File:Stamp 1896 Greece MiNr0101 pm B002.jpg

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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 a depiction of an antique chariot race; stamp postmarked in 1898
Stamp: Michel: No. 101; Yvert & Tellier: No. 106; Scott: No. 122: AFA: No. 70
Color: red
Watermark: none
Nominal value: 25 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): 37.5.0 x 22.0 mm
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 (then)
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Picture description "Chariot race"
First day of issue
Publisher Government Postal Service of the Hellenic Post (then)
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 1,929,700
Perforation Comb perforation, K 14 : 13½
MICHEL Nr. Griechenland (GR) Nr. 101
SCOTT Nr. Greece (GR), No. 122

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