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Ad van Groesen: When is a 40 lepta GHK a SOLFERINO?

The author advises when searching for this rare variety to look especially at the colour of the paper (greenish).

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Frans van Limpt and French Bruna: Athanasios Diakos (1788-1821)

The authors discuss the life of Diakos and his role in the Greek Revolution of 1821.

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Ruud Verberne - War is always an ugly evil. From the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)

Ruud takes discusses another phase of the Greco-Turkish war of 1919-1922 and discusses in particular the region around Izmit and the events there in 1920.

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Rien Smit - The imprint "ΕΠΑΝΑΣΤΑΣΙΣ 1922" on Hellas 459 / Vlastos 414

The writer is researching this rare overprint variant and its forgeries.

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Eugène Endenburg and Frans Bruna - Greek Stamps and Banknotes (2)

Another selection from the rich stock of Greek banknotes. This time around the theme of "ancient art and culture."

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Joost Meyer - A Greek enclave in Hungary

Joost pays attention to the Greek refugees in Hungary after the civil war of 1946-49, in addition to an article by Ruud Verberne about returned mail from Hungary.

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Hans Paul Soetens - Aegean Islands: Postal Services in the 19th Century – Introduction

The writer elaborates on the question of how mail was organized around the Greek islands in the 19th 19^th century.

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Joost Meyer: Signed Greek stamps - part 1

The author shows some Greek stamps from the period up to 1945 on which a name or the initials of the designer or engraver can be found.

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Eugène Endenburg and Frans Bruna: Greek Stamps and Banknotes (1)

The authors show Greek banknotes with images also known from postage stamps. In this episode: national heroes.

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Joop Herrewijn - Varieties

Joop shows a number of perforation errors and plate / printing errors on Greek stamps.

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Frans Bruna / Peer van Meetelen - Averoff - a benefactor of the Greek state

The writers discuss George Averoff and the armoured cruiser named after him.

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Joost Meyer - Post for Papandreou

Using a postcard from Hungary, the author pays attention to the political career of the Papandreou family and the turbulent history of the 1960s in Greece.

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Joost Meyer - A Greek holiday greeting with a Dutch touch

Joost shows a postcard, sent from Zakynthos to England via Rotterdam in the summer of 1999 with the TNT courier service.

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Frans Bruna: From Euphoria to Great Unrest - Some Letters from Asia Minor 1919-22

The author illustrates this turbulent period with examples of correspondence.

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Joost Meyer: The Daïs cancellation catalogue - a book review

The author discusses Ionnis Daïs' book, “The cancellations of the Greek post offices” (Οι σφραγίδες των Ελληνικών Ταχυδρομικών γραφείων).

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Rien Smit - FAKES on the internet

Rien discusses the so-called Spiro forgeries of the LHH and the way in which internet auction Delcampe deals with them.

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Ruud Verberne: Smyrna at the time of the Greco-Turkish war (05/15/1919 - 09/8/1922)

The author discusses the situation in Smyrna from 1919 to 1922 and the postal consequences.

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Frans Bruna - Émile Gilliéron and Classical Archaeology

Frans pays attention to father and son Gilliéron, their relationship to Classical archaeology and Greek stamps.

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Ruud Verberne - Icons: a very special form of cultural object

The author discusses the Saints St. George and St. Demetrios, important to Greece, and their depiction on icons (and stamps).

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Hans Paul Soetens: Greek postal rates, a confusing matter (III)

This time an analysis of a postcard with postage due markings from Athens to Budapest in 1925.