In 2019 Hermes celebrated its 50th birthday. On this occasion there was a re-issue of four of the leading articles of prominent members of our society from the first 25 years of Hermes' existence. The articles have been updated, translated in english and some (new) illustrations have been added. See our Publications-page for the articles. To learn more about the history of Hermes, click here.
Page | Article |
01 | Message from our chairman |
02 | Oscar van der Vliet: Report of the members meeting on December 2, 2023 The secretary reports on this meeting. |
03 | Joost Meyer: The end of an era? The ELTA has announced that registered mail and parcels must now be franked with a label instead of stamps. This angered the collectors of Greek stamps. |
04 | Joost Meyer: Search for ancient civilizations The author looks at the meaning of the symbols on the sheetlet issued on the occasion of the Forum of Ancient Civilizations in 2017. |
07 | Ruud Verberne: Book review: “the Great Hermes heads, prints and color nuances” by Stavros Andreadis Ruud discusses this beautiful book by Stavros Andreadis, published by Karamitsos. See also the "Publications" page. |
09 | Peer van Meetelen: Report of the Oudejaarsbeurs Expo Houten An impression of this fair that was held on December 28 and 29. |
10 | Ruud Verberne: False prints on the Viennese lithograph printing of 1926 The author shows examples of these forgeries, taken from an article in Philotelia 738 by Anthoni Manoloudis |
11 | Joost Meyer: Antique bogus stamps from Samos The author shows stamp-imitations from 1889 by a certain Thallasinos. |
12 | Frans Bruna & Frans van Limpt: The stamps for the so called Intermediate Olympic Games (1906) What is depicted on the stamps from this series from 1906? |
15 | Ruud Verberne: False overprints on Crete stamps Ruud shows some forgeries of the small Hellas overprint on stamps of Crete. |
Page | Article |
01 | Message from our chairman |
02 | Oscar van der Vliet: Report of the members meeting on September 9, 2023 The secretary reports on this meeting. |
03 | Peer van Meetelen: The Perfin collection of Jan Blijleven Our auctioneer announces a special auction. Jan Blijleven's collection is auctioned for the highest bid. Candidates can bid until March 2, 2024 at the latest. For the collection, see: https://pvgriekenland.nl/publications/21_PerfinsCollectionUK.pdf. More information is available from out auctioneer. |
04 | Leo Derynck: A postcard with problems Leo discusses the use of the cancel “LP” on mail to Switzerland in the period 1918-1920. |
06 | Eugène Endenburg: The Life of Maria Callas |
07 | Hans Paul Soetens: The “independent” Ionian Islands: history through postal items |
10 | Joost Meyer: Stamps on stamps, part 3: Cyprus |
13 | Oscar van der Vliet: Review: N.Antypas: Hellenic Steamship Companies and their Handstamps |
14 | Joost Meyer: Archimedes' time machine |
Page | Article |
01 | Message from our chairman |
02 | Oscar van der Vliet: Report of the members meeting on June 3, 2023 The secretary reports on this meeting. |
03 | Eugene Endenburg: The final stamps with a value of 200 Drachmas to the new Euro value 0.59 in 2001 In 2002 the drachma was changed for the Euro. The applicable rate for 20 gr abroad at the time was 200 drachmas and would change to € 0.59 in the new currency. A total of three different stamps have been issued with this double value, Hellas 2153, 2163 and 2167. |
04 | Leo Derynck: Five times 200! A postcard franked with no less than five times 200 Drachmas. |
05 | Joost Meyer: Hermes 200 and the catalogues The author analyses the “numbers 200” in the catalogues of Greek stamps. |
07 | Ruud Verberne: Eleusis On the basis of a new issue of the Greek Post, Ruud discusses the history of Eleusis and the website pausanias-footsteps.nl. |
08 | Joost Meyer: Stamps on stamps, part 2: Greek stamps abroad In this part, the author shows the stamps issued abroad with pictures of Greek stamps. See also the publications-section for the full article. |
11 | Jan van den Berg: Mikis Theodorakis (1925 – 2021) part II |
14 | Marco van de Mortel: New postal stationery Marco shows a postal stationery from 2001 with an image of Hellas 1676. |
14 | Frans Bruna: Problems with inheritances – the theme does not age The editor points to an article in Hermes 108 (2000) on this subject which has not yet lost its value. |
15 | Joost Meyer: Hermes on the digital highway The author discusses the archive of the Hermes Journal for the members. |
15 | Joost Meyer: The notebook of Ioannis Daïs A review of Daïs's new book on currency conversion in the 19th century. |
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