Hermes and the Infant Dionysus 

Hermes and the Infant Dionysus
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Hermes and the Infant Dionysus

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
289873
Area
Stamps
Title
Hermes and the Infant Dionysus
Face value
50#2
Country / area
Greece
Year
1900
Month
12
Day
Issue group
1900 Reintroduction of the Olympic Games [with overprint]
Order Number in Issue
3
Basic colour
Green, Red
Exact colour
Bistre olive, Red
Usage
Postage
Type
Stamp
Theme / topic
Gods, Myths, sagas and legends, Olympic Games, Sculpture, Sports
Geographical theme
Athens
Persons theme
Praxiteles (ca.400BCE-ca.326BCE)
Item subject
Michel number
120
Yvert number
143
Scott number
Stanley Gibbons number
150
Karamitsos number
Designer/Engraver
Gillieron, Émile (1850-1924), Mouchon, Louis-Eugène [1843-1914]
Printing office
Perforation
Comb perforation 13½ : 14
Watermark
Without watermark
Luminescence
None
Printing technique
Typography
Paper
Gum
Print run
53.880
Dimensions / diameter
Details
The letters "A M" are tghe abbreviation of "Axia Metallike" ("metal value" for parcels destined for use on foreign countries, to be paid for at the gold rate. Vlastos nr.: 176