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#418 #419 #420
Scott: #418-20O

Issued: 21.5.1939

75th Anniversary of the Union of the Ionian Islands with Greece

Inside #418-20: Ionian Islands (Br) #1-3O (B)

See SOS Signal No. 35

[The Return of the Dedokanes Islands, type GW] [Return of the Dedokanes Islands to Greece, type GW2]

Scott: #511P, #513P, #531P

(Thanks to Kathy Sulzner)

Issued: 20.10.1947 (#513), 12.4.1948 (#511), 15.9.1950 (#531)

Return of the Dodecanese to Greece

[Apollon, type A] Inside #511, #513, #531: Revolutionary Stamps of 1912 Used in Aegean IslandsO

Aegean Islands (Dodecanese) (1912-47)

A group of 14 islands in the southeastern Aegean Sea. Under Turkish rule since the early 16th century, the islands declared their independence in 1912, during the Italo-Turkish War, but were soon occupied by Italy. Greece recognized Italian control of the islands in 1920, and Turkey formally ceded them to Italy in 1923. The Aegean Islands were occupied by Germany from 1943-45 and by British forces from 1945-47. In 1947 they were annexed by Greece. Italy issued a large number of stamps for use in the islands from 1912-43, while the Germans overprinted a few issues from 1943-45. During 1945-47, stamps of the British Middle East Forces were used. In 1947, specially overprinted Greek stamps were used, and regular Greek issues have been used since 1947.

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# 721-727

Scott: #721-7P

Issued: 20.12.1961

Centenary of Greek Stamps

Inside #721-7:


Greece #1P	Greece #2O	Greece #3P	Greece #7O


Greece #4O	Greece #5O	Greece #6O

#1062

Scott: #1062P

Issued: 15.11.1972

Stamp Day

Inside #1062: Stamp Collecting

#1062a

#1106

Scott: #1106P

Issued: 15.11.1973

Stamp Day

Inside #1106: Stamp Collecting

Scott: #1119P

Issued: 15.11.1974

Stamp Day

Inside #1119: Crete #80O

Scott: #1157P

Issued: 15.11.1975

Stamp Day

Inside #1157: Greece #380O

Scott: #1235P

Issued: 15.12.1977

Greeks Living Abroad

Inside #1235: Greece #1204O

#1249-52

Scott: #1249-52P

Issued: 15.5.1978

150th Anniversary of Greek Postal Service

Inside #1250: Greece #6O

Inside #1251: Greece #122O

Inside #1252: Greece #1062P

#1252a1

Scott: #1252aP

Scott: #1322P

Issued: 24.11.1979

Balkanfila

Inside #1322: Pseudo Stamp

#1453

Scott: #1452P, #1453P

Issued: 14.3.1983

Postal Code Inauguration

Inside #1452: Greece #1439O (on Cover)

#3-1 Inside #1453: Greece #3P (B) (#723)

Design component: Hermes head vignette only (Thanks to Lou)

Athens Cultural Capital Of Europe -1985P

#125_1

Inside: Greece #125O

Thanks to Prof. Plinio Richelmi

Scott: #1660O

Issued: 22.05.1989

Bicentenary of the French Revolution

Inside #1660: France Type A915P (Pic of #1788)

Design component: Liberte head engraving by Gandon only, background, inscriptions omitted

#1660 also issued in booklets containing 20 panes of 5 stamps, perf. 131/4 horizontally.

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

Scott: #1709O

Thanks to Dr. Eli Moallem for the scan

Issued: 14.12.1990

Stamp Day

Inside #1709 (In Margin):


Greece #C22P	Greece #C23P	Greece #C28O	Greece #C30O

Thanks to Dr. Eli Moallem for the scans


Greece #128O	Greece #165O	Crete #82O

Greece 1996 Olympic 2

Scott: #1832 a-dP

Issued: 25.3.1996

Centenary, Olympic Games

Inside #1832a-d:


Greece #117P	Greece #118P	Greece #119P	Greece #120P

Scott: #1833 a-dP

Issued: 25.3.1996,

Centenary, Olympic Games

Inside #1833a-d:


Greece #122P	Greece #124O	Greece #125O	Greece #128O

Thanks to Sergei Divid for some of the scans

Greece 1996 Olympic 3

Scott: #1834a-dP

Issued: 25.3.1996

Centenary, Olympic Games

Inside #1834a-d:


Greece #121P	Greece #123O	Greece #126O	Greece #127O

Thanks to Sergei Divid for some of the scans

Scott: #1976a-bP

Issued: 18.12.2000

Centenary, Stamps of Crete (Greek Administration)

Inside #1976a: Crete, Greek Administration #69O

Greek Administration #71a Inside #1976b: Crete, Greek Administration #71O

Martin Hirschbühl wrote: These following 3 PS have been issued in 2000 and 2001, but no matter how I tried, I failed to get it from Greek Post at that time:

[Airmail - Greek Mythology, type DA]

1. Christmas-envelope with God Hermes-indicium in blue "EATA 11/2000" (total issued 180'000) sold in Packs of 10 at DR 2500 (was 8.52 Euro then)

2. Christmas-envelope with Godess Iris-indicium in rose-red "EATA 11/2000" (total issued 70'000) sold in Packs of 5 at DR 1500 (was 5.11 Euro then)

3. Easter-envelope with God Hermes-indicium in brown "EATA 3/2001" (total issued 50'000) sold in Packs of 5 at DR 1500 (was 5.11 Euro then)

I wonder WHERE all these envelopes have gone ??? You are cordially invited to keep an eye on them. good luck !

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Lou wrote: There are more Greece SoS imprinted envelopes and also imprinted postal cards that you don't have. You note 3, but there are actually 5 imprinted envelopes. Attached are cut outs from pages in the Michel 2013 Europa Ganzsachen catalog which have few illustrations but list the envelopes and cards issued. Note there were 12 cards issued in 2001; all have the same SoS, but the picture sides are different.

greece 2000 Michel cat (3) greece Michel cat info (3) greece Mi P 65-05 (2)

2006

Scott: #2238P

Issued: 10.1.2006

50^th Anniversary of the first Europa stamp

Inside #2238: Greece #1459O

Inside #2238: Greece #1255O

Scott: #2252-3P

Issued: 7.4.2006

Olympic interim games 1906 2 s/s

Greece stamps of 1906 - Greek Art, Classical Period (480-323 BC)

Inside #2252: Greece #187O

Inside #2252: Greece #191O

Inside #2252: Greece #188O

Inside #2252: Greece #192O

Inside #2253: Greece #189O

Inside #2253: Greece #194O

Inside #2253: Greece #197O

Inside #2253: Greece #190O

Scott: #2290-6P

Issued: 12.3.2007

Greetings Stamps

Inside #2292: Pseudo Stamp

Scott: #2296aO

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Scott: #2344-9P

Issued: 21.4.2008

Personalized stamps - Letter

Inside #2344: Stamp on Envelope – TBI

Scott: #2349aO

Scott: #2504-10P

Issued: 01.10.2011

150th Anniversary, First Greece stamps

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#7 1861

Greece #1P

(#721)

Greece #2O

Greece #3P

(#723)

Greece #7O


Greece #4O	Greece #5O	Greece #6O

Inside #2504-10: Greece #1-7

(value numerals omitted, colors changed)

Scott: #2510aP

On October 1st, 1861 Greece released it’s first postage stamps, what’s known as the “Large Hermes Heads”. They are masterpieces, considered some of the finest stamps, not only in Greek philately, but in all philately. The seven stamps each feature the Greek god Hermes, known among other traits, as messenger to the Gods. It’s a perfect choice and one that recurs many times on stamps worldwide. The Hermes Head stamp has it’s roots in France, the stamp design was done by Albert Barre. His design based on the French stamp featuring the goddess Demeter, and executed by his father, the engraver Jacques-Jean Barre. The seven values of the first stamps (Scott #1-7) were printed in Paris, and have become known as the “Paris Prints”. These were so finely executed that they are fairly easy to recognize, even to an untrained eye like mine.

The printing plates were shipped to Greece, where printing resumed. The subsequent printings created a number of distinct varieties, which amuse, frustrate and otherwise occupy many collectors. Indeed, many devote themselves to the study of nothing but these stamps. Control numbers on the back of the stamps, paper varieties, color variations, plates flaws and forgeries all contribute to the mystique the Hermes Heads continue to have.

Among the most valuable is the “Solferino” a distinct color variety of the 40 lepta Hermes Head stamp. The stamp takes it’s name from the blood spilled on the sands at the battle of Solferino. Only 14 examples are known to exist and one is about to go to auction with an opening bid of 40,000 euro. Any takers?

An interesting aside…the Hermes Heads were not the first postage stamps used in Greece. The British having occupied the Ionian Islands, issued a set of three stamps in 1859. Five years later, in a gesture of goodwill they ceded the islands back to Greece and those stamps became invalid.

Happy 150th Anniversary! (http://hermeshead.wordpress.com/2011/09/30/)

Thanks to Lou Guadagno and Mike Knopfler

greece ss 10 29 15

Scott: #27??P

Issued: 29.10.2015

115th Anniversary of Postal Savings Bank in Greece

sos crete 51 1900 Inside #27?? (multiples in upper right margin of s/s): Crete #51P

The first postal savings bank was started in Crete in 1900 before unification with Greece.

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

Scott: #????O

Issued: 9.10.2018

190 Years of Hellenic Post

[Airmail - Greek Mythology, type DA] Inside #??? (in margin of s/s): Greece #C26O

greece ss notos 2021 exhibition

Scott: #????O

Issued: 19.11.2021

Notos 2021

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Lou wrote: Greece issued a s/s to publicize the opening of the Notos 2021 Stamp Exhibition. I like it because it is something a little different from the usual SoS.

The left hand image shows a Greek medallion which was the source for the 1861 Hermes stamps and the right hand image is a negative or reversed detail, like an engraved plate, of the 2011 150th anniversary SoS.


Scott: #2504 (2011)	Negative of Scott: #2504

Part of Notos 2021	Part of Scott: #2504

You can see part of the frame and the reversed Greek inscriptions that are continued outside the white rectangle to the right and below the vignette. I reversed a scan of one of the 2011 stamps and it comes close to what is on the Greek s/s.

Thanks to Martin Hirschbühl and Lou Guadagno

[World Post Day - Postcards, type DHS]

Greece #????-?O

Issued: 06.10.2022

World Post Day

Inside #????: Stamp on Postcards

Scott: #????O

Issued: 21.02.2024

100 Years Philotelia

%231%201861 Inside #????: Greece #1P (#721)

Thanks to Martin Hirschbühl and Lou Guadagno

ΕΛΤΑ Hellenic Post

http://english.elta.gr/index.asp

http://www.cangelaris.com/gr_exvar.htm

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Greece #2

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Greece #4

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Greece #5

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Greece #6

#7 1861

Greece #7

Greece #122

Greece #123 for Gambia, Grenada, Marshal Is., Paraguay, Saint Vincent – Grenadines,

Saint Vincent Grenadines - Canouan

#124_1

Greece #124 + for Gambia, Haiti, Marshal Is., Paraguay,

#125_1

Greece #125 + for Congo, Gambia, Marshal Is., Romania, Paraguay, Kyrgyzstan, Saint Vincent – Grenadines, Saint Vincent Grenadines - Canouan

#126