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H&G 5 H&G 7 (SPECIMEN double) H&G 13 H&G 14

Founder member of the UPU.

class H&G Stratoudakis year value description usage specimen type note
post card 3 Δ3S 1883 5 lepta Hermes head – black for use within the same town [1]  
  4 Δ4S 1883 10 lepta Hermes head – ultramarine for use throughout Greece [1]  
  5 Δ5S 1883 10 lepta Hermes head – carmine for international use [1]  
  6 Δ6S 1883 5 + 5 lepta Hermes head – black for use within the same town [1]  
  7 Δ7S 1883 10 + 10 lepta Hermes head – ultramarine for use throughout Greece [1]  
  8 Δ8S 1883 10 + 10 lepta Hermes head – carmine for international use [1] 1
  12 Δ12S 1900 5 lepta Flying Hermes – olive for use throughout Greece [1a]  
  13 Δ13S 1900 10 lepta Flying Hermes – red for international use [1a]  
  14 Δ14S 1900 5 + 5 lepta Flying Hermes – olive for use throughout Greece [1a]  
  15 Δ15S 1900 10 + 10 lepta Flying Hermes – red for international use [1a]  

type image dimensions application note
[1] 11 × 1½ printed horiz on stamp impression (on both parts of reply cards) 2
[1a] 12 × 1½ handstamped diag BL to TR on card (only on outward part of reply cards)  

Notes

Known with double SPECIMEN overprint on outward half.
Characteristic large C – also used on contemporary stamps.

Reference

Stratoudakis, George D. Greece Postal Stationery. The author, Athens, 1985.


Last updated 24 October 2009

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