LARGE HERMES HEAD RARITIES
Several large Hermes head rarities are presented which have appeared in major philatelic exhibitions in the past or inside the pages of Greek and foreign auction catalogues. Most of this section of rarities has been copied from the website of the Hellenic Philotelic Society in Athens: www.hps.gr with permission. The 40 lepta block of fifteen curtesy of Wolfgang Bauer. The Groom cover from the Philotelia 2005 catalogue.
1861 The oldest recorded date of Greek stamps on cover
1868 Mint Forty Lepta Block of Fifteen
1868 Mint Forty Lepta Block of Fifteen - Control Numbers
1870 Cover Front from Piraeus to Malta
1870 Mixed franking on cover from Smyrni to Patras
1873 Unprepaid Cover from Constantinople to Piraeus
1875 - 80 The Argostolion Error
1886 Cover with 3 x 40L, 1875 - 80 issue