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Pages
Condition
6Catalogue no.96
1 l., 5 copies, tied by c.d.s. "ATHENS 1/15 APR. 1897" to printed matter wrapper to New York, with arrival mark. Small transportation marks, otherwise very fine. Rare printed matter to overseas.
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6Catalogue no.99
10 l. in combination with Small Hermes Head 20 l., tied by c.d.s. "ATHENS 3/28 MAR 1896"(4th day of the games), to envelope, showing on reverse seal of the German consulate, to Karlsruhe, Germany, with arrival mark. A very fine and rare usage during the games.
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6Catalogue no.101
25 l. tied by blue cds. to cover with the return address "S.M.S. 'Kais. Aug.' Phaleron", to Germany with arrival mark
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6Catalogue no.102
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2Catalogue no.ex 103-107
1896, Olympic issue, 1923 reprints from the original dies ex 60 l. - 10 dr. three die proofs and five plate proofs in different colours
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6Catalogue no.150
1906, Olympic issue 25 l. in vertical pair, with c.d.s. "ATHENS 9/ APR 11 19.." to special envelope "KOMITEN FOR SVERIGES DELTAGANDE I OLYMPISKA SPELEN I ATHEN 190 CENTRALPALATSET, STOCKHOLM", to Helsingborg, Sweden, with Athens registered label on reverse and on front Helsingborg registered label. On reverse 5 l. and pair 10 l. uncancelled. Light transportation marks. A very scarce.
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6Catalogue no.154
1906, Olympic Games 1 dr., tied to domestic envelope with transit and arrival marks
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6Catalogue no.155
1906, 2 dr., tied to registered envelope from Athens 1910 to Germany with arrival mark. Very fine and rare.
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6Catalogue no.P10
1891, Postal stationery card 10 l. blue, used with clear cds. "KERKYRA 30 MAR"(1896, 6th day of the games) with long text to Amsterdam, with arrival mark on front. One of very few postal stationery cards without olympic franking, recorded during the games.
Condition
3Catalogue no.
"ATHENS 1" to "ATHENS 9", strikes of all 9 post offices on different values of 1896 Olympic issue
1871: Lithographed 3 kr. green, type III, fresh colour and with good perforation, tied by light Temesvar cds. to entire local letter.Horizontal file folds, not affecting the stamp. Fine and scarce single franking.
1871, litho 5 kr. rose in combination with engraved 3 kr. deep green, both stamps in clear shades, used on front and reverse of local registered envelope, tied by cds. "PEST 14/8 71". A fine and very rare franking. Certificate Visnyovsky (2002)
5 kr. red, five single copies, tied by c.d.s. "SEGESVAR 14/4 74" to entire letter to Paris, with transit- and arrival marks. A fine and unusual franking.
Engraved 25 kr. blue-violet, 15 kr. black.brown and 2 copies 3 kr. blueish green, tied by Budapest c.d.s. to front and reverse of small registered envelope 1874 to Paris, with transit- and arrival marks. A very fine and rare cover to abroad. Signed Ferchenbauer with certificate (1995)
1876, 10 a. red, fresh colours, tied by cds. "REYKJAVIK 22.-8.1901" to illustrated postcard to Wien, with adjacent part arrival blue cds., very fine. A very scarce usage of the 1897 printing, certificate Dr Debo BPP (1983) (Facit-Nr. 26)
1406, commercial entire letter from Florence to Venezia, sender embossed seal at bottom right, minimal ink blemish and some light toning, still fine and very scarce early mail, signed Vollmeier
1436, folded entire from Venezia, written by a noble and sent to an ecclesiastic relative in Bovolone, fine and scarce early mail, signed Vollmeier
1460, commercial lettersheet from Bologna, addressed to the famous merchant Baldesi in Venezia, minimal paper hole not distracting, still fine and scarce, signed Vollmeier
1525, folded entire from Bergamo to the general procuror in Brescia, endorsed "Cito", interesting political text related to the battle of Pavia that saw the King François the First taken prisoner to the Pizzighettone fortress; some slight peripheral wear and aging on the flap, of no importance, most unusual
1599, entire letter from Rome to Venezia with autograph from the Prince of Macedonia, fine two-headed eagle paper seal, "4" soldi applied but possibly not levied, scarce
1713, "SANIT MONIS..." disinfection dry seal applied on lettersheet to Casale Monferrato, one of the earliest sanitation seal, signed Vollmeier
"PNI ESTE" (Vollmeier-Nr. 2), very fair strike in black on undated folded entire. A fine item and the rarest postmark from the Este Post, signed Vollmeier and illustrated in his opus on page 607
1703, "D´Italie" endorsement on folded entire from Carpi, Modena to Nancy, charged "17" sous, fine and scarce mail from the Italian campaign during the Spanish Succession War (1701-1714)
1734, "AR. DITALIE" on folded entire to Paris, tax "12" sous, fine and scarce mail from the Polish Succession War (1733-1735)
1794, "2E DIV. ARMÉE D´ITALIE" very fine strike on folded entire from a soldier of the Second Division stationed at the "Port de la montagne" (Toulon), sent to Grasse, "8" sous for a double weight step letter, tariff of 1st January 1792; very fine, signed Vollmeier
1797, "ARM. D´ITALIE 6ME DON" on entire letter written from Lazi, "a small village located on the mountain of Italian Tirol", and addressed to Melun, charged "13" sous, tariff of 25 December 1796; fascinating text from a son to his parents describing in details the hardships of battle, minimal toning of no importance
1797, "PORT PAYÉ ARM. D´ITALIE 6ME DON" on entire letter from Vicenza to Treviso, manuscript cross to validate the pre-payment and on reverse "4" sous, tariff of 25 December 1796, very scarce (illustrated in Giribone & Vollmeier on page 550)
1798, "ARM. D´ITALIE 12ME DON" superb strike on folded entire from the commander ship´s captain to the "Général en Chef de l´armée d´Italie", endorsed "Service de la Marine très pressé", a delightful and scarce item in very fresh condition
1798, "ARM. D´ITALIE 24ME DON" nicely struck in red on folded entire from Perugia to Amiens, endorsed "B.(ureau) de spoletto", charged "19" sous, signed Pothion
1801, "N°6. PORT-PAYÉ ARM. D´ITALIE" superb strike on entire letter from Ferrara, addressed to a prefect in Bruxelles, reverse "8" décimes, tariff of 22 March 1800, "P.P." applied on transit in Paris; fascinating text by a soldier who took, for a sum of money, a wine merchant´s place during conscription and complained that he did not receive full payment. A fine cover with a very rare postmark combination, signed Pothion
1801, "N°12. PORT PAYÉ ARM. D´ITALIE" almost complete strike on folded entire from Brescia to the Puy, reverse "5" décimes, tariff of 22 March 1800, a very scarce pre-paid mark (illustrated in Giribone & Vollmeier on page 589)
1805, "N°12 ARM. D´ITALIE" neatly struck on folded entire from Villafranca to Grenoble, charged "8" (décimes), tariff of 20 July 1702, interesting text inside "we are about to battle, all military troops have been rapidly gathered on the Adige´s shore...", very fine
1809, "N°14 ARM. D´ITALIE" rather faint strike in red on folded entire from Raab, Hungary to a marshal of the empire "à la Grande Armée", redirected to the army of Spain, initial tax barred and red "N°1 ARM. D´ALLEMAGNE" applied on reverse as a Déboursé mark, the recipient being a high official the letter was considered a service mail. A delightful and rare combination (illustrated in Giribone & Vollmeier on page 596)
1812, "N°3 ARM. D´ITALIE" very fine strike on entire lettersheet to Modena, dated inside "Rastemburg 17. Giugno" and written by an italian soldier one week before the beginning of the Grande Armée march towards Russia; adhesive stamp added and cancelled posthumously on the inside, still fine and scarce
"ARM. D´ITALIE 6ME DON" in red, a somewhat weak strike on lettersheet addressed "au Général en Chef de l´armée d´Italie Bonaparte" in Milan, scarce mail to Napoleon before his coronation in 1804