Bulletin Hermes
Hellenic Philatelic Society of The Netherlands
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 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 |
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 |
04 | Jan van den Berg: Mikis Theodorakis (1925-2021) Part 1 |
09 | Joost Meyer: Stamps on Stamps Part 1 - Greece |
13 | Ruud Verberne: A special addition to our collection of forgeries |
16 | Joost Meyer: A forgery of a bogus issue - Samos |
Hermes 198
January 2023
Page | Article |
01 | Message from our chairman |
02 | Report of the member meeting of the Hellenic Philatelic Society of The Netherlands on November 26, 2022 |
03 | Marco van de Mortel: Translation assistant The author discusses the virtual translation app “Google Lens”. See also: https://lens.google/ |
04 | Eugène Endenburg: Oudjaarsbeurs 28-29 December 2022 Our society was also present at this successful fair. A report. |
05 | Ruud Verberne: The Cycling Races of the 1896 Olympic Games Ruud discusses the Neo Faliron neighbourhood and its relationship to sport, which began in 1896 with the construction of a velodrome and sports arena. |
10 | Joost Meyer: The “Parthenon among shipwrecks” Attention to the so-called “Peristeri” wreck and maritime archaeology. |
11 | Rien Smit: An unusual forgery (continued) The author again reports about a seller of forged Greek stamps on Delcampe. |
12 | Joost Meyer: The Haymarket Incident The author discusses the significance of a 1987 Greek stamp (Hellas 1745) and its relationship to events in Chicago leading up to the establishment of May 1st as Labour Day. |
15 | Frans Bruna: Searching the indexes of the 'Bulletin Hermes' A handy tool to search the indexes of our Hermes archive. See for the indexes: https://www.pvgriekenland.nl/library/ |
15 | Eugène Endenburg: What was in these newspaper wrappers? Eugène shows a newspaper wrapper, sent in 1938 from Greece to the “Studentenhaus” in Dresden. |