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 | Lot #5288 GREECE Lemnos Naval and Maritime Mail 1913 cover mailed from a Greek cruiser "Georgios Averof" stationed at Lemnos, franked with three overprinted adhesives paying 10 lepta to Piraeus, with 20 Apr 1914 arrival pmk, cover creases, otherwise fine and unusual example of Balkan Naval mail from a Greek cruiser (with the bequest of the wealthy benefactor George Averoff, Greece acquired the ship from Italy in 1909. The most modern warship in the Aegean at the time, she served as the flagship of admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis and played a major role in the establishment of Greek predominance over the Ottoman Navy and the incorporation of many Aegean islands to Greece)
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