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 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.

Hermes 204

August 2024

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 The author shows a postcard from the famous Greek philatelist Alexandros Argyropoulos to another famous stamp collector and dealer, Arthur Glasewald.
05	Ruud Verberne: Postcard from Athens with a well-known image: the Temple of Theseus. The story of the backside This article is about a postcard with a nice mixed franking of stamps in old Drachmas and new Drachmas plus the surcharge stamps from 1956.
07	Ruud Verberne: Picture postcards with Olympic motifs Ruud shows eight French postcards from 1924.
08	Joost Meyer: Help, I'm seeing double! - Part 4 Earlier, joint stamp issues of Greece with other countries were discussed, now those of Cyprus follow.
12	Ruud Verberne: It can't get much crazier... Attention for new stamps from Austria in 2024 including a series "Reise durch Griechenland".
14	Ruud Verberne: The issue for ‘75 years of association of the Ionian Islands with Greece’ Ruud discusses this special issue with, among other things, three stamps with images of the first stamps of the Ionian Islands.

Hermes 203

May 2024

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 Peer shows a remarkable forgery of the Hellas C25 charity stamp offered on Ebay.
04	Leo Derynck: The military postcards of 1916-1917 This article is about Hellas V, PC41-PC42, the so-called “Evzones” postcards. The author discusses the military and civilian mail that was carried out with these postcards.
07	Rien Smit: Ignorance among forgers Rien discusses the 20 lepta stamp of Crete from 1905 with Epanastasis overprint from 1922 (Hellas 403). He shows a forgery of the overprint on a stamp with a cancellation from 1905!
08	Vincent Prange: The first “Greek” airmail issue The author describes in detail the origins of the first Greek airmail issue for the Italian airline Aero Espresso Italiana in 1926.

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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