Lot 40195 – 1861-77, Balance of the Solferino collection showi
Lot 40195 – 1861-77, Balance of the Solferino collection showi
Greece
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Price realised
12’000 EUR
Estimate
10’000 – 20’000 EUR
Auction date
Tue 23 Jun 2015 at 14:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1861-77, Balance of the Solferino collection showing better covers & stamps, noted 2L Olive-Bistre strip of five used together with First Athens 10L on 1862 cover, very fine franking of the greatest rarity, signed Tseriotis, ex Maximus, 20L Ultramarine, good to large even margins with control figures in PRUSSIAN BLUE (so-called “Syros error”) tied on large piece by “Syra 11 JUN 77” cds, very fine, ex Binos, cert. Tseriotis, 10L Red-Orange, vertically BISECTED (defective at the bottom) used together with two 20L Deep Blue (same issue, faults), tied to cover from Levadia (11.1.1874) to Syros, with Athens and Syra bs, ex Photiades & Maximus, Hellas 29b 80L Carmine mint bottom sheet marginal BLOCK OF TWENTY, separated into blocks of sixteen and four, control hs at back, superb and very rare, Hellas 29a 80L Rose-carmine, mint bottom sheet marginal BLOCK OF SEVENTY, very rare, etc., enormous retail potential (Est. CHF 10’000/20’000) Auction
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