384. Auction

"GREECE STEAMSHIP MAC DWALL & BARBOUR/ AGENCY IN PATRAS"", violet oval, clear on pair 1 l. on piece, fine and scarce

"HELLENIC STEAM NAVIGATION G.D. PORTOLOU &  V.MANIANI/ AGENCY IN PATRAS", bluish circle, clear on pair 1 l. on piece, very fine and scarce

"HELLENIC STEAM NAVIGATION/ AGENCY IN KARDAMILI", violet oval, clear on 20 l., fine and scarce

"COL VAPORE DA TRIESTE"; "VAPORE DAL LEVANTE" and 3 further, each on 25 l.

"AGENCY OF/THE HELLENIC STEAM NAVIGATION/D.P. GOUDI/IN CHALKIS", large part of lilac boxed handstamp on 25 l.

"CARIDDI*PIROSCAFO POSTALE ITALIANO 24 GIU 96" on 25 l. with additional strike alongside, on commercial cover to Germany, with arrival mark. Slight opening faults, still fine and scarce.

25 l. on 40 l., with overprint double, unused with o.g., very fine and scarce. (Hellass 166a)

1901, 25 l. on 40 l. with additional surcharge 50 l. black, horizontal pair with narrow resp. wide "0", together with 5 l. on 1 dr. with double overprint and 25 l. on 40 l. with shifted overprint, tied by Piraeus cds. of 3.9.1901 to piece of parcel card. Very fine. A rare piece. (Hellas 166d)

Official corner card cover "COMITÉ DES JEUX OLYMPIQUES A ATHENS", used with Hermes 25 l. (defective corner), tied by c.d.s. "ATHENS 7 MAR 06", to IOC member Dr. Willibald Gebhardt in Berlin. Rare and most interesting.

1 l. - 5 dr. complete, unused, most values including 5 dr. unmounted mint

1 l.-5 dr., the complete set with cds. "ATHENS 19 APR 1906", the last day of the games; few with light staining, otherwise fine

1 l. (2), 3 l. and 5 l., tied by  c.d.s. "ATHENS 11APR. 06" (third day of the games) to picture postcard with texts, mentioning the Olympic Games, to Lund in Sweden; most likely written by the Swedish participant and bronce medal winner (tug of war) Oswald Holmberg.

2 l., 3 l. and 5 l. tied by c.d.s. "KERKYRA 10 APR (06)" (2nd day of the games) to front of artist's picture postcard, dated "23-4-06" to Palermo, with arrival mark

1 dr. imperforate single with good to very large margins, showing part of neighbour stamp at bottom, used by Athens cds. of 1910, fine and scarce

1906, 5 dr. and mercury 20 l., tied by small cds. to registered envelope from Corinth to Patras with arrival mark. Very fine and rare.

"STADION", special cancel on 2 l., 3 l., 50 l. and 1- 5 dr.; some with mostly very light staining and 2 dr. corner crease, otherwise fine

"STADION 16 APR.06", clear strike on 3 dr. on cover to Brussels with arrival mark, very fine and rare

"ZAPPEION 18 APR.06" (10th day of the games) on 10 l. and official vignette in blue, on picture postcard 'STADIUM Olympic games 1906', with short text to Denmark with arrival mark on front. The vignette slightly damaged in the right perforation, otherwise very fine and rare

Griechenland: 1940, Luftpostbrief mit portogerechter 114 Drachmen-Frankatur mit rückseitigem Luftpoststempel "ATHEN POSTA AERIENNE 21.II.40" sowie Devisenzensur nach Buenos Aires mit Ankunftsstempel. Der Umschlag mit kleinen Radierspuren oberhalb der Anschrift und leichten Altersspuren, sonst in guter Gesamterhaltung. LATI-Luftpost aus Griechenland war bis zum 28.10.1940 möglich und ist recht selten

1842/1920 (ca.), unused and mostly used collection with covers, incl. Creta, specialized with shades, some plate flaws, with an abundance of duplicates, better items starting with a superb section of the Large Hermes Head issues, some fine printings noted, with 20l.(134), 30l.(44), 40l.(70), 60l.(19), 80l.(41) used, etc., together with a selection of entires, covers and postal stationeries, some forgeries noted. Some occasional faults as to be expected, overall in very good and fresh condition, a most pleasant, attractive and very scarce assembly, neatly housed in one album

1871/1970(ca.), large mint never hinged/unused and used accumulation, incl. Postage Dues and Related Areas, with an abundance of duplicates, strength before the 1940s, starting with the imperforate Hermes issues, 1896 Olympic Games, some large multiples, fine part of Creta and local issues, together with a small selection of covers and postal stationeries. Some occasional faults especially in the early issues, mostly in good condition, neatly housed in one stockbook

1914/3, Group of sheets (16) mint never hinged, most from the Greek Occupations and Epirus, together with a couple of large multiples, very fine

1861/1975 (ca.), nice specialised collection in four volumes and 2 stockbooks, mostly  on exhibition pages, starting with good part large Hermes Heads, including Paris print more than complete with several shades, some nice letters, later Michel no. 96 – 107, 118 – 22, 144 – 57, IV, 369 – 71, 437 – 46 and issues from 1936 collected according to watermark types, nice part postage due, areas, etc, also some literature. 

1861/80, Large Hermes Head, specialized,mostly used collection with more than 100 stamps, each stamp specified by Simmermacher/Karamitsos, good quality

1862/1980 (ca.), used collection with some complete and better issues (including Michel No. 144-57), colors and specialties, neatly in the album with preprinted pages