Hermes, Journal of the HPSNL

Hermes

HERMES is the quarterly periodical of Hellenic Philatelic Society of the Netherlands. It contains 16 pages of information (in Dutch) for members of the society and a number of articles written by the members about the Greek collection area.

The subjects discussed are very varied. Of course, there is much attention to the stamps and postal markings of Greece, but also postal history, forgeries and, for example, fiscal stamps are included. In addition, there are thematic subjects like Greek history and classical antiquity. Related areas, such as the Levant and Cyprus, are also discussed.

For an impression, see the attached copy in pdf, which contains a selection of articles.

For the contents of the latest Hermes editions, see further below.

For members of our Society with a digital subscription, a digital version of Hermes is available by following the link in the "Members's" page.

Jubilee: 50 Years of Hermes

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.

Hermes 207

April 2025

Page	Article
01	Message from our chairman
02	Report of the member meeting of the Greece Stamp Association on March, 1, 2025
03	Eugène Endenborg: Did you know that our website has a heading “calendar”? Eugène points to the overview of shows where our society is present on our website.
03	Frans Bruna: The Argonauts’ Journey The author tells about the adventures of Jason who sailed to Colchis with a ship with 50 rowers to steal the Golden Fleece.
06	Eugène Endenborg: ELTA issue 2025/02 100 years of Olympiakos, March 10, 2025 Eugène focuses on the issues for this Greek football club. The 2025 issue sold out very quickly (after which a subsequent edition was issued).
06	Joost Meyer: A gray partridge The author shows a copy of Hellas 882 where the reddish-brown colour is missing.
07	Peer van Meetelen: A special Cretan letter Peer shows a letter that was sent in 1970 from Chania to Heraklion with no less than 15 different delivery marks.
08	Joost Meyer/Marc Parren: Indian troops in Greece in the period 1944-1947 This time attention for the Indian soldiers who stayed in Greece as part of the British troops at the end of WWII.
12	Peer van Meetelen: New plate error Olympiad 1896 / 1900 overprints? Peer shows a plate error on the 1 Drachma value of this series.
13	Eugène Endenborg: Field hockey, a small update Eugène shows a marble relief from 510 BC and a postcard and an envelope, sent to professor Zucker (Germany) in the late 1930s.
15	Ruud Verberne: An original first day dispatch of a surcharge stamp Ruud shows a first day cancellation of Hellas C78.

Hermes 206

February 2025

Page	Article
01	Message from our chairman
02	Report of the member meeting of the Greece Stamp Association on December, 7, 2024
03	In memoriam: J.F. MASCINI 25-09-1930/31-08-2024
03	Joost Meyer: Political confusion surrounding the 1982 stamps In 1981-2, quite a few changes were made to the 1982 stampprogram.
05	Eugène Endenborg: Balkanfila XX, 13-16 November 2024 in Thessaloniki Eugène gives an extensive report on the visit of members of our society to this major philatelic fair.
11	Peer van Meetelen: Stamp or coupon? Remarks on the so-called “Tesserakontalepton”, a mysterious charity stamp from 1831 (?).
13	Olav Petry: With the passenger ship General von Steuben to the Mediterranean. The author discusses German cruise shipping before the Second World War showing a postcard from Rhodes from 1936.
15	Ruud Verberne: Some facts related to the Large Hermes Head Ruud discusses the use of point cancellations with the LHH and shows a copy of the first 15 lepta postcard from 1876 with a large margin.

Hermes 205

November 2024

Page	Article
01	Message from our chairman
02	Ruud Verberne: Report of the member meeting on August, 31, 2024 Ruud reports on this meeting.
03	Frans Bruna and Frans van Limpt: The series on the occasion of the 1906 Intercalated Games (or Olympic Games 1906) Frans and Frans have supplemented the illustrations in an older version of this article. The new text can be read on this website under publications.
03	Ad van Groesen: A Creative stamp maker Ad shows a telegraph stamp of ΔΑΔΙΟΥ with a small A.
03	Frans Bruna: Hellas 1404: ‘fauna’, in the series ‘environmental protection’ (20-10-1977) Frans points out the work of M.C. Escher that formed the basis for this Greek stamp.
04	Ruud Verberne: An original first day dispatch of a surcharge stamp Ruud shows a postcard that is franked with, among other things, the last stamp of the series of overprints for the benefit of Social Care on the 50 Lepta with the Corinth Canal from the landscape series, cancelled on the first day of issue.
05	Marc Parren: British troops in Greece after the Second World War (1944-1952) The author discusses the presence of the British military in Greece during this turbulent period of Greek history. An extended version of the article can be found in the publications-section on this website.
11	Ruud Verberne: Forwarded post: from Volos via Vienna to Leipzig Ruud shows a letter from 1922, franked with a series of 5 lepta stamps from the Hermes and Iris series.
13	Joost Meyer: Stamps on stamps, part 4: Additions The author shows some additions to articles that previously appeared in Hermes on this subject. An updated overview of the stamps on stamps of Greece can be found in the publications-section on this website.

Contents of older issues of Hermes

For the contents of older issues of Hermes, see the indexes in the library.

Click here to see the contents of our digital news letters (Dutch only), number 1, number 2 and number 3.

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Phone: +31-620975001

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PV Griekenland was founded in 1966 and aims to enlarge the interest in collecting Greek stamps and postal stationary.

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