Greyish Brown, a colour close to light fawn, in used strip of three with good to large margins, left stamp thinned but very nice appearance
Estimate: 80 EUR
Lot 30288
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1868-69 Cleaned plates
1L Greyish Brown used showing broken plate (pos.44) and plate flaws “deformed circle” and “white line between head and border,” very large margins and…
Estimate: 170 EUR
Lot 30289
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1868-69 Cleaned plates
1L Light Fawn right marginal used with good to large margins, very fine
Estimate: 40 EUR
Lot 30290
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1868-69 Cleaned plates
1L Light Fawn mint, showing plate flaw “white spot in front of the forehead” (pos.116), very large even margins, superb
Estimate: 60 EUR
Lot 30291
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1868-69 Cleaned plates
2L Grey-Bistre mint block of ten, very early cleaned plates print with cachet from the Treasury department of Cefalonia at back, very large margins, very…
Estimate: 120 EUR
Lot 30292
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1868-69 Cleaned plates
2L Dull Grey-Bistre mint block of four, very fine
Estimate: 50 EUR
Lot 30293
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1868-69 Cleaned plates
5L Yellow-Green used pair with good to large margins, very nice
Estimate: 120 EUR
Lot 30294
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1868-69 Cleaned plates
5L Green used with very large even margins, superb
Estimate: 50 EUR
Lot 30295
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1868-69 Cleaned plates
5L Green with plate flaw “Greek border connected to the frameline” (pos. 37), good to large margins and very fine
Estimate: 50 EUR
Lot 30296
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1868-69 Cleaned plates
5L Grey-Green with very thick control figures unused left marginal without gum, an extremely rare stamp in superb condition
Estimate: 1’250 EUR
Lot 30297
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1868-69 Cleaned plates
5L Grey-Green used wth large to very large margins, very fine
Estimate: 50 EUR
Lot 30298
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1868-69 Cleaned plates
10L Red-Orange mint vertical pair, good to very large margins, superb impression and bright vivid colour, rare in this quality
Estimate: 800 EUR
Lot 30299
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1868-69 Cleaned plates
10L Red-Orange strip of three, with large even margins all around, very nice
Estimate: 130 EUR