Stamp Auctions - A. Karamitsos CYPRUS Auction #420 Feb 4, 2012 Stamp
Lot #: 1
CYPRUS, CYPRUS
1725 (Aug. 14) EL from Larnaca written in Italian, addressed to Nicolo Cavogiani in Venice, with endorsement with the Captain's name of the ship that carried it.[EL ]
Price:
€ 200.00
Lot #: 2
CYPRUS, CYPRUS
Prepaid EL from Limassol, Cyprus, to Piraeus, Greece, dated 25 Aug. 1862, canc. Austrian two-line "LARNACA / 8 SEPT." and "FRANCA" both in black, arr. "ΠΕΙΡΑIΕΥΣ (2) / 31 ΑΥΓ. 62". On arrival, marked with manuscr. large "X" (fee paid from Cyprus to Greece) on front and "20" (lepta - inland fee) on front and reverse, all in red crayon. Fee collected & affixed 20l. blue (Hellas 19b - 3 margins), appropriate canc. lozenge dotted "2". Extremely rare.[EL ]
Price:
€ 2,800.00
Lot #: 3
CYPRUS, CYPRUS
15 Dec. 1870. Commercial EL from Piraeus, Greece, to Larnaca, Cyprus, franked with 40l. Large Hermes Head, canc. dotted "2" plus "ΠΕΙΡΑΙΕΥΣ * 15 ΔΕΚΕ. (70)" & "PD", transit canc. on back "LLOYD AGENZIE SMIRNE * 31/12".[EL ]
Price:
€ 200.00Sold For: € 200.00
Lot #: 4
CYPRUS, CYPRUS
QV diplomatic document sent by the british minister of exterior to the first Cyprus commisionaer Wolseley, just one month after receving his office at Larnaca Tuzla. Only one recorded to date.[DOC ]
Price:
€ 1,000.00
Lot #: 5
CYPRUS, CYPRUS
QV 1 Cover adressed to Najor W.H.Ross in Larnaca serving in the 26th native Indian regiment, endored "VIA BRINDISI", fr. with 2 1/2d. British stamp, tied by manuscript "STAMPED" and "LITTLEHAMPTON AU.9.78", also endorsed in pencil on reverse "REPLY TO MINE SENT FROM MALTA" and "LARNACA*16.8.1878". Indian forces stationed in Larnaca for six weeks following the ceding of the island by Turks to British on the 8th of July 1878. One recorded to date.[C ]
Price:
€ 7,000.00
Lot #: 6
CYPRUS, CYPRUS
1878 Cover fr. with 2 1/2d. british in bl.4, canc. "942" and cds "LARNACA*9.11.1878" to London, paying the quadraple overseas letter rate per half ounce.[C ]
Price:
€ 3,500.00
Lot #: 7
CYPRUS, CYPRUS
5 Aug. 1878. Soldier's cover to England, headed "From No.833 Corporal J. Bolton 7/2 R.A. CYPRUS" and countersigned, franked at the concession rate of 1 GB penny red, plate 198, stamp cancelled by "942" numeral addressed to Herdfordshire, England (arr. on back). This is the FIRST RECORDED COVER from Cyprus and the ONLY RECORDED SOLDIER'S COVER from there.[C ]
Price:
€ 8,000.00
Lot #: 8
CYPRUS, CYPRUS
CYPRUS newspaper, dated 7 November 1878 fr. with 1d. british stamp used in Cyprus (plate 179), canc. "942", addressed to Birmingham. Foreign newpaper rate of one penny if it didn't exceed four ounces. One of the two recorded to date.[PRESS ]
Price:
€ 9,000.00
Lot #: 9
CYPRUS, CYPRUS
1879 Cover fr. with horizontal pair of 1/2d. british stamps, canc. "942" and cds "LARNACA*6.8.1879" to Belgium. Cover was underpaid and taxed upon arrival at Larnaca post office. Normal rate for foreign destinations was 2 1/2d. per half ounce. Only one recorded to date.[C ]
Price:
€ 8,000.00
Lot #: 10
CYPRUS, CYPRUS
1879 Cover (split in front and back) fr. with 2 1/2d. & 1d. british stamps, canc. "942" and cds "LARNACA*28.AU.79", to Alexandria, paying the late posting fee of 1d. as the cover was posted between 5-5.30 in the afternoon. One of two covers recorded until today.[C ]
Price:
€ 2,500.00
Lot #: 11
CYPRUS, CYPRUS
22 May 1879. Cover to London, England, bearing 2 1/2 penny rose & pair 1 penny red, cancelled by "942" numeral cancellation, paying the normal rate plus the late fee posting of two penny. LARNACA cds alongside & arr. canc. on back. Cover damaged on top left corner. This is one of THREE RECORDED up to day.[C ]
Price:
€ 2,800.00
Lot #: 12
CYPRUS, CYPRUS
18 Jul. 1879. GB registered cover to Munich, Germany, "via Brindisi", bearing three 1/2d. and 2 penny blue GB used abroad stamps, cancelled by "942" LARNACA numeral, transit & arr. canc. on back.[C ]
Price:
€ 3,800.00
Lot #: 13
CYPRUS, CYPRUS
Cover fr. with 1/2p. & 1p. & 6p. british stamps to London, paying the triple rate to U.P.U. destinations. Only one recorded to date.[C ]
Price:
€ 8,000.00
Lot #: 14
CYPRUS, CYPRUS
1880 Cover fr. with provisional 1/2 & 2 1/2 & two plate 181 1d. stamps, canc. "942" and cds "LARNACA*13.4.1880" to Hannover, paying the double foreign letter rate per half ounce.[C ]
Price:
€ 5,000.00
Lot #: 15
CYPRUS, CYPRUS
1879 (part of) EL, fr. with 1p. british in two horizontal pairs & 2x2 1/2p., canc. RETTA cancelation on 25.9.1879, paying the double imperial letter rate per half ounce to Liverpool. The EL was written and posted on the seas between Cyprus and Egypt on route to England. One of two recorded with RETTA cancelation on that period to date. Ex RICHARDSON.[EL ]
Price:
€ 1,300.00
Lot #: 16
CYPRUS, CYPRUS
1880 Cover fr. with 1p. & 1/2p. british stamps, to Cumberland (England), canc. "969" and cds "NICOSIA*29.3.1880". One recorded to date.[C ]
Price:
€ 6,000.00
Lot #: 17
CYPRUS, CYPRUS
Part of a page of a document written in Turkish with 15 QV revenues: (1881) 4x1sh., 10sh., (1883) 2x1pi., 7x2pi., 1x4 1/2pi. all with manuscript cancellation.[Doc ]
Price:
€ 30.00Sold For: € 63.00
Lot #: 18
CYPRUS, CYPRUS
17 May 1881. 1/2p. PS card cancelled by "LARNACA / CYPRUS * A / MY 17, 81", locally addressed to Paphos, with transit cds of Limassol on back.[PS ]
Price:
€ 500.00
Lot #: 19
CYPRUS, CYPRUS
1882 incoming Cover addressed to the Governor Assistant Keith Wisely at Kykko Monastery, Nicosia. Kykko Monastery was the first side of the military and civil headquarters offices under british occupation. Cover was handstamped by Larnaca, head quarter-camp cds "16.5.1882" on arrival. The headquarter-camp cds, from the available evidence, appears to had been used only as an arrival cancelation. One of four recorded to date.[C ]
Price:
€ 1,800.00
Lot #: 20
CYPRUS, CYPRUS
1883 Cover fr. with 2pi. watermark issue stamp, canc. "D47" and cds "POLYMEDIA*5.3.1883" to England, with transit mark of "LIMASSOL*5.3.1883" and London arrival mark on the reverse.[C ]
Price:
€ 2,000.00
- Page 1
- ››