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PHILOTELIA Vol. 101 (2024)<\/span>
\nThe bimonthly HPS journal is distributed gratis to the members of the Society<\/p>\n

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NOVEMBER – DECEMBER 2024<\/span>
\nEditorial:<\/span> Semiotics of an award<\/span><\/a>
\n324<\/span> The Hellenic Philatelic Society Medal
\n326<\/span> The use of Greek postal cards as simple postcards in foreign countries until 1900, by A. Paschos
\n332<\/span> Milan – Thessaloniki by Airmail: an unjustly taxed cover from 1939, by A. Papadopoulos
\n336<\/span> H.P.S. \u2013 New members
\n337<\/span> Anniversary Publication of the HPS, Traces of Communication,<\/em> by C. Gikas
\n340<\/span> Official Anniversary Publication’s Presentation, by C. Gikas
\n343<\/span> Re-positioning Christmas and New Year, by C. Gikas
\n344<\/span> Letters to Philotelia<\/em>
\n345<\/span> A postcard from the Autonomous Cretan State narrates, by M. Koutsounakis
\n348<\/span> J. F. Mascini (25.09.1930 – 31.08.2024)
\n349<\/span> BALKANFILA XX,\u00a0 Thessaloniki, 13-16 November 2024, by E. Karras
\n356<\/span> Round Table Discussion: \u201cInvesting for the Future\u201d, 15 November 2024, by C. Chazapis
\n358<\/span> Postal card A.4: Lieutenant Commander Crown Prince Paul, by C. Chazapis
\n362<\/span> Correspondence with Russia during the Greek pre-stamp period, by T. Arvanitis
\n365<\/span> Wildcard censorship cancellation mark: The unique case of the censorship cancellation mark of Argostoli, by A. Galinos
\n369<\/span> Commemorative cancellations of 2024
\n371<\/span> Stephanos Macrymichalos Award 2024
\n373<\/span> New books: Athanasios Spanos, \u0391 different approach to the classification of Greek Stamps of the Large Hermes Heads,<\/em> by C. Gikas
\n375<\/span> Philatelic news
\n377<\/span> Corrigendum \u2013 HAFNIA24
\n378<\/span> Volume 2024 index<\/p>\n

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SEPTEMBER – OCTOBER 2024<\/span>
\nEditorial:<\/span> Thessaloniki, Balkanfila XX<\/span><\/a>
\n260<\/span> New issues: (a) 150 Years Universal Postal Union, (b) Distinguished Greek Personalities \u2013 IFG, (c) Child & Stamp \u2013 Young Hero
\n263<\/span> The \u201cprojects\u201d of Henri Douchet, by J. Meijer
\n274<\/span> Correspondence with Great Britain during the Greek pre-stamp period, by T. Arvanitis
\n286<\/span> HAFNIA 24, Copenhagen, 17-20 October, by A. Nikolaidis
\n293<\/span> Unique but insignificant rarities, by I. Daes
\n298<\/span> Revisiting items and provision of supplementary information
\n300<\/span> Enajsto Okno 2024, by C. Gikas
\n302<\/span> The Director of Post Offices of the Principality of Samos Georgios Tremoulis at the end of the 19th century, by E. Tempelis
\n316<\/span> A \u201ctalking\u201d exhibition on the Greek-Italian War, by Ch. Gikas
\n318<\/span> Philatelic news
\n319<\/span> New books: Michel Catalogues<\/em><\/p>\n

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JULY – AUGUST 2024<\/span>
\nEditorial:<\/span> The quest for truth<\/span><\/a>
\n196<\/span> New issues: (a) EuroMED 2024: Sports in the Mediterranean, (b) 50th Anniversary of the Restoration of Democracy in Greece
\n198<\/span> The telegram collection of the OTE Group Telecommunications Museum
\n202<\/span> What was the price of Greek stamps at the beginning of the 20th century? Information through a letter card, by A. Paschos
\n206<\/span> The unique orange 25-lepta Small Hermes Head stamp of Athens printings: Genuine or Forgery?, by U. Gro\u00df and E. Tempelis
\n218<\/span> Letters to Philotelia,<\/em> by P. Hornung
\n220<\/span> Royal Palace, response from Philotelia, by A.G.
\n226<\/span> The Post Office of Molista in Ioannina prefecture, by D. C. Papalambros
\n237<\/span> Tales from the Alhambra, by E. Georgoudakis
\n242<\/span> The \u201cbroken window in Hydra\u201d error of 1942, by W. Baur
\n247<\/span> GENERAL Tires: One-day advertisement (August 14, 1934) and questions that arise, by A. Galinos
\n250<\/span> Expert opinion, by A. Galinos
\n253<\/span> Philatelic news
\n254<\/span> Manos Anagnostou, by A. Galinos
\n255<\/span> New books, Costas Androulidakis: The markings of the ambulant Post Offices of the Hellenic Railways,<\/em> by \u039d. Mallouchos<\/p>\n

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MAY – JUNE 2024<\/span>
\nEditorial: Traces of Communication<\/a><\/span>
\n132<\/span> New issues: (a) Europa 2024: Fauna & Flora, (b) Olympic Games Paris 2024
\n134<\/span> Half a century ago, by N. Mallouchos
\n135<\/span> The postal route Lamia – Larissa – Thessaloniki – Semlin – Vienna, by I. Daes
\n142<\/span> The Louvre Museum welcomes the treasures of the Hellenic Philatelic and Postal Museum, by Ms C. Marmaridou
\n151<\/span> On the tracks of a cover sent from Vienna in 1897, but originated in Thessaloniki, by A. Savopoulos
\n158<\/span> Ioannis Petrof from Moscow and the ‘Atlas of the Sacred Struggle of the Greeks for Independence, 1821-1828’ through a postal card from 1891, by A. Paschos
\n161<\/span> The Post Office of Molista in Ioannina prefecture, by D. C. Papalambros
\n173<\/span> Philatelic news
\n175<\/span> Correspondence with Malta during the Greek pre-stamp period, by T. Arvanitis
\n187<\/span> New books: (a) Dimitris Papitsis, The Large Hermes Heads of Greece \u2013 deciphering these magnificent classical stamps,<\/em> by D. Iskos, (b) Dimitris Mantzaris, National Liberation Front of Lesvos: Defeated winners,<\/em> by A.G., (c) Michel Catalogues<\/em><\/p>\n

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MARCH – APRIL 2024<\/span>
\nEditorial: Athens Collectible Festival 2024<\/a><\/span>
\n68<\/span> New issues: Synagogues of Greece
\n69<\/span> Small Hermes Heads: A thank you letter by Queen Olga, by N. Rasias
\n78<\/span> Discoveries, by M. Koutsounakis
\n80<\/span> 25 D Lithographic: Usage and Plate flaws, by A. Galinos
\n88<\/span> Interviews: Myrsini Vardopoulou talks to Philotelia,<\/em> by C. Gikas
\n91<\/span> Autonomous Cretan State: A special envelope to Belfast in 1909 , by K. Choudalakis
\n99<\/span> A. P. Courtidis, G. Stratigis, P. D. Zygouris and Kleio Magazine,<\/em>\u00a0or ‘What we can learn from a plain postal card’, by A. Paschos
\n103<\/span> Plate flaws and position characteristics on 60 lepta Paris printings, by T. Salonidis
\n106<\/span> Centenary celebrations of Lord Byron’s death, 16-20 April 1924, by I. Skarmoutsos
\n115<\/span> The stamps of the Athens Lawyers Provident Fund, by E. Fysikas
\n120<\/span> Corrigendum \/ The rejected Airpost Issue \u201cSOUNION\u201d of 1926 by Walter Baur
\n121<\/span> International Philatelic Exhibition EFIRO 2024, by C. Gikas
\n124<\/span> Publications with errors \/ \u03a0\u0395\u03a4\u039f\u03a5\u0397\u03a3 instead of \u0394\u0399\u0395\u03a5\u0398\u03a5\u039d\u03a3, by I. Dais
\n126<\/span> Philatelic news<\/p>\n

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JANUARY – FEBRUARY 2024<\/span>
\nEditorial:<\/span> Honorary Editor of Philotelia<\/span><\/a>
\n 4<\/span> New issues: (a) Ancient Greek Literature Part B, (b) 100 Years Philotelia<\/em>
\n 6<\/span> Philotelia<\/em> 1924-2024: Official Presentation of the 100 years souvenir sheet
\n11<\/span> The Phil\u03bftelia\u2019s<\/em> souvenir sheet and the dotted cancellation 2, by A. Galinos
\n15<\/span> Discoveries, by M. Koutsounakis
\n17<\/span> Autonomous Cretan State:\u201cThe \u2018mutilation\u2018 of a typographical character of the overprint \u2018Small \u0395\u039b\u039b\u0391\u03a3\u2019 (1908), by K.
\n21<\/span> Matchboxes\u2019 stamps and strips, by E. Fysikas
\n28<\/span> HPS: (a) The 2024 Annual General Assembly, (b) 2023 Balance sheets, (c) Financial status (31.12.2023)
\n36<\/span> The rejected Airpost Issue \u201cSOUNION\u201d of 1926, by W. Baur
\n48<\/span> Letters to Philotelia:<\/em> (a) Russian money letters to Athos, (b) Russian money letters to other destinations
\n58<\/span> Interviews: Louis Fanchini talks to Philotelia,<\/em> by C. Gikas
\n62<\/span> Philatelic news<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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