GREECE - 1927 April 1: An 50 lepta violet postage stamp depicting Corinth Canal, artificial canal in Greece, that connects the Gulf of Corinth in the Ionian Sea with the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea. It cuts through the narrow Isthmus of Corinth and separates the Peloponnese from the Greek mainland, arguably making the peninsula an island. The canal was dug through the Isthmus at sea level and has no locks. It is kilometres (4 miles) in length and only metres ( feet) wide at sea level, making it impassable for many modern ships

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Greece is located in the southern part of the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe, bordering on the Ionian, Aegean and Mediterranean Seas. Capital — Athens. In 1923 the reigning king was forced to abdicate and the following year Greece was declared a republic. In 1935, the king was recalled by a “plebiscite” of the people. Greece became a republic in June 1973. The country today includes the Aegean Islands of Chios, Mytilene (Lesbos), Samos, Icaria (Nicaria) and Lemnos, the Ionian Islands (Corfu, etc.) Crete, Macedonia, Western Thrace and part of Eastern Thrace, the Mount Athos District, Epirus and the Dodecanese Islands. 100 Lepta = 1 Drachma. 100 Cents = 1 Euro (2002). This postage stamp, as a physical objects, is part of a private collection owned by the author of the image

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Size: 3000px × 3800px
Location: Greece
Photo credit: © World of Stamp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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