Sale No: 309
Lot No:2265
Symbol:Cat No:Essay

1858 French Cêrès Essay: Plate Proofs (3) in green, deep blue and bistre, all in Imperforate corner marginal or marginal blocks of four with the top inscription 'ESSAI 1858' and the value tablet '00', no Control Figures on reverse, some marginal toning and light creasing, fine and rare. (Image 1) (Image)

Sale No: 309
Lot No:2266
Symbol:Cat No:Essay

1858 French Cêrès Essay: Plate Proofs (3) in green, deep blue and bistre, all in Imperforate corner marginal blocks of four with the top inscription 'ESSAI 1858' and the value tablet '00', no Control Figures on reverse, some marginal toning and light creasing, fine and rare. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

Sale No: 309
Lot No:2267
Symbol:Cat No:Essay

1861 French Cêrès Essay without inscription: Imperforate Plate Proofs (2) in red and blue without inscriptions in the top and bottom tablets; no control figures on reverse, fresh and fine.rnNote: Printed in 1861 in an attempt to improve the printing method initially developed during 1858/1859 by Dêsirê-Albert Barre in Paris and exhibited at the Universal Exhibition in London in 1862. (Image 1) (Image)

Sale No: 309
Lot No:2268
Symbol:Cat No:4

1861: Paris printing 10 l. yellowish-orange on blue, two single examples with good to large margins with vivid colour, used on 1861 cover from Sparta to Syros tied by '32' numeral of Sparta with matching cds (Nov 18) in black alongside. Light horizontal file fold well away from stamps and postmarks, a tiny tear in the cover at top, nevertheless an attractive usage to pay the 20 lepta inland rate. Signed Calves & Holcombe Hellas 4a.rnProvenance: 'Parthenon' Collection, Ivy & Mader, Aug 1995. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

Sale No: 309
Lot No:2269
Symbol:Cat No:5+6+11+12

Outgoing to Austria 1862 (March 11): Cover from Syros to Trieste franked at 75 lepta rate (including 20 lepta internal), bearing 1861 Paris printing 20 lepta blue and 40 lepta mauve in combination with 1862 Athens printing 5 l. deep green on greenish and 10 l. orange on greenish all tied by dotted '67' numeral of Syros, with despatch cds in black and PED handstamp in red alongside. Reverse with TRIEST arrival cds (March 27). File folds well away from the appealing franking and minor staining, nevertheless a remarkable and attractive cover. Cert. Mentaschi (2013). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

Sale No: 309
Lot No:2270
Symbol:Cat No:44

Outgoing to France 1877 (April 25): Double rate cover from Athens to Lyon, bearing New Values - Paris Printing 60 l. deep-green on green, a superb example with regular large margins all round and fresh colour, tied by light Athens despatch cds in black, another information strike and part French entry cds's in red alongside. Reverse with Dijon transit and Lyon arrival cds (April 14). Horizontal file fold away from stamp and postmarks, a very rare usage of this stamp. Certs. Nussbaum (1986), Holcombe (1989) Hellas 44. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image)

Sale No: 309
Lot No:2271
Symbol:Cat No:3+6+12/II+13/II

Incoming from Austria 1862 (April 26): Unpaid entire letter from Triest to Kalamata, despatch cds on front in black, charged upon arrival with '75' lepta in red crayon. Taxed with Paris printing 5 l. green on greenish and 40 l. mauve on blue in mixed franking with Athens Print fine impression 10 l. orange and 20 l. blue, an exceptional group of four adhesive with regular large margins and fresh colour, tied with '31' numeral of Kalamata. Reverse with Athens transit cds (April 18). Austrian manuscript '3/15' in blue crayon (3 kr. Trieste local fee + 15 kr. = 55 lepta ship fee), total fee includes 20 lepta Greek inland postage. Horizontal and vertical file fold well away from the franking, an appealing four colour usage from two different printings. Signed Calves Hellas 3a+7a+12/II+13/II.rnProvenance: 'Parthenon' collection, Ivy & Mader, Aug 1995. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

Sale No: 309
Lot No:2272
Symbol:Cat No:21a+26+31

Incoming from Austria 1870 (April 30): Unpaid cover from Triest to Athens, on arrival charged '70' lepta in red crayon and franked with 1862/67 Consecutive Athens printing 40 l. grey-mauve on blue, 1868/69 Cleaned plates printing 10 l. red-orange, and 1870 Special 20 l. blue, three singles with fresh colour and overall good to large margins, all tied by ATHENS cds (April 23, julian). Minor filing folds not affecting the franking, an appealing three-colour franking, correctly charged 70 lepta to pay for a cover from Trieste. Signed Avanzo, cert. Mentaschi (2015) Hellas 20/Ib+26a+31. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

Sale No: 309
Lot No:2273
Symbol:Cat No:18+19+20+22

Incoming from Great Britain 1870 (May 10): Unpaid lettersheet from London to Patras, endorsed "Via Italy", despatch cds on front in black, charged upon arrival with '115' lepta in blue and red crayon. Taxed with Consecutive Athens printing 5 l. green, 10 l. yellow-orange, 20 l. sky-blue and 80 l. rose-carmine, a fine group of four adhesives with good to large margins and vivid colour, tied with PATRAS cds (May 6, julian). Reverse with Kerkyra transit cds (May 4). One sideflap missing and horizontal file fold well away from stamps and postmarks, nevertheless a most appealing cover with the correct 115 lepta rate for an unpaid letter from Great Britain via France or Italy in the tariff of January 1870 Hellas 17+18+19+22. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

Sale No: 309
Lot No:2274
Symbol:Cat No:Collection

1861: Nice group beginning with first issue 10 L unused, mounted, large part og, miniscule thin in upper right corner, all three Olympic issues complete - 1896, surcharges from 1900 and 1906. Navarino 1927/28, airpost from November 2nd and high values 50 to 100 Drachmas 1933, all unused mounted etc. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image)

1862-2003: Two stockbooks containing collection including duplication, 19th century in mixed condition, but unexplored, several better semi-classical sets like Zeppelins 1933 used and a few sets after WW2 never hinged, with some Crete and Samos. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image)

Sale No: 309
Lot No:2276
Symbol:Cat No:Collection

1950/94: Collection in the main numbers complete, unused unmounted, og. housed in one Linder-hingeless-album. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image)

Sale No: 309
Lot No:2277
Symbol:Cat No:Collection

1900/1945, Selection of sixty covers and cards originating from Greece, Cyprus, Corfu and Crete, including Italian occupation mail, various Italian frankings and military marks, a number of censor mail covers with different handstamps, noted "39/Gre", also German Field Post, registered mail, also early various Greek frankings and picture postcards, condition mixed, although a number of scarcer examples. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15) (Image 16) (Image 17) (Image 18) (Image 19) (Image 20) (Image 21) (Image 22) (Image 23) (Image 24) (Image 25) (Image 26) (Image 27) (Image 28) (Image 29) (Image 30) (Image 31) (Image 32) (Image 33) (Image 34) (Image 35) (Image 36) (Image 37) (Image 38) (Image 39) (Image 40) (Image)

Sale No: 309
Lot No:7033
Symbol:Cat No:1+4+6+7

1861: 1 l. chocolate, Paris print, a used vertical pair with full to exceptional margins together with 10 l. orange on bluish, 40 l. mauve on blue and 80 l. rose, all with good to large margins except 10 l. just touch at lower right, on 1861 cover (Nov 29) to France, paying the 132 lepta single rate to France including the 20 lepta Greek inland rate. A stunning four colour franking despite faint filing crease through 80 l. and top 1 lepta. A most attractive and very rare franking of great visual appeal. Signed Hunziker. Cert. Tseriotis (2002). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image)