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1934 Greek Navy Officer Letter – Handwritten Military Correspondence (Πλωτάρχης Γκιόκας)
€12.00Original handwritten personal letter dated 19 July 1934, written by a Greek Navy officer (Πλωτάρχης Γκιόκας) to his landlady.
In the letter, the officer explains that he must depart for naval military exercises (“γυμνάσια”) and is therefore unable to continue renting his room.
Good for age. Toning, folds, small edge wear, but fully legible and complete. No major tears. Exactly as photographed.
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1934 Greek Postal Service Transfer Order – Central Telegraph Office – Stamped
€18.00Original Administrative Postal Document – Athens (30 April 1934)
Official transfer order issued by the Central Post & Telegraph Office of Athens under the Hellenic Ministry of Communications. The document assigns a telegraph operator (υπάλληλος τηλεγραφητής) to a new service station, reflecting internal staff movements within the Greek postal/telegraph service during the interwar period.
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1935 Parade of Evzones Athens Greece Panathenaic Stadium Real Photo Postcard
€25.00Original real photo postcard, showing a military parade of Evzones (Greek Presidential Guard) in front of the Panathenaic Stadium (Kallimarmaro) in Athens, Greece.
This postcard is part of a numbered series and includes bilingual caption text:
Caption:
Greek: «ΑΘΗΝΑΙ Παρέλασις»
French: “ATHÈNES – Parade devant le Stade”.
14 x 9 cm
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1937 Greek Fire Service Letter – Office of the Chief – Official Athens
€115.00Original official correspondence issued by the Office of the Chief of the Hellenic Fire Service, dated 13 October 1937, Athens.
The letter is handwritten and hand-signed by the Chief of the Hellenic Fire Service, during the tenure of Παύλος Καραπατέας (served 1935–1940).
It represents an authentic example of Greek state administration during the interwar / Metaxas period, reflecting formal communication practices of a key public service.
The document is addressed to a private individual named John (Ioannis) Tsatsos.
Additional historical note
The recipient, John (Ioannis) Tsatsos, is documented as a member of the Φιλολογικός Σύλλογος Παρνασσός, one of the most important cultural and intellectual associations in Athens, and also appears in records as a member of the Οργάνωσις Εθνικής Αναγεννήσεως (O.E.A.) during the Metaxas period.
The lot includes the original mailing envelope, with period Greek postage stamps and postal markings.
Dimensions (letter): 15.5 × 12.5 cm
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1937 Greek Theatre Invitation Ticket Olympion Athens Vocal Recital
€18.00Original Greek theatre invitation ticket, issued for a vocal recital at the Θέατρον Ολύμπια in Athens.
The invitation is dated Wednesday, October 20, 1937, and granted admission for two (2) persons. It announces a farewell recital performance by soprano Klara Stamou, recipient of the Gold Award of the National Conservatory.
This is an authentic piece of Greek theatrical ephemera from the interwar period, printed on period paper.
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Type: Theatre invitation / ticket
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Venue: Olympion Theatre (Athens)
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Event: Vocal recital (farewell performance)
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Date: October 20, 1937
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Admission: Invitation for two persons
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Dimensions: 16 × 8.5 cm
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Material: Printed paper
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1937–1938 Greece Receipts Lot Metaxas Era Organization of National Regeneration
€38.00O.E.A. – Organization of National Regeneration (Οργάνωσις Εθνικής Αναγεννήσεως)
The lot includes:
• 1 receipt dated 1937
• 1 receipt dated 1938
Both are official receipts of payment / collection documents (Απόδειξις Εισπράξεως / Γραμμάτιον Εισπράξεως), printed forms filled in by hand and signed by the treasurer.
These documents were issued by O.E.A. (Organization of National Regeneration), a Greek organization active in Athens in the late 1930s, and illustrate the everyday administrative and institutional practices of Greece in the interwar era.
Size: 17.5cm x 13cm
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1937–1940 Greece Tourism Ministry Archive Lot Tsatsos ELPA Signed Documents
€132.00Original small archival lot consisting of official Greek government documents and a contemporary newspaper clipping, all related to Ioannis (John / “Tzon”) Tsatsos, ELPA (Hellenic Touring Club), and the Greek state tourism administration shortly before World War II.
This is an original administrative file / small dossier kept together since the period, not a random grouping.
The group includes:
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Official letter dated November 2, 1937 from the Ministry of Press & Tourism, addressed to Ioannis (John) Tsatsos, concerning his participation in the Advisory Council of Tourism.
➤ This document bears the original handwritten signature of the Deputy Minister of Press & Tourism, Theologos Nikoloudis. -
Official ministerial document dated January 31, 1940, issued by the same ministry, regarding the composition and functioning of the Advisory Council of Tourism.
➤ The document also refers to ELPA (Hellenic Touring Club), an important institution in the history of Greek tourism. -
Contemporary newspaper clipping referring to a typographical error in an earlier announcement, serving as a period press correction connected with the same matter and completing the small archival file.
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Dimensions: approx. 21 × 29 cm each document
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1938 DSAG German Export Invoice to Athens – Spiegelglas Glass Sheets Trade
€38.00Original commercial export invoice issued by Deutsche Spiegelglas Ausfuhrgesellschaft M.B.H. (DSAG), dated 23 June 1938, from Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle), Germany to Athens, Greece.
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1938 NAXOS-UNION Surface Grinder Offer & 2 Prospectus Pre-WWII Germany Greece
€175.00Original and historically important pre-WWII industrial document set from NAXOS-UNION, Frankfurt am Main, dated 11 August 1938.
This lot includes:
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1 original official price offer / quotation
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2 original illustrated prospectus of the machine
The offer is addressed to:
Firma “Vassiliades”, Greek Machine Works & Shipyards A.G., Piraeus (Greece)
The Machine:
NAXOS-UNION Self-Contained Surface Grinding Machine, Model HDU / HDU²
A precision surface grinder used to grind, flatten and finish metal parts to extreme accuracy.
Such machines were essential in:
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heavy industry
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tool & die shops
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shipyards
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weapon and engine manufacturing
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Size: approx. 21 × 30 cm each
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1939 Athens Concert Program – Tótis Stefanidis & Elsa Samartzi – Parnassos Hall
€45.00Original Athens concert program, printed for a vocal recital held at Parnassos Hall on December 20, 1938, under the patronage of Minister Kostas Kotzias (Governor of Athens).
Featuring the prominent Greek opera singers:
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Tótis Stefanidis (bass)
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Elsa Samartzi (soprano)
Piano accompaniment by Stefanos Valtetsiotis.
The inner program lists works by Bellini, Verdi, Massenet, Schumann, Gretchaninoff, De Falla, Mussorgsky and others.
The final page announces upcoming performances of Stefanidis at the Olympia Theatre – “Ellinikon Melodrama”, January 1939.
14 x 12 cm
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1939 German Photo Calendar “Licht und Schatten” – Wiechmann Verlag Munich – Athens Provenance
€220.00Original 1939 German photographic wall calendar titled Licht und Schatten (“Light and Shadow”), published by Hermann A. Wiechmann Verlag, Munich.
This complete edition contains 52 original photographic plates (one for each week) featuring artistic black-and-white photography typical of late interwar German visual culture. Subjects include landscapes, genre scenes, architecture, winter scenery, portraiture, and staged compositions, reflecting the aesthetic photographic traditions of the late 1930s.
Notably, the calendar bears:
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original 1939 handwritten dedication in German
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original bookstore label:
Deutsche Bücherstube – Fritz Pommerencke – Hippokratesstr. 15 – Athens -
Physical Details
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Format: weekly wall calendar
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Size: approx. 21 × 30 cm
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Complete: all 52 sheets present
Condition
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very good overall for age
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light natural age toning / patina
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no missing pages
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no restorations
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1939 Greece Travel Excursions Booklet “Ypaithrios Zoi” Pre-WWII Map Ephemera
€32.00Rare Greek Pre-War Travel & Excursions Booklet – 1939
Original Greek printed program issued by the travel / outdoor association:
“Υπαίθριος Ζωή” (Ypaithrios Zoi – Outdoor Life), Athens Section
For Easter 1939, only a few months before World War II.
This booklet lists and describes organized excursions all over Greece and includes a map of Greece.
Destinations include:
Peloponnese, Delphi, Meteora, Ioannina & Zagorochoria, Lesbos, Evia, Sounion, Kissavos, Pilion, Kastoria and many more.
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Year: 1939 (pre-WWII Greece)
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Represents the last period of normal tourism and excursions before the war
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Very rare survival of Greek travel ephemera
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Such items were meant to be used and thrown away, not preserved.
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Date: 1939
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Size: approx. 12 × 17 cm
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Language: Greek
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Format: Stapled booklet / pamphlet
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Complete.
- EXTREMELY FRAGILE condition.Paper is brittle.Spine is failing.Pages are ready to detach / tearStill complete, but must be handled very carefully
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