Hermes Heads And Other Classical Era Greek Material

Here a couple of interesting Hermes

Scott #22 flaw and Scott #22b inverted '8' on control number


I will post other pages from this group (includes some material the Robert O. Truman Collection).
Don

Interesting subject .......need to improve my basic collection . The best place to start is viewing the Zurich Switzerland auction of the FERRARI collection of April 15-16 ,1929 some unbelieveable stuff . Never will be a better auction of Hermes Heads than that .

I'll be posting some more images in the coming days, there are over 1800 Hermes heads in this group.
Don

Did Truman use Scott's, Hellas or maybe both for cataloging?

Here are some of the pages







11/01/22 - Removed some of the images since they will be re-posted later when I get them better organized.
Don

Great stuff Don! As I have told you I am intimidated by the Hermes heads. So much to learn and STILL a tough nut to crack. Lots of fun as well if you like a challenge. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for showing this person's Hermes Head . Some nice stuff but his organization was difficult for me to follow ,there was things I could not understand in his notes and arrows pointing to things I didn't understand . Looks like items were removed and he followed Scott's in places

Was this lot purchased from a auction firm and some of the markings on the above pages are those of the firm .

Some of the notes and numbers look like they are from SEFTON'S catalog & handbook which was publish 1971 ,this handbook was for Large and Small Hermes Heads .

I got this material from a fellow collector and am unsure of the provenance; the first thing I did was scan the entire group as I originally received it. It certainly is possible (perhaps likely?) that this is the confluence of several collections and/or others have made modifications/additions/subtractions. I then began separating those pages and stock books which had indications of being from Truman. I have a significant amount of material that I could not determine a connection to Truman and it is now in a separate group of material. There are almost 2000 Hermes stamps in total and I am learning as I work my way through it all.
Don

I have gotten this material better organized now (in chronological order). I'll post 25 pages at a time starting with this post.



























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Now that I have them better organized, next step is to learn a lot more.
Don

A mind boggling collection.
That should keep you out of mischief Don, ... for a few years.

Amazing collection ,thanks for showing it .