Lot 40030 – Remarkable Paris Print Multiple Franking

One of the Most Attractive First Issue Covers of Greece

1861 Paris Print 1L red-brown in horizontal STRIP OF FIVE (four with full margins and one touched and lightly creased) plus 5L green in STRIP OF THREE (very close to huge margins), all tied neat “19” lozenge with KARYTENA/14.OKT.61 cds alongside.

A stunning cover and one of the most attractive of all the first issue covers known.

Provenance: Dr. Friend (where it appeared on the front cover of the Robson Lowe catalogue in 1982 and realised CHF 11’500) and Zachariades

Expertise: Cert. Tseriotis 

Estimate: € 5’000 – € 8’000