Description: Greece 2004 Olympic Games This is for an unmounted mint - mint never hinged - Leonidas Sampanis scarce withdrawn 65 cent stamp from the Greek 2004 Olympics medal winners series.Leonidas Sampanis won the Olympic Bronze Medal in the 62kg weightlifting category on the 16th of August 2004. This stamp was issued in his honour on the 17th of August but was withdrawn on the 23rd August when Leonidas was disqualified due to failing a drug test. So, this stamp was only on sale for a few days and there were two printings. The initial issue was made on the day after Sampanis ´won´ the medal and was printed digitally by the regional main Post Office of each City where Olympics events were held.The main printing, by the offset method, was 3 or 4 days later.THE STAMP OFFERED HERE IS FROM THE OFFSET PRINTING WHICH WAS ONLY ON SALE FOR 3 OR 4 DAYS!The offset printed sheets can be easily distinguished from the digital printed sheets because the digitally printed sheets have an emblem printed in the bottom right corner of each sheet which uniquely identifies the location of printing. For example, Athens shows the Acropolis, Thessaloniki shows the White Tower etc., The offset printed sheets do not show an emblem.=====================================================================================ill I Will Combine Shipping To Save Postage Costs When Items are Paid For as a Single payment.
Price: 4.4 GBP
Location: Southern England
End Time: 2025-02-09T14:46:38.000Z
Shipping Cost: 2.45 GBP
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Return postage will be paid by: Buyer
Returns Accepted: Returns Accepted
After receiving the item, your buyer should cancel the purchase within: 14 days
Modified Item: No
Colour: Multi-Coloured
Denomination: 65c
Year of Issue: 2004
Type: Single
Number: 1
Product Type: Stamps: Singles/ Blocks/ Multiples
Country/Region of Origin: Greece
Quality: 1
Currency: Decimal
European Countries: Greece
Topic: Olympics
Cancellation Type: None
