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 |
 | Lot #496 GREECE 1870 (28 Aug) small cover (with contents) from Athens to Trieste, franked with 5L, 10L and 40L, each with margins all around, red "PD" and arrival pmks, cover tears, otherwise fine Catalog #18,19,21a | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #497 GREECE 1906 30L purple, double impression, left sheet margin single, some offsets on back, v.f. (Karamitsos 196c, €1,400) * Catalog #191a Catalog Value $1,100 | Price Realized $500.00 |
