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Plastira Lake and Martagon lily (Lilium martagon).
Sixth stamp in a set of 8, issued on 27.06.2001.
Face value: 200 Greek drachma / 0.59 euro.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 26,000,000 copies.
Size: 38 x 30 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 2091.
- Karamitsos No. 2163.
- Michel No. 2076.
- Scott No. 1998.
- StampWorld No. 2058.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 2163.
- Unificato No. 2054.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 2063.

Lake Plastiras (Greek: Λίμνη Πλαστήρα) also called Tavropos Reservoir (Greek: Τεχνητή Λίμνη Ταυρωπού) is an artificial lake fed by Megdovas river, located in Karditsa regional unit (Thessaly). It is named after the Greek general and politician Nikolaos Plastiras, who was the first to visualize the construction of an artificial lake in the area. The building of the dam started on December 14, 1955, and on October 30, 1960 it was officially inaugurated. The surface área of the lake is 24 km2 (9.3 sq mi). It is used for irrigation and as a power source of a hydroelectric plant, but also as the main water source to the city of Karditsa.

The martagon Lily or Turk's cap Lily (Lilium martagon), is a Eurasian species of lily. It has a widespread native region extending from Portugal east through Europe and Asia as far east as Mongolia. It is stem-rooting, growing between 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) and 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) tall. The flower colour is typically a pink-purple, with dark spots, but is quite variable, extending from near white to near black. The flowers are scented.