{"id":1675,"date":"2019-02-13T17:48:36","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T15:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hps.gr\/notos2021\/?page_id=1675"},"modified":"2021-11-10T12:43:26","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T10:43:26","slug":"the-1861-large-hermes-heads-printing-plates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hps.gr\/notos2021\/index.php\/the-1861-large-hermes-heads-printing-plates\/","title":{"rendered":"The 1861 Large Hermes Heads printing plates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Exhibitor:<\/span> The Philatelic and Postal Museum, Athens<\/p>\n

Exhibit:<\/span> The 1861 Large Hermes Heads printing plates<\/p>\n

The masterpieces of D\u00e9sir\u00e9-Albert Barre, the French chief engraver of the Paris Mint (1855-1878), will be exhibited to the public together for the first time during NOTOS 2021.<\/p>\n

These seven bronze printing plates were constructed in Paris in 1861, comprising 150 individual clich\u00e9s each, for the purpose of printing the first Greek stamps. They were never replaced. They were used continuously for more than 20 years (1861-1882) to produce all the Large Hermes Heads values of 1 lepton and 2, 5, 10, 20, 40 and 80 lepta.<\/p>\n

Today, the plates are kept in the Philatelic and Postal Museum in Athens. Six of the seven plates are intact. The 20 lepta plate had been dismantled at some time in the past and in 2019-20 its reconstruction was worked upon and carried out successfully.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1 lepton stamp<\/td>\n1 lepton plate clich\u00e9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"The 1 lepton 150-clich\u00e9 plate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2 lepta stamp<\/td>\n2 lepta plate clich\u00e9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"The 2 lepta 150-clich\u00e9 plate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5 lepta stamp<\/td>\n5 lepta plate clich\u00e9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"The 5 lepta 150-clich\u00e9 plate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10 lepta stamp<\/td>\n10 lepta plate clich\u00e9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"The 10 lepta 150-clich\u00e9 plate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
40 lepta stamp<\/td>\n40 lepta plate clich\u00e9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"The 40 lepta 150-clich\u00e9 plate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
80 lepta stamp<\/td>\n80 lepta plate clich\u00e9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"The 80 lepta 150-clich\u00e9 plate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\n

Plate photos:<\/span> Ioannis Assimakopoulos, Athens<\/p>\n

Stamp images:<\/span> A. Karamitsos’ Hellas<\/em> stamp catalogue<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Exhibitor: The Philatelic and Postal Museum, Athens Exhibit: The 1861 Large Hermes Heads printing plates The masterpieces of D\u00e9sir\u00e9-Albert Barre, the French chief engraver of the Paris Mint (1855-1878), will be exhibited to the public together for the first time during NOTOS 2021. These seven bronze printing plates were constructed in Paris in 1861, comprising 150 individual clich\u00e9s each, for…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1675","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hps.gr\/notos2021\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hps.gr\/notos2021\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hps.gr\/notos2021\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hps.gr\/notos2021\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hps.gr\/notos2021\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1675"}],"version-history":[{"count":64,"href":"https:\/\/hps.gr\/notos2021\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6086,"href":"https:\/\/hps.gr\/notos2021\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1675\/revisions\/6086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hps.gr\/notos2021\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}