366. Auktion März 2018

Chios 1875/83, Fine Print 3sld yellow green, block of four, tied to fragment by "SCIO-CESME 13/7" cds, unrecorded by Tchilingirian, with Briefmakenprufstelle certificate (1999).

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

Chios 1857/1913: Interesting group of 17 items (fronts, envelopes, postcards & postal cards), marked with the 4 of 5 different postmarks of this Post Office, worth examination, good to very 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

Syros: 10sld fine whiskers, canceled with great strike "Agenzia del Lloyd Austro-Ungarico SIRA" in blue, very rare

Mytilini 1856/1914: Very interesting group of 35 items covering all periods, entires, envelopes, lettercards, postal cards and postcards, worth careful examination, fine to very fine

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

Vathy 1898/1914: Group of 35 items, some registered, franked with piaster and/or centimes, many corner covers (thematic Wines or Tobacco). Worth examination, fine to superb

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 1860: Prepaid entire folded letter with dateline "Irakleion 16/28.May.1860", sent to "SYROS 18.May.60" cds, with clean blue strike of the "Agenzia del Lloyd Austriaco CANDIA" handstamp. Rated "10" in red crayon, to pay the inland postage. Sender's handstamp in blue on obverse, Extremely rare and in very fine condition Provenance: Dr. Maurice R. Friend (1982)

1903/06: Eight philatelic registered envelopes franked with scarce values in centimes and Francs, tied with "CANEA" and "RETTIMO". High catalogue value, ideal for stamp collectors

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

Candia 1868/74: Scarce group of 14 items, all with mixed frankings Austrian Levant / Greece, two of them with 10sld 1864 issue, the other with 2x5sld (x1) or 10sld (x11) 1867. Very difficult to put together such a number of items. Stamps tied with "CANDIA" cds (type 2) and most of the letters bear the "P.P." accountancy marking of Candia. Mixed quality of the Large Hermes stamps (10 with short or reduced margins)

Candia 1874/87: Group of 8 items (5 entire letters, 1 cover and 2 postal cards) in soldi currency tied with type 2 (x6) and type 4 (x2) "CANDIA" cds, some with the "P.P." accountancy marking of Candia, sent to various destinations, interesting and in fine to very fine condition

Candia 1888/1910: Group of 18 items (1 entire letter, 2 registered covers, 5 envelopes, 1 registered postal card with reply, 7 postal cards and 2 postcards) in piaster and centimes currencies, tied with types 4-6 "CANDIA" cds, sent to various destinations, interesting and in fine - very fine condition

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