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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 two wrestlers in antique drawing; stamp postmarked
Stamp: Michel: No. 96; Yvert & Tellier: No. 101; Scott: No. 117
Color: brown on white paper
Watermark: none
Nominal value: 1 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 22.0 mm

Postmark: Athens (= Modern Greek, Singular: "Αθηνα", Plural: "Αθῆαί" = "Athenai"; capital of Greece), 189?-01-06
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)
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Author Government Postal Service of the Hellenic Post
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Picture description "Two wrestlers"
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 3,993,750
Perforation Comb perforation, K 14 : 13½
MICHEL Nr. Griechenland (GR) Nr. 98#6
SCOTT Nr. Greece (GR), No. 117

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current18:33, 3 February 2022Thumbnail for version as of 18:33, 3 February 2022672 × 796 (265 KB)Katharinaiv (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=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 two wrestlers in antique drawing; stamp postmarked<br /> '''Stamp''': Michel: No. 96; Yvert & Tellier: No. 101; Scott: No. 117<br /> '''Color''': brown on white paper<br /> '''Watermark''': none<br /> '''Nominal value''': 1 L (Lepton)<br /> '''Postage validity''': {{other date|from|2=1896-03-25}}<br...