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 | Marco van de Mortel: Report of the members meeting on June, 15, 2024 The secretary reports on this meeting. |
03 | Joost Meyer: A special meeting |
05 | Ruud Verberne: Postcard from Athens with a well-known image: the Temple of Theseus. The story of the backside |
07 | Ruud Verberne: Picture postcards with Olympic motifs |
08 | Joost Meyer: Help, I'm seeing double! - Part 4 |
12 | Ruud Verberne: It can't get much crazier... |
14 | Ruud Verberne: The issue for ‘75 years of association of the Ionian Islands with Greece’ |
Page | Article |
01 | Message from our chairman |
02 | Marco van de Mortel: Report of the members meeting on March, 9, 2024 The secretary reports on this meeting. |
03 | Peer van Meetelen: A rare Charity stamp |
04 | Leo Derynck: The military postcards of 1916-1917 |
07 | Rien Smit: Ignorance among forgers |
08 | Vincent Prange: The first “Greek” airmail issue |
Page | Article |
01 | Message from our chairman |
02 | Marco van de Mortel: 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. |
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