366. Auktion März 2018

Chios 1877 (Symi): Entire folded letters with dateline "Symi 3/15.Aug.1877", franked with 10sld 1876, tied with "SCIO-CESME 24/8", sent to "Triest 30/8" datestamp on reverse, together with a manuscript "Fco" (=franco) in blue pencil. Scarce

Chios 1890: Registered corner cover franked with strip of 4x1pi/10kr (1888) tied with violet "SCIO-CESME 15.11.90", sent to "Constantinopel I 18.11.90" cds on reverse. Registration label showing only "Scio-Chios" (without Cesme), scarce and fine

Mytilini 1852: Entire folded letter with dateline "Constantinople 16.August.1852", stamped with grey blue oval handstamp "Agenzia del Lloyd Austriaco METELINO", sent to "Athinai 28.Aug.1852" cds via "Piraiefs 28.Aug." cds. The letter was found in the postal bag from Constantinople, with manuscript note in Italian "Trovata nella Valigia Postale da Constantinopoli per Metelino". Rated 10 lepta for the inland postage. Very interesting Postal History item and superb strike

Mytilini 1859: Cover of folded letter with black oval handstamp "Agenzia del Lloyd Austriaco METELINO", sent to Constantinople. Scarce and very clean strike, vertical folding

Mytilini 1864 (Ayvali): Entire folded letter with dateline "Kydoniae 22.Jan.1864", stamped with blue METELINE 4/2" cds and linear "Franco", sent to "SYROS 27.Jan.64" cds. Rated 40 lepta for the second weight inland postage, paid with 40L (consecutive printings) Mail from Aivaly to Mytilini was carried by private means. Very interesting Postal History item and very fine strike, Holcombe signature next to the stamp

Mytilini 1864, 1872 (Ayvali): Two entire folded letters written at "Kydoniae", stamped with "METELINE 7/7" and marked "Franco", or franked with 10sld 1867 tied with black METELINE 3/5" cds, sent to "Syros". Both rated 20 lepta for the inland postage, paid with 20L (consecutive printings and cleaned plates respectively), scarce & fine - very fine

Mytilini 1867, 1874?: An entire folded letter and a small envelope, franked with 10sld 1864 tied with "METELINE 10/1", or franked with 10sld 1867 tied with METELINE 8/8" cds, sent to "ATHINAI 2.Jan.67" & "30.Jul.74?" cds, both via "Lloyd Agenzie SMIRNE". Rated 20 lepta for the inland postage, paid with 20L (consecutive printings and meshed paper respectively). The Large Hermes with 3 margins each, scarce & fine

Mytilini 1872 (Ayvali): Cover of folded letter written at "Kydoniae 24.Aug.72", franked with 10sld 1867 tied with black METELINE 6/9" cds, sent to "SYRA 27.Aug.72" cds. Rated 20 lepta for the inland postage, paid with pair of 5L +10L (meshed paper), scarce mixed franking & fine (5L with 2 margins). Ferchenbauer certificate (1991)

Mytilini 1874: Cover of folded letter franked with 6x5sld 1867 tied with "METELINE 28/3", sent to "Braila" Romania, nice franking

Tenedos 1858: Entire folded letter written in Greek with dateline "Limnos 16/28.Aug.1858" postmarked with blue oval "Agenzia del Lloyd Austriaco TENEDOS" sent to Smyrna. Only one cover known to Tchilinghirian (same in Smith collection), this being the second reported and the UNIQUE known originated from the neighboring island of Lemnos. Some ink stains, a must for the Aegean Islands Postal History collector

Tenedos 1861: Two covers of folded letters with blue "TENEDOS 21/3" & "11/9" cds, sent to Triest, the second marked also with linear "Franco". Very fine strikes, scarce and desirable

Tenedos 1862, 1864: One cover only and an entire folded letter with black "TENEDOS 9/10" & "12/5" cds, sent to Triest (with arrival datestamps), the first marked also with linear "Franco" h/s and rated "20" on reverse, the second rated "40" on obverse. Very fine strikes, scarce and desirable

Tenedos 1864: Entire folded letter with black "TENEDOS 10/3" together with linear "Franco", rated "20", sent to Salonica. Stunning strikes, cover imperfections & stains, very scarce destination and desirable

Tenedos 1874, 1879: a. Front only with part of the backside, with black "TENEDOS 30/1" tying a 10sld coarse whiskers, sent to "ATHINAI 4.Febr.74 via "Lloyd Agenzie Smirne" cds. 20L Large Hermes Head to pay the inland rate tied with dotted "1". b. Cover only of folded letter franked with 10sld fine whiskers tied with "TENEDOS 7.3.79" cds (type 3) sent to Fiume, via Triest & Constantinopoli Lloyd cds. No other cover with this combination is reported

Vathy 1899: Parcel post form franked with 2x10pa/3kr +4x20pa/5kr 1890+2x5pi/50kr 1891, all tied with "VATHY Oesterreichische Post 5.7.99", sent to "Strassfurt" cds, Germany, Scarce & very fine

Vathy 1912: Parcel post form (complete, with the coupon) franked with 20pa +2pi +7x20pi 1908 (142,50 piastres!), all tied with "VATHY Osterr. Post 24.I.12", for a parcel of 42 kgs sent to "Basel" cds. Rare franking & very fine, with vertical folding

CRETE: 1903, Surcharges on 1899 Austrian, the two high values in canceled horizontal strips of three, with "CANEA" cds. The 4f/4k is exceptionally well centered. With Ferchenbauer certificates (1986). Scarce with Cretan cancels. 

Candia 1860s: Large cover with blue "CANDIA 17/6" cds and "Franco", sent to "BEYRUT 20.GIUG" (two-lines Austrian datestamp), paid "30" (on reverse). Very unusual destination, in any case a rare envelope in fine condition

Candia 1868: Entire folded letter with dateline "Irakleion 25.Aug.1868" (old Style), franked with 10sld 1864 tied with "CANDIA 7/9" cds sent to "SYROS 28.Aug". The inland postage was paid with a marginal copy of 20L Large Hermes (cleaned plates). Scarce and very fine, Diena certificate (1987)

Candia 18?: Cover only of folded letter franked with 2x10sld 1867 tied with "CANDIA 26/6" cds sent to "SYROS 15.June" cds. Rated "40" in red crayon, for the inland postage (2nd weight), paid with a 40L Large Hermes (consecutive printings 1862-67). Rare, without any indication of the year, Holcombe certificate (1993) and signature next to the stamps

Candia 1900: 20pa/10h postal card written at "Agios Georgios Falandras" (near Faestos, ~60km far of Irakleion), possibly carried by the Greek Post, showing the "IRAKLEION 17.June.1900" cds (old style), then given to the Austrian P.O. canceled with "CANDIA Oesterreichische Post 2.7.00", sent to Germany. An interesting example of collaboration between the Posts, must be researched, very fine

Candia 1904: Registered cover overfranked with complete 1903 issue, tied by "CANDIA b OSTERR. POST" cds, mailed to Bohemia. Philatelic, vertical crease does not detract, stamps of this issue with genuine Cretan cancels are scarce.  

Candia 1909: Registered envelope franked with 5c +10c +pair of 25c 1908 tied with "CANDIA b Osterr. Post 16.IV.09", with "Remboursement" triangular label (cash on delivery) sent by a philatelist to Switzerland, scarce and interesting, very fine 

Candia 1914: Corner cover franked with Austrian stamps 5h +pair of 10h 1908, tied with "CANDIA b Osterr. Post 22.VII.14", addressed to Vienna, without any arrival postmark. According to Tchilinghirian the usage of Austrian stamps was not allowed and only few values should exist, very rare and interesting

Canea 1853: Entire folded letter, datelined "Hania 20.March.1853", marked with "Agenzia del Lloyd Austriaco CANEA" handstamp (type 1) sent to "Triest 14/4" datestamp. Prepaid and rated "12" kr on reverse, scarce and very clean strike 

Canea 1860: Entire folded letter, marked with clean black "Agenzia del Lloyd Austriaco CANEA" handstamp (type 1) sent to "SYROS 8.Jan.60" cds. Rated in red crayon "30" lepta, late use of this postmark, scarce

Canea 1860: Prepaid entire folded letter, datelined "Hania 5/20.Aug.1860", marked with overy clean oily green "Agenzia del Lloyd Austriaco CANEA" handstamp (type 1) sent to "SYROS 10.Aug.60" cds. Rated in red crayon "10" lepta, to pay the inland Greek postage, very late use of this postmark and rare

Canea 1867/68: An entire folded letter and a cover only, franked with 15sld 1864 and 5sld+10sld 1864 respectively, tied with type 2 datestamp in two lines "CANEA", sent to "Triest" with datestamps on reverse. Clean and scarce material

Canea: Small cover franked with 25sld 1867 tied with brown datestamp in two lines "CANEA 10.AGO" (type 2), sent to "Firenze 14.Ago" cds via "BRINDISI 13.Ago.72(?)" cds. According to Tchilinghirian the 25sld value is RRR with Canea postmarks, extremely hard to find

Canea 1876: Stationery envelope 10sld 1867, canceled with "CANEA 25.10.76" cds (type 3) sent to "Lloyd Agenzie CONSTANTINOPOLI 28.10" cds. According to Feenstra (p. 122) only one such envelope was reported, this being the second one, ink stains, very fine strike 

Canea 1881: Registered cover franked with a pair of 10sld tied with "CANEA 30.5.81" cds (type 3), marked with the scarce linear "Chargé", sent to "Marseilles" cds, fine and desirable

Canea 1881: Registered cover franked with a strip of 5x5sld tied with "CANEA 11.4.81" cds (type 3), marked with a faint strike of the scarce linear "Chargé", sent to "Marseilles" cds, fine - very fine and desirable

Canea 1898: Registered picture postcard franked with 20pa/5kr +1pi/10kr, tied with "CANEA I.R. Spedizione Postale 19.3.98" cds (type 4), with R-label, sent to "Troppau" cds, scarce registered postcard and very fine

Canea 1905: Insured cover for the amount of 370 Francs, franked with 1pi/25h +2pi/50h +5pi/1Kr (in total 8pi), tied with "CANEA Oesterreichische Post 6.1.05" cds, sent to "Leipzig 15.1.05" cds (mail to Senf), scarce and very fine

Canea 1910: Envelope stationery 5c 1908, canceled with "CANEA Osterr. Post 11.VII.10" cds, sent to Laibach. Not recorded use in Crete by Feenstra scarce and fine, vertical folding

Canea 1895, 1905: Two envelopes handstamped with the official handstamps of the Austro-Hungarian Consulat in Canea (one in French and one in German) and sealed with relative circular label. Franked with 2x20pa/5h and 5c/h +2x10c/h, tied with "CANEA I.R. Spedizione Postale 8.12.95" & "4.3.05" cds, sent to Vienna, scarce official mail