af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | dec 22, 2023 | Stamp of the day
CLASSIC STAMPS: Greece Greece, with its morale renewed and with the consent of its allies, was setting out on a military campaign in 1919 to protect the Greeks living on the western coastline of Asia Minor, with the ultimate goal being the future control of Smyrna and...
af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | dec 21, 2023 | Stamp of the day
Through the spring of 1912, a series of bilateral agreements between the Christian Balkan states (Greece, Bulgaria, Montenegro and Serbia) formed the Balkan League, which in October 1912 declared war on the Ottoman Empire. In the First Balkan War, the Ottomans were...
af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | dec 19, 2023 | Stamp of the day
New Hermes stamps were issued in 1901. On these stamps Hermes is shown in full figure, in contrast to the earlier ones where you only saw his head in profile. A series of 14 stamps were issued. Todays stamp is the golden 5 Drachmas with a CV of 10 € for a mint...
af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | dec 19, 2023 | Stamp of the day
In 1896 a series of 12 stamps were issued to celebrate the reintroduction of the Olympic Games. Today’s stamp shows a fourspan of horses led by a goddess of victory. CV for this 25 Lepta issue is 40 €.
af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | dec 17, 2023 | Stamp of the day
In 1886 the first so called “Small Hermes heads” were issued. Like the “Large Hermes heads” they were issued in a lot of different perforation types (also non perforated). The last series were issued in 1893. Todays stamp is the 40 Lepta issue from 1886. CV is 100 €...
