Stamps of Greece: Airmail Issue (1926)
The first Greek airmail stamps were produced in October 1926 to repay postage on mail carried by the Aeroespresso Company.
By PDb Archive|2018-02-13T12:29:07+11:00Feb 12, 2018|Aircraft on Stamps, Airmail Stamps, Airmails, Flight Archive, Greece, History, Maps on Stamps, Printers, Printing Processes, Stamp Profiles, Top Ten Articles|
The first Greek airmail stamps were produced in October 1926 to repay postage on mail carried by the Aeroespresso Company.
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:18:49+11:00Apr 27, 2017|Classic Stamps, Crete, Flags on Stamps, Greece, Printers, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics|
This 25l. black and blue stamp celebrated the Union of Crete with Greece. It depicted the hoisting of the Greek
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:18:58+11:00Jan 29, 2017|Classic Stamps, Crete, Greece, Overprints, Royalty, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics|
These provisional overprints were overprinted in black or red on the 1900 Crete issue, which celebrated Prince George becoming the
By PDb Archive|2017-10-11T09:19:02+11:00Nov 10, 2016|Classic Stamps, Greece, History, Olympics on Stamps, Sports on Stamps, Stamp Profiles, Top Ten Articles, Topicals or Thematics|
By PDb Maps|2017-10-11T09:19:10+11:00Jul 20, 2016|Albania, Asia Maps, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Crete, Crimea, Cyprus, Europe Maps, Greece, Hungary, Macedonia, Maps, Moldavia, Montenegro, Ottoman Empire, Romania, Serbia (Servia), Slavonia, Transylvania, Turkey|
Here is an extremely useful map from our Archives for Ottoman specialists. It comes from a contemporaneous Lincoln Stamp Album
By Russell W. Stern|2017-10-11T09:19:15+11:00Apr 24, 2016|"NSW Philatelist", Articles, British Commonwealth, Egypt, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, New Zealand, Paraguay, Philatelic Publications, Printers|
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:19:19+11:00Apr 6, 2016|Crete, Flags on Stamps, Greece, History, Printers, Printing Processes, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics|
This issue celebrated the Union of Crete with Greece at Souda Bay, May 1, 1913 and depicted the hoisting of
By PDb Archive|2017-10-11T09:19:20+11:00Mar 29, 2016|Cyprus, Flags on Stamps, Greece, History, Military, Overprints, Printers, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics|
Aspioti-Elka are Greek security printers who first began operating in 1911. The company produced the Iris and Hermes series, recess
By PDb Maps|2017-10-11T09:19:22+11:00Mar 8, 2016|Europe Maps, Greece, History, Maps, Ottoman Empire, Turkey|
By PDb Archive|2017-10-11T09:19:22+11:00Mar 4, 2016|Greece, Post Offices|
By PDb Archive|2017-10-11T09:20:17+11:00Jun 19, 2015|Greece, History, Royalty, Topicals or Thematics|
The turbulent Greek monarchy celebrated its centenary in 1963 with a series of five stamps portraying the kings of the
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:20:39+11:00Feb 23, 2015|Belgium, British Empire, Bulgaria, Denmark & Colonies, Europe, Germany & Colonies, Great Britain, Greece, History, King Edward VII, King George V, King Manoel, Portugal & Colonies, Royalty, Topicals or Thematics, World War I|
This superb image shows Europe's reigning monarchs gathered for the funeral of King Edward VII, May 1910 One of the
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:21:43+11:00Jan 26, 2014|Designers, First Day Covers, Greece, Stamp Collecting, Stamp Collectors, Stamps on Stamps, Topicals or Thematics|
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:22:12+11:00Dec 8, 2013|Bulgaria, Greece, History, Ottoman Empire, Romania, Turkey, Video|