Large Hermes Heads » 1871-76 Meshed paper issue. 5L greyish green used strip of three showing plate flaw "broken circle at upper left" (pos.15), good to very large margins and very fine (Image)

20L blue used pair showing plate flaw "distant frame line" on the left stamp and "close frame line" on the right, very large margins and very fine (Image)

40L greyish magenta used pair with large margins apart from a narrow corner, scarce (Image)

LARGEST RECORDED MULTIPLE 2 Lep, bistre grey, mint nh, bottom sheet marginal block of 60 showing sheet margins on all three sides, with oval control hs on the gum side, a fresh and very fine mint multiple, apparently the largest know block of the stamp (Hellas €6'750+ as blocks of four) (Image)

10 Lepta, red orange, on small letter, tied by blue Municipal triangluar cancel "D.T./ 223" and Argostolion cds 5 November 75, slight cvr soiling, very fine and very rare (Image)

40 Lep, deep bright purple (Groseille), 20 Lep, deep blue, 5 Lep, green, all on transparent paper, and tied by "106" lozenge, on 1874 unfranked folded cover from Malta to Corfu, bearing cds of the British PO in Malta, rated "12 1/2" sent via Siragusa and Brindisi to Corfu where on arrival the 65 Lepta was applied, an array of arrival bs,, colourful and an extremely rare usage of the Groseille shade Expertise: Cert. Holcombe (1988) (Image)