U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
November 1-2, 2017
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #495 GREECE 1861-88 Large Hermes Heads, collection of 170+ used and unused on pages, all printings represented, values to 80 Lepta, neatly mounted and arranged on 10 display pages, all four-margin examples, many signed Holcombe, etc. (this group alone Scott's $14,640). In addition, there is a collection of 18 covers or FLs, really a study of rates, neatly written-up, exhibition style on 17 pages; highlights include 1862 FL from French Levant to Spetzes, four color franking of 5L, 10L, 20L and 80L paying 115L on arrival (signed Calves, with his 1993 certificate), other four-color franking from Italy to Athens, Trieste to Kalamata, Paris to Athens (two), Great Britain to Patras (three), 1866 Greece to Austria Prepaid with 75L (two); Papal States letter paying 21 Bajocchi and charged 20L on arrival in Athens; 1867 letter from Marseilles to Athens, charged 188L, paid with a five-color combination franking; 1872 letter from Argostolion to Taganrog, pre-paid with 120L; Austrian Post Office in Rettimo, letter charged 40L on ar  *O | Price Realized $11,000.00 |
