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Stamp of Greece; 1896, commemorative stamp of the issue "1st Olympic Games 1896" in April 1896 in Athens; issue of 12 stamps; stamp motive with the "Discobolos"-figure of the arch-caster Myron (lived around 500 - 440 BC); It's giving today at least 6 Roman copies of a contemporary not more existing original bronze-statue (1.55 m high) by the Myron (Classical period of the antique Greek art, ca. 450 BC created); depicted is the copy of London (marble copy from the "Villa Adriana" in Rome); stamp postmarked
Stamp: Michel: No. 98; Yvert & Tellier: No. 103; Scott: No. 119: AFA: No. 67
Color: lilac
Watermark: none
Nominal value: 5 L (Lepton)

Postage validity: from 25 March 1896
date QS:P,+1896-03-25T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1896-03-25T00:00:00Z/11

Stamp size (printed area of a single stamp): 17.5.0 x 21.5 mm

Postmark: Volos (antique harbour-town in Thessaly at the Parasitean Gulf, Greece),
Date from 25 March 1896
date QS:P,+1896-03-25T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1896-03-25T00:00:00Z/11
(first issue date of the stamp)
Source scan of original
Author Government Postal Service of the Hellenic Post
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  • The same stamp, postmarked, other stamp
    The same stamp, postmarked, other stamp
  • The "Discobolos"-figure (marble-copy) from Munich, photography from "Encyclopaedia Britannica", 1911; this figure was given back to Italy in 1948 and is contemporary located in the "Thermes-Museum" (= "Museo Nazionale Romano") in Rome
    The "Discobolos"-figure (marble-copy) from Munich, photography from "Encyclopaedia Britannica", 1911; this figure was given back to Italy in 1948 and is contemporary located in the "Thermes-Museum" (= "Museo Nazionale Romano") in Rome
  • The "Discobolos"-figure (marble-copy) from London; found 1781 at the "Villa Adriana" in Rome, contemporary located in the "British Museum" in London
    The "Discobolos"-figure (marble-copy) from London; found 1781 at the "Villa Adriana" in Rome, contemporary located in the "British Museum" in London
Picture description "Discobolos" by Myron
First day of issue
Publisher Government Postal Service of the Hellenic Post
Design A. Guilleron (Switzerland) (design),

Louis-Eugéne Mouchon (1843-1914) (engraving)

Printer "Imprimerie Nationale" (then: "Imprimerie Imperiale"), Paris (by the agency of E.Mouchon)
Printing technique Letterpress printing
Circulation 2,992,500
Perforation Comb perforation, K 14 : 13½
MICHEL Nr. Griechenland (GR) Nr. 98
SCOTT Nr. Greece (GR), No. 119

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