Mount Athos
on piece Piece (70x120mm.) bearing 1916 1d., 2½d. (both), 4½d., 6d. and 1/-, cancelled and/or tied by "AGION OROS/25.1.1916" straight-line datestamps; one stamp with slight creasing; also a wonderful array of 116 stamps, all in unused multiples, consisting of:- ½d.--2 lep.--5 kop. black on green Sheet of 12
Details
on piece Piece (70x120mm.) bearing 1916 1d., 2½d. (both), 4½d., 6d. and 1/-, cancelled and/or tied by "AGION OROS/25.1.1916" straight-line datestamps; one stamp with slight creasing; also a wonderful array of 116 stamps, all in unused multiples, consisting of:- ½d.--2 lep.--5 kop. black on green Sheet of 12
1d.--4 lep.--10 kop. black on carmine Block of 4
2½d.--10 lep.-- 25 kop. black on pink Sheets of 12 (3)
2½d.--10 lep.--25 kop. black on pale blue Sheet of 12
4½d.--18 lep.--45 kop. black on pink Blocks of 4 and 6
4½d.--18 lep.--45 kop. black of yellow Sheet of 12
6d.--24 lep.--60 kop. black on lilac Sheet of 12
6d.--24 lep.--60 kop. black on green Block of 6
1/- --48 lep.--120 kop. black on buff Sheet of 12
One stamp is creased, otherwise generally very fine; neatly mounted and well written-up on ten album pages.
1d.--4 lep.--10 kop. black on carmine Block of 4
2½d.--10 lep.-- 25 kop. black on pink Sheets of 12 (3)
2½d.--10 lep.--25 kop. black on pale blue Sheet of 12
4½d.--18 lep.--45 kop. black on pink Blocks of 4 and 6
4½d.--18 lep.--45 kop. black of yellow Sheet of 12
6d.--24 lep.--60 kop. black on lilac Sheet of 12
6d.--24 lep.--60 kop. black on green Block of 6
1/- --48 lep.--120 kop. black on buff Sheet of 12
One stamp is creased, otherwise generally very fine; neatly mounted and well written-up on ten album pages.
Provenance
Colonel Eley
Literature
The Mystery of Mount Athos, Robson Lowe; The Philatelist, December 1943
Further details
Note: The stamps were prepared on a warship, H.M.S. "Ark Royal" in time of war and they were the first stamps in the world to bear the currency of three different languages and alphabets