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Message from our chairman

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Report of the members' meeting of the Hellenic Philatelic Society of The Netherlands on February 7, 2026

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New addition to our forgeries collection
Focus on a fake “ET” overprint (Hellas 368a).

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Ad van Groesen: Double overprint or not
Ad shows a double Σ.Δ.Δ. overprint in red over silver on the 10/2000 Drachma stamp of the Dodecanese from 1947. The cause was likely to be a printing plate that was not properly cleaned.

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Jan Kaptein: Mistake from 1961
Jan shows the stamp with an image of the Parthenon from the Tourism series from 1961 (Hellas 867). A column is missing!

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Olav Petri: Postal items and my iPad
The author shows six Greek postal items and discusses their background.

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Joost Meyer: The island of Patmos and the Apocalypse
Focus on this island of the Dodecanese and its art treasures, which are quite often depicted on Greek stamps.

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Eugène Endenburg: Modern Registered Mail
Although registered mail from Greece should technically now be provided with a white label instead of stamps, a beautiful letter still occasionally slips through.

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Ruud Verberne: The Airmail Stamps with Mythological Depictions
Ruud discusses the images on the impressive airmail stamps that Greece issued in 1935 (Hellas A22-30) and the reprint on white paper from a few years later.

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Message from our chairman

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Report of the member meeting of the Greece Stamp Association on November, 22, 2025

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Joost Meyer: The ELTA is closing 204 post offices

Attention is given to the Greek Post's plans for a major reorganization.

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Frans Bruna: Greek sailors traditionally sought their destinations far and wide
The author provides a brief summary of his lecture at the members' meeting on November 22, 2025, focusing on the distribution of Greek coins in classical antiquity.

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Ruud Verberne: Almost 55 years ago
Ruud shows three express letters from 1966 that were sent from Athens to Berlin. The sender and addressees are always the same. The article serves as an example to show members what information can be retrieved from a letter envelope.

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Joost Meyer: A stamp we are at peace with?
Joost tells about a new issue from Cyprus in September 2025. This is an embroidered stamp featuring a dove of peace that was issued not only in Cyprus but also in several other countries.

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Joost Meyer: The British Postal Strike of 1971
Attention is given to several (cinderella) issues related to mail to Greece and Cyprus that were made in response to this major postal strike.

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Ruud Verberne: A Tariff Puzzle
Ruud shows a heavier letter from 1952 from Piraeus to Amsterdam. It bears Greek stamps with a value of DR 5,900. This proved insufficient, so the letter received an additional 8 cents tax.

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Joost Meyer: Unequal Greek-German Relations
Joost focuses on the Greek stamp issued in 1992 to commemorate the creation of the European Union's internal market (Hellas 1928). The map of Germany was already different back then.

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Joost Meyer: Regional Post Offices – A New Study
A review of the book " ΤΑ ΔΗΜΟΤΙΚΑ ΤΑΧΥΔΡΟΜΕΙΑ" by Ioannis Daïs.

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60th Anniversary of our Society in 2026

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Message from our chairman

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Report of the member meeting of the Greece Stamp Association on August, 23, 2025

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Rien Smit: Too Good to Be True – Delcampe's Attic
The author describes a number of improper practices on this digital platform.

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Joost Meyer: An Italian Drama on Kefalonia
The author tells about the drama of the Italian Acqui Division at the end of WWII.

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Ruud Verberne: Mail from Smyrna, Tobacco, the Walls of Constantinople, and Theodosius I (the Great)
The author tells about the Ottoman tobacco factory in Cibali (a district in present-day Istanbul) and focuses on Theodosius I (the Great) and the walls he built around the Golden Horn.

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Joost Meyer: A Deliberate forgery
Attention to the curious "issues" for the small Greek islands of Arkoudi, Dragonera, and Oxia in 1963.

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Ruud Verberne: Reply Card from Abroad
Ruud shows a double Greek postcard from Athens sent to Amsterdam on August 24, 1902. The text was mistakenly written on the "reply" part.

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Joost Meyer: Hermes versus Hellas
A review of the two classics among Greek stamp catalogues, Hellas 2025 and Hermes 2026.

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Joost Meyer: Greece-Japan
Some light on the Greek stamp issued in 1999 (Hellas 2159) to commemorate 100 years of Greek-Japanese diplomatic relations and its Japanese counterpart.

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Ruud Verberne: Mail from Greece, 1905
Ruud shows a part of a reply card, sent to the Netherlands in 1905 regarding the most important Greek export of the time: currants.

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Ruud Verberne: Consulate Post to Berlin
Ruud shows an airmail letter from Athens, sent from the Syntagma Square branch to Berlin on July 26, 1939.