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bignell Am: 29.01.2018 21:27:43 Gelesen: 1856# 1 @  
Liebe Freunde,

vorab: dieser Brief wird über eBay angeboten, ich habe nicht vor ihn zu erwerben. Allerdings würde mich interessieren, ob er echt ist / sein kann?





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Beschreibung des Anbieters:

GREECE, cover with "Lepta 40" 1831 fund-raising charity stamp VR Vlastos 2,000 €
Seller Notes: “Cover with cancels "ΠΑΤΡΑ 12 Μαϊου 1837" and "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ 15 Μαϊου 1837" and variety of 40 lepto with 9 pearls.”

A decree of the young Government of Greece, signed by President J. Capodistrias in May of 1831, authorized the issuance of "a fragment of paper just large enough to bear a stamp" to act as a receipt for the payment of contributions to the Fund for Cretan Refugees in Greece.

The artwork for the stamp is simple. The denomination "Lepta 40" is in the center, and a double border composed of straight lines and shaded pearls completes the design. The outside dimensions of the stamp are 26.5 x 36.0 mm. The printing method is typography printed in imperforate sheets but the size of the plate is not known. It can be easily observed, however, that each position was drawn and set on the plate independently of the others as each position differs in detail. It is recognized in two varieties according to the number of ornamental pearls in the frame and the diameter of the period after the denomination of value, and in a third variety with one pearl unmatched to the rest, printed in imperforate sheets. The "Lepta 40" has no perforation, watermark or gum

The Kohl Handbook, authority on so many matters, dedicates two pages to this stamp. It states that the "Lepta 40" is a postage due issue designed to be affixed to incoming mail in the ordinary way, to denote payment of fees upon letter's arrival destination. The Vlastos catalogue, instead, states that it is a postal tax stamp intended to raise funds for the relief of Cretan refugees in the Greek mainland during the wars of liberation of Greece from the Ottoman Empire. In the latter case the stamp would belong to the category which in the Scott catalogues is designated by the lettering "RA". That is, stamps affixed to letters to indicate the payment of contributions to various funds, charitable or otherwise.

The item listed here to be sold in this auction, is a cover with cancels "ΠΑΤΡΑ 12 Μαϊου 1837" and "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ 15 Μαϊου 1837" and a 40 lepto in the variety with 9 pearls canceled with red ink , not a forgery or fake to our knowledge, but with no expertise for authenticity.

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Vielen Dank für Eure Meinungen,
harald
 
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