366. Auktion März 2018

1912, Map Issue, the 5L pale green in a sheet margin vertical strip of three with the two lower stamps being a tete-beche pair. Fresh, oily ink impression, one thinned (not in the tete-beche pair), unused, backstamped Garas. 

1912, Map Issue, the 5L pale green in a tete-beche pair tied to fragment by "VATHY" cds. Fresh, oily ink impression, backstamped Garas and Schmitt. 

1912, Map Issue, the 5L in blue instead of pale green, sheet margin block of four, fresh, light oily ink impression, unused. Backstamped Deilakis. Very Fine and rarely seen multiple.

1912, Map Issue, the 5L in red and in blue instead of the issued pale green. Corner singles, fresh, oily ink impression, the red with hinge remnant, the blue very lightly hinged. The red is backstamped by Drossos and the blue by Garas. 

1912, Map Issue, the 5L in red and in blue instead of the issued pale green. Fresh, light oily ink impression, sheet margin copies, lightly toned, unused. The red is backstamped by Deilakis and the blue by Garas. 

1912, Map Issue, the 5L in red and in blue instead of the issued pale green. With sheet selvage, fresh, oily ink impression, lightly hinged gum. Backstamped Deilakis.

1912, Map Issue, the 10L in a tete-beche pair. Very fresh, lightly hinged, backstamped by Wenkums and Garas. 

1912, Map Issue, the 10L in a tete-beche pair. Very fresh, "VATHY" cds, canceled-to-order. Backstamped by Garas and Schmitt.

1912, Map Issue, the 10L in pale green and in blue instead of the issued red. Both unused, gum toning, backstamped by Argyropoulos. 

1912, Map Issue, the 10L in pale green and in blue instead of the issued red. The 10L green mint, unused and gum toning, backstamped by Roussos, Drossos and Cosmopoulos. The 10L blue with very lightly hinged original gum, backstamped Drossos. 

1912, Map Issue, the 10L in pale green and in blue instead of the issued red. Very Fine, lightly hinged, backstamped by Deilakis.

1912, Map Issue, the 10L in pale green and in blue instead of the issued red. Very fine, lightly hinged, backstamped by Garas, Wenkums, Cosmopoulos, etc. 

1912, Map Issue, the 10L in pale green instead of red, sheet margin block of four, fresh, light oily ink impression, unused with one stamp lightly hinged (others appear never hinged). Backstamped Deilakis. Very Fine and seldom seen in multiples. 

1912, Map Issue, the 25L in pale green instead of blue, oily ink impression, fresh, unused, Drossos backstamp and Schmitt pencil number on back. Very Fine and scarce.

1912, Map Issue, the 25L in pale green instead of blue, oily ink impression, fresh, tied on registered cover fragment by "VATHY" cds. Signed by Holcombe. 

1912, Map Issue, the 25L in red instead of blue (two shades, light oily ink impression). Two sheet margin copies, one with Garas' backstamp, the other with Deilakis'. Unused, one with gum toning. 

1913, Castles Issue, the 5dr with Sophoulis' monogram in red on the front and his handwritten signature on the back. The stamp has a thin and hinge remnant that do not detract from this exceptionally difficult item. 

Vathy 1913: Beautiful picture postcard showing the "Inauguration du tramway à Carlovassi le 25 Septembre 1905" with 1L c.t.o. with bilingual "VATHY" and the scarce 10 para token of the tramway

Vathy 1913: 2x1L +25L ovpt "large Samos" tied with "VATHY 6.Apr.13" cds on registered wrapper of printed matter, rare rate, properly posted & very fine

1893/1915, small collection including Mi.-no. 15-19, 32-36, etc., also some foreign post offices, entires and some forgeries

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION: 1914/15, Samos Hermes set with wrong overprint colors (the 1dr wrong color overprint doubled) on registered cover from Vathy to Leipzig, Germany. Very clean and unusual, backstamped Schmitt. 

1914, General Administration of Samos Overprinted Hermes, five different, each with the wrong Administration overprint color (red instead of black or vice-versa). All fresh, unused, backstamped Richter and Senf. 

1914, General Administration of Samos Overprinted Hermes, four different, all with the Administration overprint in red instead of black. Used on fragment, the 5L with light staining, backstamped twice. Nice group

1914, General Administration of Samos Overprinted Hermes Issue, three errors including a 10L with inverted black Administration overprint; a 1dr with inverted red Administration overprint, backstamped Argyropoulos; a 1dr with double black Administration overprint, and red overprint ink offset on gum, backstamped Senf and Richter. Fresh, unused

Samos 1921: Pair of 50L ovpt "General Administration of Samos" together with pair of 10L +25L lithographic Greek stamps, tied with "SAMOS 23.Dec.21" type V cds on parcel post form for three parcels sent to Mytilini, scarce and very fine condition

1915, General Administration of Samos on "Castles" Issue, complete set without the Sofoulis monogram, fresh, the two high values Very Fine, unused, four stamps are backstamped, the 25dr key by three, including Kohler and Schmitt. Key set of Greek philately.

1913/1914, group of 70 covers and fragments from all issues to a variety of destinations, noting among them a Map Issue cover canceled with the rare Municipality of KOKKARI seal and two covers with a 10dr and a 25dr Castles respectively. Mostly philatelic, several with the complete sets affixed, overall very clean.

1900, First Cretan State Issue, group of nine different Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. trial color proofs on regular paper, seven of which have the SPECIMEN perforation; the 50L green and the 1dr blue do not. Unusual large margins of the 1dr blue, therefore possibly a trimmed die proof.  Fresh, unused no gum, very fine

1900/13, Cretan State Issues, a treasure hunter's dream accumulation of hundreds mint and used, as well as covers. Completely unpicked, housed in glassines, better and key set values mostly separated and haphazardly placed in dealer's stock cards; noted several Provisional red and black overprinted 5drs; two complete 1905 sets and numerous mint and used top 3 values of the same set; a couple of 1908 sets complete with duplicate copies of the key 1dr, 3dr and 5drs; well over a dozen 1909, 5drs Surcharge on Rose mint and used; 1909, Gothic 3 & 5drs all over, multiple copies including 3 blocks of four of the key 1910 large Ellas 1dr and many 5dr values, too much to even know what's exactly there. Condition of stamps is mostly high quality, ideal for someone wanting to form a collection. The cover selection is primarily philatelic, some with overprint varieties, one with the 1909, 5dr on rose sticks out, again clean and overall Fine to Very Fine

1901, 1 dr. Black Provisional Overprint Re-Issue with inverted overprint. Fresh, canceled-to-order with "CHANIA" cds, Zourides backstamp. Difficult, especially canceled

1905, Second Cretan State Issue, Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. elegant presentation card bearing the engraved images and descriptions of the issued stamps in Greek and French. Few were produced and even fewer survived. This example has some of the gild worn out, some light soiling, a diagonal crack at lower left affecting one stamp, and hinge marks on the back. 

Potterware: 3 pots and one small statue, also a silver plated egg

1905, Second Cretan State Issue, complete set with diamond perforation, used as specimen examples by Bradbury, Wilkinson, & Co. Fresh, most of the values, including the top 5dr have either full or part gum, backstamped Zeis. Also, complete set overprinted ULTRAMAR in blue by the Portuguese authorities to send as reference stamps to their colonies; also included is the 1907 Third Cretan State Issue. Much better color than usual, some even toning, most have traces or part gum; quite scarce to find, especially in complete sets. 

1905, Second Cretan State Issue, group of eleven different Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. trial color plate proofs (two different of the 5L, 20L and of the 5dr) on regular paper. All with SPECIMEN perforation. Fresh, unused no gum, very fine.

1907, Third Cretan State Issue, Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., trial color plate proofs on regular paper, two with SPECIMEN perforation, the 25L black & brown without. Fresh, unused no gum, very fine.

1908, Small ELLAS Overprint Postage Dues, two copies of the key 1dr, one unused and the other cancelled. Backstamped Schmitt.