385th Auction

1919, St. Georg 40 k. red imperforated, block of 30, containing 3 horizontal and/or 8 vertical tete-beche pairs, mint never hinged, fine

1919, Tamara 5r. yellow, two vertical pairs tied by cds. “TIFLIS 15 2 21” to reverse of registered cover from to Boston, there unclaimed and returned, heavy edge wear, otherwise fine, scarce

1921, Dejure, small group with varities like 5r. yellow block of four with “sleeping Tamara”, 40k. and 5r. with inverprint overprint, 3r. block of four on brownish paper, without gum, fine

1919, Allegory 500r. red six values, 1000r. brown, two strip of three, pair and two singles and 5000r. green as block of six, tied by cds. “TIFLIS 14 5 22” to front and reverse of cover, some wrinkles, but an attractive franking

1919, Allegory 1000r. brown and 5000 r. green, each as horizontal pair, together with Hunger Aid 3000r. red-brown, tied by cds. “TIFLIS -5 9 22” to registered newspaper wrapper adressed to the “Bactereologisches Laboratorium” in Leipzig with arrival mark, few short perfs of no importance, a very attractive and rare entire

Famine Relief 50-250 and 25r., each as proof in issued color on thin lined paper, fine, signed Jem

1923, 20000 rbl. violet on 500r. red, block of ten, tied by cds. “TIFLIS 27 4 23” to reverse of registered cover to Berlin with arrival mark, small part of cover at lower right missing, some light toning, otherwise a fine and attractive entire

Allegory 80000 on 3000r. brown, tied by illegible cds. to picture postcard to Berlin, fine and scarce

1923, Coat of arms 15000 on 15k., block of six and two vertical pairs tied by cds. to card to Hamburg, file perforation at left, otherwise fine, scarce

1923, Allegory 15000 on 20000r. gray-blue, block of five tied by cds. “16.5.24” to postal document, the document some faults, but scarce and interesting usage

1923, Coat of arms 700000 on 2k. imperforated, block of 50 with sheet margins and five gutter pairs, position 88 with variety “open 1st. 0”, mint never hinged, tear through 5 stamps, small hole in stamp on position 96, few minor wrinkles mostly in the margin, otherwise fine

CONSULAR POST IN CONSTANTINOPLE: 1920, surcharges, 25 values including multiples, 50 on 5r. on four different colors, mint and used, good quality 

1861, Large Hermes head 2l. brown, two singles 5l. green and singles 40l. lilac on blue and 80 l. carmine on rose, fresh colors and mostly good margins, 40c. touched at top, applied upon arrival and tied by numeral “1” to folded letter originating in Marseille, an attractive 4-color franking, signed Bühler

1861, Paris Printing, Hermes 5 l. green on greenish, vertical pair, fresh color and close to wide margins, used with cds., quite scarce with cds. instead of numeral cancellation, fine

1861, Paris Printing, Hermes 10l. orange on blueish, horizontal pair, fresh color and good to wide margins all around, neatly cancelled with central numeral “32”, very fine, signed Bolaffi and Diena

1872, Hermes 40l. green-olive on blueish, block of four, fresh color and good margins all around, unused, upper left stamp small paper break in the margin, otherwise fine, certificate Diena (1992)

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.    

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.   

1906, Olympic Games 1 dr., tied to domestic envelope with transit and arrival marks

1906, 2 dr., tied to registered envelope from Athens 1910 to Germany with arrival mark. Very fine and rare.

1906, Olympic games 5 dr., die proof in rose and 2 dr., die proof in green, on carton

2004, Olympic Summergames Leonidas Sampanis 0,65 €, laserprinting, withdrawn value, souvenir sheet, mint never hinged, fine

1896, Olympic games 1 l. – 10 dr., all tied by (partly very weak) red Olympic committee cachet to printed sheet "OLYMPIC GAMES" with manuscript text "For Mr. Zafirion on behalf of his RH the crown prince….". Sheet with marginal faults, mounted in frame.

1896, Olympic games, 1923 reprints with the original die (with permission from the Greek government) 2 dr. reply postcard in deep blue on buff card, and 2 dr lettercard in deep red on buff paper, the later one somewhat toned, otherwise very fine and rare

1871, Lithographed, Franz Josef 15 kr. brown, fresh color and good perforation, used with clear cds. “..ASZOMBAT 19/7 71”, fine 

1871, Engraved, 2 kr. orange tied by oval handstamp to 3 kr green typo postal stationery envelope to Vienna. Backflap missing, otherwise fine. A scarce combination.

1930, Allthing 3a. - 10kr., mint never hinged, 3a. tiny adhesion, otherwise fine, certificate Möller BPP (2018)

15 kr. brown, tied by c.d.s. "BOROSJENÖ 11/1" to registered envelope to Aragon

1854, "DOWN JU 22 1854" with adjacent handstamp "2" on lettersheet to Dublin

1922, Thom seahorses, 10 sh. mint never hinged, 2/6 and 5 sh. unused with original gum. 10 sh. certificate Mac Donnell AIEP (2016)

1922/23, Definitives 2 d. with trial coil perforation, used with slogan cancel, vf. Certificat RPSL (1968)

1935, re-engraved 10 sh., horizontal marginal pair, mint never hinged, vf

Airmail 1 s. 3 d. with variety ‘extra feather’ within a marginal strip of 4, mnh, very fine 

1948/65, Airmail 1 s. 3 d. with watermark inverted, unmounted mint, very fine. Certificate MacDonnell  (2003)

1974, RNLI 5 p. with colour gold omitted, mnh, very fine. A rare stamp

1713, "SANIT MONIS..." disinfection dry seal applied on lettersheet to Casale Monferrato, one of the earliest sanitation seal, signed Vollmeier