The Sante Fe Collection
December 7-8, 2011
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #442 GREECE 1858 Barre Essay, head of Ceres in blue, inscribed Essai 1858, blue control figures on back, horizontal pair, v.f., rare in multiples E | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #443 GREECE 1861 1L chocolate (two different shades), 2L olive bister, 5L green (2), 5L lilac, 40L violet blue (2), 80L rose (single and pair), selection of 11 plate proofs on stamp paper, unused, one 40L tiny toned speck, otherwise fresh and v.f. P Catalog #1P/6P | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #444 GREECE 1861 1L chocolate, block of four, proof on brownish paper, block of four, also a single printed on both sides (20L black on reverse), unused, v.f.  PCatalog #1P | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #445 GREECE 1861 large part of a folded letter to Constantinople, franked with horizontal and vertical strips of three of 2L bister brown, the latter with sheet margin at right, also a block of four, margins all around, close but clear at bottom of the block, all cancelled by "61", address portion cut out, fine, signed Calves, Brun  Catalog #2 | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #446 GREECE 1861 (21 Dec) small cover from Athens to Constantinople, franked with 5L, 10L, 20L and 80L, each remarkably with margins all around, partly lifted for inspection and replaced, backflap missing, with additional Athens departure and Constantinople 4 January 1862 arrival pmk on back, signed Deilakis. A fine four color combination cover, early usage of the Paris printing Catalog #3,4,6,7 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #447 GREECE 1861 (23.10) cover from Germany, sent unpaid to Athens, 105 Lepta charged with 10L orange and black, 20L blue and 80L rose, usual margins with first two either touching or cut in at right (20L), remarkable fresh, with Weimar departure, Trieste transit and Athens arrival pmks on back Catalog #4,6,7 | Price Realized $2,700.00 |
 | Lot #448 GREECE 1861 10L yellow orange, unused with full original gum, h.r., minute thin specks, unusually fresh and v.f. A beautiful stamp (Hellas 4a) * Catalog #7 Catalog Value $875 | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #449 GREECE 1861 10L red orange on blue, unused without gum, large margins all around, fresh and exceptional stamp, signed Brun, Roumet etc. (Hellas 4A) catalogue value for no gum, (*) Catalog #7 Catalog Value $450 | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #450 GREECE 1861 10L yellow orange, used, three different shades, used, each with margins all around, fresh, v.f., signed Brun, etc., O Catalog #7 Catalog Value $1,500 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #451 GREECE 1861 10L red orange, without control figures on back, unused without gum, large margins all around, v.f. (Hellas 4Bb) catalogue value for no gum, (*) Catalog #7P Catalog Value €1,550 | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #452 GREECE 1861 10L red orange, without control figures on back, unused with gum, margins all around, faint translucency at top, v.f. * Catalog #7P | Unsold |
 | Lot #453 GREECE 1861 First Athens Printing (Provisional), 2L brown on straw, unused without gum, large margins all around, good color, slightly thinned on back, v.f., with 1988 Holcombe certificate ("all known copies of this rare shade are thinned and without gum") (Vlastos 8c) (Hells 10a) (*) Catalog #9a Catalog Value $6,750 | Price Realized $2,600.00 |
 | Lot #454 GREECE 1861 Athens Provisional (fine printing, without figures on back), 20L dark blue, bluish, solid background, large margins around, beautiful intense color, v.f., signed Roumet etc., with a certificate signed by A.Brun, R.Calves, C.Deilakis, T.Papadopulos, ex-Bernichon, Stanley. A rare stamp in exceptional condition (Hellas 8 II a, cat. Euro 14,800) O Catalog #10 Catalog Value $15,000 | Price Realized $7,000.00 |
 | Lot #455 GREECE 1861 Athens Provisional (fine printing, without figures on back), 20L dark blue, bluish, quadrille background, three margins, cut in at upper left, minor thinning, fine appearance, signed Kohler and Holcombe, rare (Hellas 8a) O Catalog #10 Catalog Value $15,000 | Price Realized $2,000.00 |
 | Lot #456 GREECE 1861 5L yellow green, horizontal strip of three, also 5L green, greenish, horizontal strip of four, margins all around, right stamp (of strip of four) with small thin, otherwise fine-v.f. O Catalog #11 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #457 GREECE 1861 5L yellow green, plate flaw resulting in "missing ear" variety, also 5L deep green, each unused part original gum, margins all around, fine-v.f. * Catalog #11var,11a | Unsold |
 | Lot #458 GREECE 1861 5L green, double "5," one inverted on back, sold as is (*) Catalog #11b | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #459 GREECE 1861 10L orange, two distinct shades, unused with original gum, margins all around, fine-v.f., signed Calves, * Catalog #12 Catalog Value $1,200 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #460 GREECE 1861 (12 Mar) FL sent in 1863 unpaid from Alexandria to Athens, charged 140 Lepta with three 20L and single 80L, each remarkably with full margins and beautifully fresh, endorsed "Col Vapore Austriaco", with departure and arrival pmks, filing fold away from the stamps, v.f. Catalog #13,15 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #461 GREECE 1862 Athens Printing (Fine Impression), 20 Lepta blue, unused with full original gum, h.r., ample and clear margins all around, fine, with Sismondo cert. (Vlastos 25) * Catalog #13 Catalog Value $475 | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #462 GREECE 1861-62 40L red violet, pale blue, unused with full original gum, margins all around, fresh and v.f., rare, * Catalog #14 Catalog Value $5,250 | Unsold |
 | Lot #463 GREECE 1861 40L red violet, two distinct shades, used, margins all around, v.f., one signed Calves O Catalog #14 | Unsold |
 | Lot #464 GREECE 1861 80 lepta carmine, pink, unused with full original gum, h.r., very fresh and beautiful stamp, v.f., signed Holcombe etc. * Catalog #15a Catalog Value $1,200 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #465 GREECE 1861 20L blue, control figures "80" on back, used, three large margins, touching frame line at bottom, rare stamp, signed Calves, O Catalog #20d Catalog Value $2,450 | Unsold |
 | Lot #466 GREECE 1862 20L, 40L plus 5L green, each with margins all around, last one privately perforated (actually rouletted, mentioned in the Kohl handbook on page 122), all cancelled by "106" numeral pmks and tied on FL from Kerkura (11 Feb 69) to Gallipoli. With arrival (24 Feb) pmk on back, filing fold away from the stamps, slight overall ageing and hinge toning at left, with 1978 Albert Matl certificate | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #467 GREECE 1862 small cover (opened for display) used July 1867 from Athens to Habay-La-Neuve, Belgium, paying 65 Lepta with 1L, 2L (2), 20L and 40L, usual margins except last one with large margins all around, the others touching or cut in one side, red Grece a Marseille entry pmk, with Paris transit and arrival markings on back Catalog #16,17,20,21 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #468 GREECE 1862 2L bister, unused pane of 42, six stamps creased in the middle, others v.f. (catalogue value for singles without gum) (*)Catalog #17 Catalog Value $1,260 | Unsold |
 | Lot #469 GREECE 1862 FL sent unpaid in 1872 from Galatz (6 July) via Constantinople to Patraso, charged "45", with the additional of 5L and 40L, overlapped, the latter cut in at right, cancelled by cds on arrival, with transit and arrival pmks, also additional Galatz departure repeated on back, some overall ageing, scarce usage from Romania Catalog #18,37 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #470 GREECE 1862 40L lilac, two different, unused with original gum, the latter with huge margins, v.f., * Catalog #21,28 Catalog Value $875 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #471 GREECE 1862 40L lilac brown, unused with original gum, h.r., margins all around, fine, * Catalog #21b Catalog Value $1,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #472 GREECE 1862 80L carmine, variety inverted "8" of "80" on back, cancelled by Lozenge "111" (Zakynthos), margins all around, v.f., with Sismondo cert. (Vlastos 34b) (Hellas 22Na) O Catalog #22b Catalog Value $550 | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #473 GREECE 1868 outer FL sent unpaid from Messina to Patrasso, charged 90 Lepta with the addition of 10L and 80L, each with full margins, overlapped and tied by cds on arrival, endorsed "col Vapore Francese," 1871 Athens transit and Patrai arrival pmks Catalog #26,29 | Unsold |
 | Lot #474 GREECE 1868 40L violet and blue, "20" on back corrected to "40", used, margins all around, good color, fine and very rare stamp, signed Holcombe, O Catalog #28a Catalog Value $2,750 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #475 GREECE 1870 1L purple brown, used and unused pairs, the latter with original gum, margins all around, fine-v.f. *O Catalog #32a | Unsold |
 | Lot #476 GREECE 1870 40L salmon, unused with original gum, margins all around, h.r., fine, * Catalog #37 Catalog Value $825 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #477 GREECE 1871 (Oct 15) FL from Cardiff to Athens, franked in England with pair of 3p and 2x1p red brown (one affected by filing fold), charged 20L on arrival, margins all around, fine and most attractive combination letter | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #478 GREECE 1871-72 40L lilac rose on greenish paper, the so-called "Solferino", used, with three large margins, uneven to just touching at upper left, excellent color, cancelled Piraeus 12 July 71, fresh, signed Peter Holcombe, with his 1988 certificate ("the stamp has an extremely fine and fresh colour and is without defects. Large margins on three sides and the outer frame line just touched at the top of fourth side. One of the finest of the very few known copies of the rarest and most popular stamps of Greece.") A legendary stamp, of which only 13 (!) have been recorded (among these, one is on piece, another on cover. Two are in sound condition, while all others have varying degrees of faults). This is number V in the Williams classification, ex-Herbert Bloch collection. The "Solferino" got its name after the infamous battle, where it was rumored that the blood on the dead soldiers uniforms had this particular color (Hellas No.36a, catalogue value Euro 130,000 for an example with faults) O Catalog #37a Catalog Value $75,000 | Price Realized $35,000.00 |
 | Lot #479 GREECE 1872 10L red orange, unused with original gum, h.r., margins all around, fine, * Catalog #40 Catalog Value $1,050 | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #480 GREECE 1872 10L red orange, control figures "10" double on back, used, margins all around, fresh, v.f., O Catalog #40c Catalog Value $1,125 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #481 GREECE 1872 20L deep blue, unused with original gum, h.r., margins all around, diagonal crease, still a fine example of this scarce stamp, * Catalog #41 Catalog Value $1,375 | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #482 GREECE 1872 40L red violet, unused with original gum, h.r., margins all around, v.f. * Catalog #42b Catalog Value $1,000 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #483 GREECE 1872 20L ultramarine, control figures "02" on back, used, margins all around, fresh, v.f., O Catalog #47c Catalog Value $475 | Unsold |
 | Lot #484 GREECE 1875 10L orange, unused with original gum, h.r., large margins all around, v.f., * Catalog #46 Catalog Value $425 | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #485 GREECE 1876 30L brown, 60L green, unused with full original gum, margins, margins all around, fresh, v.f. * Catalog #49a,52 Catalog Value $1,125 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #486 GREECE 1876 60L green, two distinct shades, unused with full original gum, margins all around, fresh, v.f. * Catalog #52 Catalog Value $1,250 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #487 GREECE 1880 20L deep carmine, right sheet margin single, h.r., minor wrinkles, v.f. */** Catalog #56b | Unsold |
 | Lot #488 GREECE 1880 40L lilac, two distinct shades, blocks of four, fresh, v.f. *Catalog #58,58a | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #489 GREECE 1886 25L, 50L and 1dr overprinted Specimen, two od each, h.r., fine S Catalog #69,71,72S | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #490 GREECE 1896 Olympics, complete set, l.h. or h.r., fresh, fine-v.f., signed Bolaffi etc., * Catalog #117-128 Catalog Value $1,784 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
| Lot #491 GREECE 1901 registered cover franked with 25L, 1dr and 2fr surcharges, sent from Piraeus to Alexandria, Egypt, v.f. Catalog #151,153,154 | Unsold | |
 | Lot #492 GREECE 1901 5 lepta on 1dr blue, red surcharge double (actually showing parts of three surcharges, one complete and two partial due to a vertical shift), v.f., with 2005 Sismondo cert. (Hellas 165a,variety) * Catalog #159,var Catalog Value $280 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #493 GREECE 1917 Iris, 1L-25dr imperforate, complete set with 13 horizontal or vertical pairs, incl. an additional shade of 25L and unissued 4dr, last one without gum, others h.r., fine-v.f., with Sismondo cert. (Hellas 375b-386b) * Catalog #249a-59a Catalog Value €1,440 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #494 GREECE 1923 10d on 10d carmine, l.h., v.f., signed Drossos, * Catalog #276A Catalog Value $800 | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #495 GREECE 1927 1d blue and bistre brown, variety frame double, n.h., fine, with 2005 Sismondo certificate (Hellas 474d) ** Catalog #328d Catalog Value €780 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #496 GREECE 1927 5d Athens Academy, center inverted, top sheet margin single, used with two additional stamps on an irregular fragment, cancelled Athens 13 XI 34, well centered, thinned, with closed tear in margin only, not affecting the stamp itself, signed Drossos. A fine appearing example of this rarity, only 16 exist, with 2005 Sismondo certificate (Hellas 477b) O Catalog #331b Catalog Value €10,000 | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #497 GREECE 1934 3d violet and black, vertical imperforate pair, l.h. at top, bottom stamp n.h., v.f., with 2005 Sismondo certificate (Hellas 519a) */** Catalog #368a Catalog Value €2,500 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #498 GREECE 1934 15d green and black, vertical imperforate pair, l.h. at top, bottom stamp n.h., v.f., with 2005 Sismondo certificate (Hellas 521a) */** Catalog #370a Catalog Value €2,500 | Price Realized $900.00 |
