Reintroduction of the Olympic Games 

Reintroduction of the Olympic Games
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Reintroduction of the Olympic Games

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
684803
Area
Stamps
Title
Reintroduction of the Olympic Games
Face value
Country / area
Greece
Year
1900
Month
12
Day
Issue group
1900 Reintroduction of the Olympic Games [with overprint]
Order Number in Issue
Basic colour
Usage
Postage
Type
Set
Theme / topic
Buildings, Glass and Pottery, Gods, Mountains, Myths, sagas and legends, Olympic Games, Sports, Stadiums, Temples
Geographical theme
Athens
Persons theme
Praxiteles (ca.400BCE-ca.326BCE)
Item subject
Michel number
118#122
Yvert number
141#145
Scott number
Stanley Gibbons number
148#152
Karamitsos number
Designer/Engraver
Gillieron, Émile (1850-1924), Mouchon, Louis-Eugène [1843-1914]
Printing office
Perforation
Perforated
Watermark
Without watermark
Luminescence
None
Printing technique
Typography
Paper
Gum
Print run
Dimensions / diameter
Details
The letters "A M" are tghe abbreviation of "Axia Metallike" ("metal value" for parcels destined for use on foreign countries, to be paid for at the gold rate. Vlastos nr.: 174#178