GREECE - 1896: An 20 lepta red-brown postage stamp depicting Vase Pallas Athene (Minerva), Goddess of wisdom, warfare, and handicraft. Member of the Twelve Olympians. 1st international Olympic Games of the modern era, held at Athens. The 1896 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad and commonly known as Athens 1896, was the first international Olympic Games held in modern history. Organised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which had been created by French aristocrat Pierre de Coubertin, it was held in Athens, Greece, from 6 to 15 April 1896
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
Size: 3300px × 5300px
Location: Greece
Photo credit: © World of Stamp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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