Κυκλοφορία 2 Νοέμβρη
Δευτέρα 16 Νοεμβρίου 2020
Απορριφθέν δοκίμιο του 1945 για τη σειρά του ΟΧΙ
Απορριφθέν δοκίμιο του 1945 για τη σειρά του ΟΧΙ. Από τα αρχεία του ΑΣΠΙΩΤΗ ΕΛΚΑ, δημοσιεύτηκε στο f/b από τον Κώστα Σφήκα, παλαιό πρόεδρο της ΦΕΑ. Δεν γνωρίζουμε τον σχεδιαστή, πιθανόν να είναι ίδιος που σχεδίασε τη σειρά
Σάββατο 3 Οκτωβρίου 2020
Αιγυπτιακό γραφείο ΤΑΝΤΑ μέσω ελληνικού ταχ.γραφείου Αλεξάνδρειας 97 προς Κύμη Εύβοια
1866 (7.10) Folded entire from Tanta via Alexandria to Kymi, Greece, franked Egypt 1st Issue 1 pi tied POSTE VICE – REALI EGIZIANE/TANTA/7.OTT.66 circular datestamp, with Greece 40 lep applied in transit and tied diamond of dots with “97” of Alexandria, with circular datestamp of the Greek Post Office of Alexandria alongside, cover stains not affecting stamps, disinfection slits, a very rare combination franking with Egypt 1st Issue
Expertise: Signed Orestis Vlastos
1862 Επιστολή από Αλεξάνδρεια, χωρίς τέλη με προορισμό την Αθήνα
1862 (23.1) Folded entire from the Greek Post Office in Alexandria, sent unpaid to Athens via the Austrian Lloyd Steamer, endorsed “Par bateau Autrichien” and bearing the oval merchant’s cachet, manuscript 190 in red alongside, postage due applied on arrival in Greece, with addition of Hermes Head 10 lep, 20 lep (Athens Printing) and 2 x 80 lep (Paris Printing), all neatly tied by diamond of dots with “1” in of Athens, and attractive 3 colour franking, with Athens circular datestamp 29.1.62 arrival, showpiece
Expertise: Signed Peter Holcombe, Roger Calves
Κυριακή 27 Σεπτεμβρίου 2020
Λάθος ορθογραφικό στη νέα σειρά γραμματοσήμων
ΕΛΤΑ: Γκάφα με ορθογραφικά λάθη σε επετειακό γραμματόσημο για τη Μάχη των Θερμοπυλών
Το γραμματόσημο που απέσυραν τα ΕΛΤΑ
Τα ΕΛΤΑ απέσυραν το αναμνηστικό γραμματόσημο για τα 2.500 χρόνια από τη Μάχη των Θερμοπυλών, αφού η ιστορική φράση «Ω ξειν, αγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις…» είχε δύο εξόφθαλμα ορθογραφικά λάθη!
Η φράση είναι: «Ω ξειν, αγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ότι τήδε κείμεθα τοις κείνων ρήμασι πειθόμενοι». Μετάφραση στα νέα ελληνικά: «Ξένε διαβάτη που περνάς, ανάγγειλε στους Λακεδαιμόνιους ότι ταφήκαμε εδώ, έχοντας πειθαρχήσει στα προστάγματά τους».
Στο γραμματόσημο, ωστόσο, η μετοχή «πειθόμενοι» αναγράφεται ως «πειθώμενοι», ενώ αντί της αντωνυμίας «κείνων» γίνεται η χρήση του επιθέτου «κοινων».
Το γραμματόσημο επρόκειτο να κυκλοφορήσει στις 22 Σεπτεμβρίου, μαζί με την αναμνηστική σειρά γραμματοσήμων για τα 2.500 χρόνια από τη Ναυμαχία της Σαλαμίνας, ωστόσο με ανακοίνωση τα ΕΛΤΑ έκαναν γνωστό ότι η σειρά «2.500 χρόνια από τη Μάχη των Θερμοπυλών» θα καθυστερήσει «για τεχνικούς λόγους».
Πηγή: iefimerida.gr - https://www.iefimerida.gr/ellada/elta-gkafa-me-orthografika-lathi-se-epeteiako-grammatosimo-gia-ti-mahi-ton-thermopylon
Κυριακή 20 Σεπτεμβρίου 2020
Θλιβερό άγγελμα
Σήμερα Κυριακή 20 Σεπτεμβρίου 2020 απεβίωσε το μέλος της ΕΦΕΘ Μιχάλης Τσιπίδης.
Το ΔΣ της εταιρείας εκφράζει τα θερμά του συλλυπητήρια στην οικογένεια του εκλιπόντος
Τετάρτη 6 Μαΐου 2020
Ταχυδρομική ιστορία Κύπρου
In the last 30 years, David Feldman
has offered many important collections and rarities of Cyprus, and our
June 30th-July 1st auction series will see this continue with the
“Tatiana” collection of Cyprus. This section features 139 lots and is
notable not only for its rarities but also for its multiples, from the
very affordable to the highly sought-after and valuable.
One of the key rarities of Cyprus philately in the collection is lot 31217, the 1880 1d red pl.208 vertical pair from the top of the sheet with the “CYPRUS” overprint omitted
on on the top stamp. Caused by a misalignment of the overprinter, the
whole top row of one sheet had the overprint omitted, and of the twelve
possible examples, only 10 have been recorded (according to Akis
Christou’s website on Cyprus Victorian Stamps).
“Tatiana” had a keen interest in multiples, and in his Cyprus collection he has some extremely rare if not unique blocks. One of those is lot 31231, the 1880 1d red pl.218 with double “CYPRUS” overprint in a lower marginal block of four. In the key-type issues, there is lot 31261, a mint block of four of the very rare 1/2pi die I in emerald-green on watermarked Crown CA paper. Quite probably unique as such. One of my personal favourites is lot 31266, the 1882 “1/2” on 1/2pi block of 12, comprising of two rows of six if the complete setting of this overprint. Each pair of “1/2″s on a stamp varies slightly in appearance which allows their position in the setting to be identified. This includes the “spur on 1” variety that is listed by Stanley Gibbons, which is visible on both stamps in the third column.
“Tatiana” had a keen interest in multiples, and in his Cyprus collection he has some extremely rare if not unique blocks. One of those is lot 31231, the 1880 1d red pl.218 with double “CYPRUS” overprint in a lower marginal block of four. In the key-type issues, there is lot 31261, a mint block of four of the very rare 1/2pi die I in emerald-green on watermarked Crown CA paper. Quite probably unique as such. One of my personal favourites is lot 31266, the 1882 “1/2” on 1/2pi block of 12, comprising of two rows of six if the complete setting of this overprint. Each pair of “1/2″s on a stamp varies slightly in appearance which allows their position in the setting to be identified. This includes the “spur on 1” variety that is listed by Stanley Gibbons, which is visible on both stamps in the third column.
Perhaps the most attention grabbing multiple however is lot 31316, the KGV £5 top right corner marginal block of four with plate number “1” and sheet number,
which is estimated at £6’000-8’000 and I’m sure will be keenly fought
over. High face-value stamps from the King George V period are very
collectable. Just think, not many would have spent £20 in the 1920s on
current issue stamps for their collection, which is more than £1’200 in
modern day money taking inflation into account!
For those with a more modest budget, there are plenty of affordable and attractive 1880 1d red marginal multiples, including plate number blocks and pairs, ranging from £40 to £3’000. They would make an attractive addition to a GB collection of Penny Reds as well (especially if one could find matching blocks unoverprinted).
For those with a more modest budget, there are plenty of affordable and attractive 1880 1d red marginal multiples, including plate number blocks and pairs, ranging from £40 to £3’000. They would make an attractive addition to a GB collection of Penny Reds as well (especially if one could find matching blocks unoverprinted).
The most valuable single stamp in the collection is lot 31272, the 1886 “1/2” on 1/2pi with fractions approximately 6mm on watermarked Crown CC paper (SG.26).
Before our auction in June 2018 which had a strong section of Cyprus,
the stamp was catalogued at £22’000; and we subsequently sold an example
in that sale for £37’200. The catalogue price has increased to £30’000
since but it’s always a tell-tale sign of how rare a stamp is when two
or more people go head-to-head above and beyond the SG quoted catalogue
value! The example in our sale at the end of this June is estimated
attractively at £15’000-20’000 so I’m quite confident it will go beyond
our top estimate because it deserves to.
Towards the end of the section
there’s also a few spectacular errors and varieties from the KGV and
QEII issues. Including the popular 1934 pictorial issue with imperforate
betweens. Printed in sheets of 60 (6×10), only one sheet of each of
these varieties existed, so that only ten of each imperforate between
horizontal pairs possibly exist, and only six of each imperforate
between vertical pairs. Although some were used and even split,
presumably at the time, so less exist in reality.
Παρασκευή 24 Απριλίου 2020
The Mauritius 1848-59 “Post Paid” Primitives
The Mauritius 1848-59 “Post Paid” Primitives
In June 1848, less than a year
after the famous “Post Office” issue, a new Two Pence value was issued,
followed later by a One Penny, which like the First Issue, were engraved
locally by J. O. Barnard. However, instead of being inscribed “POST
OFFICE” in the left hand frame, they read “POST PAID”.
The image above shows unused examples of this “Post Paid” 1d and 2d issue, which we sold in the “Adamastor” collection of Mauritius in December 2017, for £84’000 and £78’000 respectively.
Unlike the “Post Office” issue (which were both printed singly from the same plate), the “Post Paid” values were printed from separate copper plates of 12 subjects, 3 across and 4 down. The relatively soft plates wore quickly when put to press, and the supplement by A. J. B. Rudge that we published in conjunction with our 1993 Kanai auction catalogue carefully classifies the quality of the printings into several states: Earliest, Early, Intermediate, Worn, and Latest. Rudge gave specific indications for each position which helps to identify the state as well as details for each specific position on the plate. For example, the “PENOE” (for “PENCE”) error of the 2d Blue is from position 7 and occurs in every State. Complete plate reconstructions were present in the Kanai sale for the Early, Intermediate, Worn and Latest impressions, and the illustrations certainly help to plate these stamps in conjunction with Rudge’s supplement.
The image above shows unused examples of this “Post Paid” 1d and 2d issue, which we sold in the “Adamastor” collection of Mauritius in December 2017, for £84’000 and £78’000 respectively.
Unlike the “Post Office” issue (which were both printed singly from the same plate), the “Post Paid” values were printed from separate copper plates of 12 subjects, 3 across and 4 down. The relatively soft plates wore quickly when put to press, and the supplement by A. J. B. Rudge that we published in conjunction with our 1993 Kanai auction catalogue carefully classifies the quality of the printings into several states: Earliest, Early, Intermediate, Worn, and Latest. Rudge gave specific indications for each position which helps to identify the state as well as details for each specific position on the plate. For example, the “PENOE” (for “PENCE”) error of the 2d Blue is from position 7 and occurs in every State. Complete plate reconstructions were present in the Kanai sale for the Early, Intermediate, Worn and Latest impressions, and the illustrations certainly help to plate these stamps in conjunction with Rudge’s supplement.
In our June 2020 auction series we will offer the first part of the “Tatiana” collection of Mauritius,
which includes 42 lots of the Post Paid issue from the various states,
all of which have already been identified as well as their position from
the printing plate. This selection includes extremely rare unused
examples, such as lot 20042, the 2d Earliest Impression unused left marginal in the beautiful indigo shade, estimated at £30’000-40’000.
But the sale also includes more
affordable used examples with a variety of cancellations to pique
someone’s interest; ranging from the standard “target” concentric
circles, to numerals including the scarce “14” of Rivière du Rempart, a
“B53” barred oval (see lot 20066,
very rare on these issues) and even includes two examples of the
extremely rare “Black River” script framed datestamp cancelling stamps
on cover (lot 20079 and lot 20080).
So anyone looking to start (or add to) a plate reconstruction of this
fascinating issue can add extra interest with the range of cancels.
The pièce de résistance of this auction however, is the joint-largest multiple of this issue; lot 20040, the used block of six of the 1d Earliest Impression
with blue “1” numerals (ex Hind, Burrus and Kanai) is estimated at
£80’000-100’000. The other known largest multiples of the Mauritius Post
Paid issue that exist include an unused block of six of the 1d Latest
Impression (ex Dale-Lichtenstein and Kanai), and a block of six of the
2d Intermediate Impression (ex Ferrary, Dale-Lichtenstein and Kanai).
However since this is the Earliest Impression, the detail in the
printing of the stamps is exquisite and it’s a truly stunning item.
There exist three 1d + 2d “Post
Paid” combination covers. The greatest showpiece of the three being the
“Souillac” cover franked by Early Impressions of both values. It was
part of the Dale-Lichtenstein collection and at the time realised half
the price paid for a 2d “Post Office” on part cover. One of the combination covers is lot 20063
in the June 30th-July 2nd auction series, which features an
Intermediate Impression 1d and a Worn Impression 2d, which is unique as
such.
Σάββατο 11 Απριλίου 2020
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Πέμπτη 9 Απριλίου 2020
Τρίτη 7 Απριλίου 2020
Σάββατο 4 Απριλίου 2020
Τετάρτη 25 Μαρτίου 2020
PHILANIPPON 2021, Tokyo/Yokohama, Aug/Sept 2021 (FIP)
με την μεταφορά των Ολυμπιακών Αγώνων για τον προσεχή Ιούλιο - Αύγουστο του 2021, είναι άγνωστο πότε θα γίνει η έκθεση καθώς συμβατική υποχρέωση της χώρας είναι και η Ολυμπφιλέξ. Πιθανόν να πραγματοποιηθούν ταυτόγχρονα!
30 Σεπτεμβρίου – 4 Οκτωβρίου 2020 Σόφια – 
ΜΠΑΛΚΑΝΦΙΛΑ 2020
Το φθινόπωρο του 2020 έχει προγραμματιστεί η Διεθνής Βαλκανική Έκθεση που θα πραγματοποιηθεί στο Βουκουρέστι 17-19 Σεπτεμβρίου
London 2020 https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2742681650086803941#allposts
Η έκθεση λόγω της πανδημίας ακυρώνεται και μεταφέρεται το 2022 19-26 Φεβρ.
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