Description: This vertically oriented pictorial definitive stamp from the Kingdom of Greece highlights one of the nation's greatest engineering marvels, the Corinth Canal. The central vignette captures a small steamship steering through the narrow, sheer rock walls of the hand-carved channel. Designed by the notable artist I. Kefallinos, the illustration is framed by an elegant archway design rendered in a dark plum-purple ink. The top border explicitly houses the national title "ΕΛΛΑΣ" (Hellas), while the lower margin balances a central "ΛΕΠТА" (Lepta) script panel flanked by bold dual "50" numerical denomination tablets.
Circa: 1927
Condition: Used
Notes:
The Corinth Canal is a 6.4-kilometre-long man-made waterway in Greece that cuts through the narrow Isthmus of Corinth. Completed in 1893, it physically separates the Peloponnese peninsula from the Greek mainland, connecting the Gulf of Corinth with the Saronic Gulf. Because it is only 21.4 meters wide at its base and framed by sheer, vertical rock walls rising up to 79 meters, it is too narrow for modern ocean freighters but remains a highly famous tourist attraction and navigational shortcut for smaller vessels and cruise ships.