1862 transitional and 1862-67 consecutive printings

1 lepton

Hellas 15A—Chocolate brown
Hellas 15a—Chocolate brown
Hellas 15b—Brown
Hellas 15ba—Milky brown
Hellas 15c—Red-brown
Hellas 15d—Claret-brown
Hellas 15e—Red-brown (short-beard)

2 lepta

Hellas 16A—Yellow-bister
Hellas 16a—Yellow-bister
Hellas 16b—Bister
Hellas 16c—Brown-bister
Hellas 16d—Deep gray-bister

5 lepta

Hellas 17A and 17a—Green to yellow-green
Hellas 17b—Yellow-green
Hellas 17c—Olive green

10 lepta

Hellas 18A—Yellow-orange
Hellas 18a—Yellow-orange
Hellas 18b—Orange
Hellas 18ba—Red-orange
Hellas 18c—Salmon1
Hellas 18d—Yellow-orange on blue
Hellas 18e—Red-orange on blue
Hellas 18f—Salmon on blue2

20 lepta

Hellas 19A—Sky blue
Hellas 19a—Sky blue
Hellas 19b—Blue
Hellas 19c—Gray-blue
Hellas 19d—Dark gray-blue (oxidized corners)
Hellas 19e—Blue on green
Hellas 19f—Deep blue
Hellas 19g—Deep dark blue {“liar”)
Hellas 19h—Light sky blue (“clean of 1867”)

40 lepta

Hellas 20IA—Light mauve
Hellas 20Ia—Light mauve
Hellas 20Ib—Mauve
Hellas 20Ic—Mauve on green(ish)
Hellas 20Id—Gray-mauve
Hellas 20Ie—Purplish mauve
Hellas 20If—Bright purplish mauve (groseille)
Hellas 20IIa—Grayish-rose
Hellas 20IIb-Rose-red

80 lepta

Hellas 21a—Carmine (orange CNs
Hellas 21ab—Cherry-red (orange CNs))3
Hellas 21b—Rose-carmine (orange CNs)
22A-Rose-carmine (to carmine)
Hellas 22a—Rose-carmine
Hellas 22b—Carmine (deep shade)
Hellas 22c—Cherry-red
Hellas 22d—Dull carmine
  1. Cut-out of Karamitsos 707, lot 110
  2. Cut-out of Karamitsos 614, lot 193
  3. Cut-out of Karamitsos 651 lot 161
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