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Auction: 1020 - Summer Collectors Series - Stamps
Lot: 1531

Greece 1861-1949 magnificent mint and used collection housed in six large maroon Elbe albums contained in a carton, including Parthanon Essays (12), 1861 Paris print 1L. and 20L. black, 5L. rose and 40L. orange colour trials, 1L. (20) with unused corner pair, 2L. (14) with unused block of four, 5L. (10), 20L. (12), 40L. (6), 80L. (11) with a part original gum strip of four from the upper-left corner of the sheet, 10L. unused and used, 1861-62 first Athens print 1L. unused and used, 2L. (26) with four blocks of four, 5L. (15), 10L. (7), 20L. (8), 40L. (4) and 80L. (8) with a used strip of three, 1862-67 1L. with two blocks of four (one from the corner of the sheet), 5L. with a rare used block of four, 10L. (30) with unused strip of three, "01" error used, 40L. (28) with unused pair, 80L. (31) with unused pair, 1867-69 cleaned plates 10L. (2 unused), 20L. 40L. and 80L. unused, 1870 Special printing, 1870-71 Cleaned Plates 1L. unused pair, 10L. unused, 40L. unused, 1872-75 thin paper 10L. "0" error, 40L. rosy mauve unused, 1875-80 cream paper with 1L. five blocks of four, blocks of six nine and fifteen (2), 2L. with three blocks of four and a rare used block of twenty-five, 5L. emerald-green unused pair, 10L. error "00" used in pair with normal and single, 20L. error "02", 1876 Paris printing 30L. (2 unused), Athens printing 30L. (6 unused), 60L. (2 unused), 1881-87 without figures 5L. with nine blocks of four, 10L. with four blocks of four and a strip of four from the foot of the sheet, 20L. ultramarine unused pair, 20L. carmine-lake unused, 30L. ultramarine (2 unused), 40L. unused block of four from the side of the sheet, Small Hermes heads with 1886-88 Belgian printing imperf. 25L. (3) and 1L. (2) unused, perf. 11 1/2 with values to 1d., 1889-95 Athens printing imperf. 10L. blocks of four (2) and twenty-five, 20L. blocks of four (5) and six (2), 1896 Olympic Games set, 40L. sheetlet of ten, 1900 surcharges imperf. 20L. on 25L. inverted surcharge (9), double surcharge (11), 2d. on 40L., 30L. on 40L. two blocks of four each containing the "A" variety, 40L. on 2L. block of four containing the "A" variety, 3d. on 10L. block of four, 5d. on 40L. (4), perf. 5d. on 40L. imperf. between vertical pair, 1900-01 A.M. imperf. 1d. on 40L. (4), perf. 1d. on 40L., 2d. on 5L. block of four, on Olympic Games 5L. on 1d. surcharge double (2), 25L. on 40L. double surcharge, another surcharged 50L. in black in addition, 2d. on 10d. sheetlet of 10 including the triangle for "A" variety, 1906 Olympic Games, 1911-23 engraved with values to 10d. (3) and 25d. (9), Lithographed 20L. (block of four), 30L. strip of four, 80L. and 3d. pairs imperf., 1912-13 "greek administration" in black, reading up 1L. to 5d. (including the rare 3d. with missing "I" variety) blocks of four, 10d. single, 25d. (2), in red reading up 25L., 30L. 10d. blocks of four, 25d. horizontal overprint, Postage Dues, 1913 Victory set, 1916 "E.T." overprints with varieties, 1917 Venizelist set with 1L. to 1d. in imperf. blocks of four, 1917 Social Providence surcharges with varieties, the rare 20L. on 20L (unused and used) and 20L. on 60L. Fiscal, 1923 Revolution 1922 overprints with 2d. on Victory 2d., on Crete 10L. on 25L. "Provisional", 1905 Pictorial 10L. on 20L., 50L. on 1d. imperf. pair, 5d. on 5d., Postage Due small Greece 10L. on 20L., 1927-35 prepared for use but not issued 1L., 5d. block of fifty (5x10), 1927 Liberation set in blocks of 4, 1927-28 Navarino set in blocks of 4, 1930 Centenary, 1930 Monastery 8d. block of 4, 1939 Ionian Islands set in blocks of 4, 1940 Youth Postage and Air set (the Postage set also in blocks of 4), 1942 Postage Due "50" on 30L. sheet of 100, 1946-47 Chains surcharges with values to 5000d. on 15,000d. in blocks of four, 1946 Monarchy set in blocks of four, 1946-47 first Victory (50 sets, mostly in blocks), 1948 second Victory 1000d. sheet of fifty, Air Mails with 1933 Bari Fair set in blocks of four, 1933 Zeppelin set, 1933 Aeroespresso and Government sets, 1941 1d. on perf. 2d. inverted surcharge block of four, etc.; the condition mixed and varying from superb unmounted mint to heavily mounted, stuck down to unused or used but nevertheless a wonderful lot and a fine basis for expansion. Viewing is strongly recommended. Photo. Buyer to collect Estimate £ 26,000-30,000

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