{"id":1775,"date":"2019-02-23T20:31:37","date_gmt":"2019-02-23T18:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hps.gr\/notos2021\/?page_id=1775"},"modified":"2020-11-25T22:06:47","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T20:06:47","slug":"the-great-encounter-of-the-solferinos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hps.gr\/notos2021\/index.php\/the-great-encounter-of-the-solferinos\/","title":{"rendered":"The Great Encounter of the Solferinos"},"content":{"rendered":"Certainly the most elusive Greek stamp. A colour variety of the 1871 40 lepta printed in the lilac-rose shade of the control figures, instead of the typical rose-bistre or yellow-bistre shades of the same printing.
\nIt was named “Solferino” after the bloody battle of 1859, between the Franco-Sardinian troops and the Austrian army.<\/p>\n
Thirteen copies seem to have survived to date, all used; one on cover and one on fragment; two of the lot formerly a pair, at some time separated, and only in 2018 side by side in the same collection again! All the stamps are cancelled by the Piraeus p.o. dotted “2” or the corresponding c.d.s.<\/p>\n
Unique plate positions confirmed by independent scholars and a mere three dates detected on the postmarks (12-14 July 1871) suggest that not more than one sheet of the Solferinos must have been consumed at the Piraeus p.o. counter.<\/p>\n
So far eleven out of the thirteen copies have confirmed their participation in NOTOS 2021.<\/span><\/p>\nFor details in the classification see:
\n(a) L. N. Williams, Encyclopaedia of Rare and Famous Stamps,<\/em> David Feldman S.A., Geneva, 1993 and M. Tseriotis in The Collection (I),<\/em> David Feldman S.A., Geneva, 2002.
\n(b) N. Z. Zafeirakopoulos, “The Solferino”, Philotelia<\/em> no. 612\/2002.<\/p>\n
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/hps.gr\/notos2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/cover_1200.jpg\")
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\n\n\n| \n Plate position:<\/span> 51<\/p>\nClassification:<\/span> Williams no. XII, Zafeirakopoulos no. 1<\/p>\nProvenance:<\/span> G. Zachariades<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/hps.gr\/notos2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/marcus-150.jpg\") Exhibitor:<\/span>
\nMarcus Orsi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/hps.gr\/notos2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/V\u0399\u0399I_06_mv.jpg\") <\/td>\n | ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/hps.gr\/notos2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2018_andreadis1.jpg\") Exhibitor:<\/span>
\nStavros
\nAndreadis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nPlate position:<\/span> 29<\/p>\nClassification:<\/span> Williams no. VIII, Zafeirakopoulos no. 6<\/p>\nProvenance:<\/span> C. Zinopoulos, H.G. Jones, R.A.G. Lee (Maximus), G. Zachariades<\/p>\n
\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/hps.gr\/notos2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IIV_front_06_mv.jpg\") ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/hps.gr\/notos2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IIV_back_06_mv.jpg\") <\/td>\n | Exhibitor:<\/span>
\nStavros
\nAndreadis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nStamp at left: Plate position:<\/span> 91<\/p>\nStamp at left: Classification:<\/span> Williams no. I, Zafeirakopoulos no. 2b<\/p>\nStamp at left: Provenance:<\/span> A. Economides, C. Binos (Sparta), G. Zachariades, X.
\nYataganas<\/p>\nStamp at right: Plate position:<\/span> 92<\/p>\nStamp at right: Classification:<\/span> Williams no. IV, Zafeirakopoulos no. 2a<\/p>\nStamp at right: Provenance:<\/span> A.L. Pemberton, N. Alfieris, H. Nagele, G. Kotsis, A. Kadinopoulos<\/p>\n
\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/hps.gr\/notos2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IX_06_mv.jpg\") <\/td>\n | ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/hps.gr\/notos2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/tempelis-150.jpg\") Exhibitor:<\/span>
\nElias
\nTempelis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nPlate position:<\/span> 112<\/p>\nClassification:<\/span> Williams no. IX, Zafeirakopoulos no. 9<\/p>\nProvenance:<\/span> J. Janky, N. Wasdekis, E. Mavrides<\/p>\n
\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/hps.gr\/notos2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/III_06_mv.jpg\") <\/td>\n | ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/hps.gr\/notos2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/yataganas-150.jpg\") Exhibitor:<\/span>
\nXenofon
\nYataganas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nPlate position:<\/span> 131<\/p>\nClassification:<\/span> Williams no. III, Zafeirakopoulos no. 11<\/p>\nProvenance:<\/span> A. Argyropoulos, C. Binos (Sparta), G. Zachariades, S. Andreadis<\/p>\n
\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/hps.gr\/notos2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/XI_06_mv.jpg\") <\/td>\n | Exhibitor:<\/span>
\nanonymous<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nPlate position:<\/span> 31<\/p>\nClassification:<\/span> Williams no. XI, Zafeirakopoulos no. 10<\/p>\nProvenance:<\/span> H.C.V. Adams, M. Konialides<\/p>\n
\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/hps.gr\/notos2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/V_06_mv.jpg\") <\/td>\n | Exhibitor:<\/span>
\nanonymous<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nPlate position:<\/span> 140<\/p>\nClassification:<\/span> Williams no. V, Zafeirakopoulos no. 12<\/p>\nProvenance:<\/span> H. Bloch<\/p>\n
\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/hps.gr\/notos2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/V\u0399\u0399_06_mv.jpg\") <\/td>\n | ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/hps.gr\/notos2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/karamitsos-150.jpg\") Exhibitor:<\/span>
\nArgyris
\nKaramitsos<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nPlate position:<\/span> 87<\/p>\nClassification:<\/span> Williams no. V\u0399\u0399, Zafeirakopoulos no. 7<\/p>\nProvenance:<\/span> H.G. Jones, R.A.G. Lee (Maximus), G. Zachariades<\/p>\n
\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/hps.gr\/notos2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/XIII.jpg\") <\/td>\n | Exhibitor:<\/span>
\nanonymous<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nPlate position:<\/span> 77<\/p>\nClassification:<\/span> Williams no. X\u0399I\u0399, Zafeirakopoulos no. 5<\/p>\nProvenance:<\/span> H. Sassenhausen, E. Mavrides<\/p>\n
\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/hps.gr\/notos2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/X_CC1.jpg\") <\/td>\n | Exhibitor:<\/span>
\nanonymous<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nPlate position:<\/span> 136<\/p>\nClassification:<\/span> Williams no. X, Zafeirakopoulos no. 13<\/p>\nProvenance:<\/span> Judd, P. Holcombe, G. Trefonas, N. Wasdekis, E. Mavrides<\/p>\n
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