1896 Olympics 25L with SPECIMEN ovpt, mint hr (slightly toned), fine (Image)

1896 Olympics 40L with SPECIMEN ovpt, mint hr (slightly toned with a couple of tone spots), fine (Image)

1896 Olympics 60L black with SPECIMEN ovpt, no gum, some traces or red on surface otherwise fine (Image)

1896 60L forgery in black in sheetlet of 10, fine and unusual (Image)

1896 Athens cover, front & a ppc of the stadium; cover sent registered 1896 May 17 with two Olympic 25l tied by Athens "3" cds and front (faults) with 15 2l Olympic stamps tied by blue Piraeus cds (Image)

1898 (Sep 2) Envelope from the Greek National Bank (wax seals on reverse) with 1896 Olympic 2D and Hermes 10l tied by Athens "3" cds, paying 6 times the rate incl. registration, sent to Constantinople with British P.O. arrival cds, minor cover discolouration from wax seal, fine and very rare commercial usage of the 2D (Image)

1900 (Feb) Large linen envelope from the Greek National Bank (wax seals on reverse) with two 1896 Olympics 5D and a single 60l plus 20l Hermes, tied by Athens "3" cds, paying 35 times the letter rate incl. registration, British P.O. Constantinople arrival bs, minor cover faults with small portion of backflap missing, a spectacular high franking and extremely rare commercial usage of the 5D, let alone two examples on the same cover (Image)

1896-1906, Greece Olympic mint issues incl. 1896 to 10D (10D creased, missing 2D & 5D), 1900-01 ovpt set (incl. forged 50 on 25 on 40L) and 1906 set, mostly fine