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Greece: The Landscape Issues 2 Drachmas - 1931/35

The Unique Double Centre

The stamp showing the double center vari-
ety. This is the only recorded centre from
the 1933 re-issue of the landscape issue.
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Both the Karamitsos and Vlastos catalogues
indicate the presence of double centres or
frames on several of the values of the 1927 EH
issue only.

The significance of this double is that it is the
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only one recorded to date, without it having
surfaced in any other collection or auction
catalogue or in any archive.

A further significance is the displacement
between the two centres. The size of this

difference not showing in any other double
of the ones that have been recorded from
the 1927 issue, as the doubling in all other
cases is in very close proximity to each

other.

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The diagram shows the
The diagram shows the most indicative identifi-
double vignette covering the cation of the 1933 re- The 1931-35 issue can be recognized from the size ofthe stamp 24,3x18,3mm
Acropolis and the issue, the clear shape of and from the distinct features of the stones in between the two columns.
surrounding hill. the rocks.