Greece 1861 -1874 Large Hermes Head

I'd like some help with identification, condition and value of this stamp. Thank you.

Not an expert. Poor scan.
I have mine as Sc#54 1880

I think the 1875 issue on cream paper also is another possibility. That has a numeral 10 on the back. If you soak off the paper hinge on the back, we'll be able to tell which one it is.

My gut says that underneath the paper hinge you will find a thin spot, but no numeral 10. I'm really curious to find out!

No 10 on back.

Then it's definitely the 1880 issue then as rod described, and a color variety as orange yellow or yellow.

rmatossian, you never know until you look. There were no stamp hinges being made for many years after the first stamps came out, and people improvised with stamp selvage and gummed paper labels. I'm guessing that stamps stuck down with glue were mostly tossed by succeeding generations of collectors.

Thanks HB,
so what excludes Sc#12, 12a or 12c ? or Sc#19 a-c?
Due to "Greenish" ?
I wasn't game to make a call.

Oops!
I took Bailey's answer as Number 10 on back, not No Number 10 on back.

Otherwise, it's basically not being on greenish paper, yes. That's pretty evident almost always. Even from the scan, this looks like the usual cream paper of those later issues. The shading lines along the back of the neck and around the chin cover relatively big areas, typical of later issues. I know every reference says "coarse impression" but that's just relative to the the extremely finely done first issues.

Then it often comes down to a slog of comparing print characteristics. I basically go backwards by eliminating the ones that it can't be and work through the rest. The 1L can drive you nuts. My reference is from the Stamp Specialist book series, with the blue book having an excellent article by Robert O. Truman on the Large Hermes Heads, with B/W photos. There's also:
http://bigblue1840-1940.blogspot.co...s-heads.html
Plus IDs here on SCF have been very good. As always, a picture is worth a thousand words.

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Engraving Hermes.....2011

What an absolute incredible talent. It is sometimes lost on me when looking at oodles of stamps just how much time, effort, skill, and detail went into their creation. This is an excellent reminder. Thanks for posting that video.

I was holding my breath, at times.
One slip of the burin, and your dashed...

Admittedly, the engraver is following lines,
but still, engraving an reversed image, must be testing.
I can image doing an R backwards.

I also tried a screen capture for the tube of Ink brand.
Unsuccessful.

Notice he employs newsprint to clean off excess ink,
any fabric would lift ink from the engravings.