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Lord Byron death centenary commemorative Greek postage stamp: [Purple singleton]

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle

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Title
Lord Byron death centenary commemorative Greek postage stamp: [Purple singleton]
Additional title: Lord Byron being met in Greece
Names
Bradbury Wilkinson & Co. (Printer)
Vryzakis, Theodore, 1814-1878 (Bibliographic antecedent)
Collection

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: visual materials

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1924 (Inferred)
Place: London
Publisher: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co. Ltd.,
Library locations
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Shelf locator: Pforz VMAT (B'ANA 0166)
Topics
Baron, Byron, George Gordon Byron, 1788-1824 -- Centennial celebrations, etc
Authors on postage stamps
Commemorations
Genres
Postage stamps
Specimens
Notes
Content: Face value: 2 Greek drachma.
Content: Printed in black with violet border, with an engraving after Theodore Vryzakis's painting of Byron's reception at Missolonghi.
Content: Pforzheimer copy: Stamp is canceled.
Content: Digitization includes envelop where purple singleton stamp is housed with the pair of blue Byron portrait stamps described by https://legacycatalog.nypl.org/record=b21315317
Physical Description
Extent: 1 stamp ; 32 x 48 mm
Type of Resource
Still image
Text
Languages
Greek, Modern (1453-)
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19980492
RLIN/OCLC: 1000450335
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b21315318
NYPL Exhibition ID: TL 24.07.051 A
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): aca1be20-a29f-013c-ecb1-0242ac110005
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1924: Issued
  • 2024: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Lord Byron death centenary commemorative Greek postage stamp" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1924. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8a511670-a2a0-013c-bf29-0242ac110002

Chicago/Turabian Format

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Lord Byron death centenary commemorative Greek postage stamp" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 24, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8a511670-a2a0-013c-bf29-0242ac110002

APA Format

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. (1924). Lord Byron death centenary commemorative Greek postage stamp Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8a511670-a2a0-013c-bf29-0242ac110002

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Lord Byron death centenary commemorative Greek postage stamp