File:Stamp 1944 Greece MiNr0469 mt B002a.jpg

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Stamp of Greece; 1944; commemorative stamp of the issue "Landscapes"; The stamp motive shows a view to the rock with the monastery "Meteora"; Stamp by the printery "Aspioti-Elka" (= narrow connection to De La Rue in London); This printery was founded in 1873 by Gerasimus Aspiotis on Corfu as factory for playing cards.; In 1911 as printery for stamps and banknotes ("Aspiotis Brothers").; In 1933 re-naming in "Aspiotis-Elka" ("Elka" = "Etairia Lithographias kai Kytiopoieias Athenon"), since 1984 S.A.; depicted is the monastery ("Moni") "Agias Trinados" (= Genitive from "Holy Trinity") in the region Thessaly; Erected was this monastery probably in the 15th century ("Monastery of the Holy Trinity").; Since 1988 are the "Méteor"-monasteries in Greece (total sum: 24, but only 6 are all-the-year habitated) part of the UNESCO World Culture Heritage.; monochromized; mint stamp
Stamp: Michel: No. 469; Yvert & Tellier: No. 467; Scott: No. 442; AFA: No. 485
Color: blue
Nominal value:50 DRX (Drachmes)

Postage validity: from 1 September 1944
date QS:P,+1944-09-01T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1944-09-01T00:00:00Z/11

Stamp size (printed area of a single stamp without signarure line): 30.5 x 21.0 mm
Date (first issue date of the stamp)
Source scan of original
Author Postal administration of the Government of "Hellas"
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This image is in the public domain according to Greek copyright law (Paragraph 5 of Article II, Law 2121 of 1993) because it shows or is part of an official text expressive of the authority of the State, notably a legislative, administrative or judicial text.
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  • The "Méteora Mino Agias Triados" in Greece, 2007
    The "Méteora Mino Agias Triados" in Greece, 2007
  • Picture title: "Monastère Aghia Triada dans la région des monastères des Météores en Grèce." (photography from 2017)
    Picture title: "Monastère Aghia Triada dans la région des monastères des Météores en Grèce." (photography from 2017)
  • The "Méteora-Moni Agias Triados" in Greece, 2017
    The "Méteora-Moni Agias Triados" in Greece, 2017
Picture description Méteore-Monastery "Agia Triada" in Thessaly
First day of issue
Publisher Postal administration of the Government of "Hellas"
Printer Printery "Aspiati-Elka", Corfu and Athens (Greece)
Printing technique Offset printing
Circulation 8,079,576
Perforation Line perforation, L 12½
MICHEL Nr. Griechenland (GR), Nr. 469
SCOTT Nr. Greece (GR) No. 442

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