GREECE - 1934 December 28: An 50 leptas green, orange and buff Postal Tax stamp depicting allegory of “Health”. For the benefit of the tubercular clerks and officials of the Post, Telephone and Telegraph Service. Use was obligatory on all mail during 4 weeks each year including Christmas, the New Year and Easter, and on parcel post packages at all times

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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: 3400px × 4700px
Location: Greece
Photo credit: © World of Stamp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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