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Greece: The Landscape Issues                                                                                                                       1 Lepton







                         Un-adopted hand painted essays for the 1 lepton denomination



















                         Colour trials



















                                 Grey                        Red               Colour trial as the final issued stamp           Lilac                  Green





























                                                                                           The largest block recorded to date.

                                                                                           Although the 1 Lepton stamp was printed with a specific rate in
                                                                                            mind, rate changes made it obsolete before circulation so it was
                                                                                            never used. Up to the 1st January 1926, the 1 lepton rate was valid

                              Die proof of 1 lepton, depicting a                           for newspapers send directly by the publishers to subscribers per
                              Dodecanese costume, in black wove paper,                      100 gms. This rate was increased to 5 lepta on the 1 May 1926 for
                              recess McDonald of London.                                   the same weight.
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