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Greece: The Landscape Issues 10 Lepta - 1927

Double and shifted printing varieties

Although the above stamp must have come from a sheet of at least 400-600
stamps, this is the only one that has been recorded so far with the double print
variety as can be seen on the scan along side. The cancellation "DE DELPH"

comes from the commemorative stamp aT Delphi (ATEpµovri crcppay[oa Twv
LlEAcplKWV rnpn.l>v) from the festival at the ancient site of Delphi that were
organized by the well known Greek poet Aggelos Sikelianos.

Fifteen 10 lepta stamps for a total rate of lYi drachma on a cover postmarked Navplion 18 October 1927 to a
local address. The rate being the correct one for letters posted within the same town and valid from
1 December 1926. The block of stamps bears the shifted printing variety as opposed to the double illustrated
above. Although this variety is the commonest of the two, it is rarely found in such big blocks on cover.