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Greece: The Landscape Issues                                                                                                             1 drachma - 1933






                     1933 Perkins, Bacon & Co  Issue : Colour trials

























                                                   Grey                               Brown & Black                            Blue & Brown









                     1933 Perkins, Bacon & Co  Issue: Imprimatur, frame & vignette














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                                                                                     The sheet let showing the final proof of the 1 drachma denomination for the
                           Progressive proof of the final frame of the ld
                                                                                     1933 issue wit the same line characteristics as the two sheetlets above. The
                           stamp for the 1933 issue. On the top left of
                                                                                     above example showing the "PERKINS, BACON  & CO.  LONDON" inscription
                          the paper the mirror image of number 95 can
                                                                                     just below the design. Two numbers on the top  left of the paper one each  in
                           be seen. Also, a small thin vertical line runs on
                                                                                     the colours used for the stamp are present but undecipherable. These must
                          the top and bottom of  the frame  .splitting the
                                                                                     refer to the colour plates used to print the proof.
                           paper in two equal halves, probably to centre
                          the printing process of the trial.
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