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 201

November 2023

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 The author describes her life story and pays attention to the new museum in Athens dedicated to her.
07	Hans Paul Soetens: The “independent” Ionian Islands: history through postal items Hans Paul discusses the turbulent history of this archipelago, with an emphasis on the period 1790-1830 and shows some postal items from that time.
10	Joost Meyer: Stamps on stamps, part 3: Cyprus In this final part the author shows the stamps issued with images of Cypriot stamps.
13	Oscar van der Vliet: Review: N.Antypas: Hellenic Steamship Companies and their Handstamps A review of this reference work on ship cancellations
14	Joost Meyer: Archimedes' time machine Some notes on this Italian/Greek mathematician and inventor.

Hermes 200

August 2023

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 Jan continues his biography of the life of this famous singer and activist.
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.

Hermes 199

April 2023

Page	Article
01	Message from our chairman
02	Report of the member meeting of the Hellenic Philatelic Society of The Netherlands on February 25, 2023
03	Frans Bruna: Iris and Hermes The author pays attention to both messengers of the Gods.
04	Jan van den Berg: Mikis Theodorakis (1925-2021) Part 1 The life story of this important Greek composer, political activist and favourite of the public.
09	Joost Meyer: Stamps on Stamps Part 1 - Greece The author describes the Greek stamps with the image of a Greek stamp.
13	Ruud Verberne: A special addition to our collection of forgeries Ruud shows a letter from 1883 in which a few things do not add up.
16	Joost Meyer: A forgery of a bogus issue - Samos The author describes a simple forgery of a bogus issue of Samos.

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.

Secretary PV Griekenland

P.O. Box 62

7970AB Havelte

Phone: +31-622865547

info@pv-griekenland.nl

CONTACT

Membership costs €25 annually with a digital subscription to the Hermes. If you want to receive the Hermes also on paper, the contribution is €37,50 within The Netherlands, and € 50 for foreign members.

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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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