Lot 30375 – 40L Greyish rose on grey-lilac, Athens Print: Mint
Lot 30375 – 40L Greyish rose on grey-lilac, Athens Print: Mint
Lot 30375 – 40L Greyish rose on grey-lilac, Athens Print: Mint
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1862-67 2nd Athens print 1862 May prints
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Price realised
750 CHF
Estimate
700 – 1’000 CHF
Auction date
Thu 18 Jun 2026 at 10:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
40L Greyish rose on grey-lilac, Athens Print: Mint horizontal pair, touched to good margins on all other sides, original cracked gum, tiny usual gum loss expected with this type of gum, fresh, very fine and extremely rare, cert. Holcombe (1986), which states “I know of only two pairs outside of the Athens Postal museum of which this is one, both have one stamp cut into”.
Provenance: Binos
Catalogue ref: Hellas 20IIa
Auction
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