This is a slideshow of the 2009 Indypex Stamp Show in Idianapolis.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Greek Airmail Stamps of 1935
Here are my current used copies from this set. I will hope to get better copies in time but I’m posting these just to show the fine artwork of the engravings. I really enjoy this set and five of the stamps of this stamp were re-engraved and issued from 1937-39. Click on Images to Enlarge.
Helios Driving the Sun Chariot. 1 Drachma
Iris 2 drachma
Daedalus Preparing Icarus for Flying. 5 drachma
Pallas Athene Holding Pegasus. 7 drachma
Hermes. 10 drachma
Triptolemos, King of Eleusis. 30 drachma
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Saturday, June 13, 2009
Mount Athos Stamps on Maxima Cards.
Here is a set of Mount Athos stamps on maxima cards. Mount Athos is a peninsula in Northern Greece. Byzantine Emperors founded and built beautiful monasteries which remain to this day.
Here is a link to some history of Mount Athos:
Here is a link to some history of Mount Athos:
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Thursday, April 30, 2009
Detail of Page One
Here are some Greek postage stamps in our first album from Greece, including many stamps from Eiprus and Crete. These are stamps from the 1896 set commemorating the first Olympics in the Modern era. Our family has a special connection with this Olympics as Calliope Kalvourides father was Ioannis Mamaes, who was in charge of the restoration and re marbling the ancient Panathenian Stadium whose history dates back to 300bc. There was a benefactor who funded the project in 1895 and an architect who designed the stadium, who then turned to our Great Grandfather to do the work.
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mint,
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postage,
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used,
vintage
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Our First Album of Stamps.
We received our first album of our YaYa's stamps on April 29, 2009. This collection was compiled by several members of the family in Greece but we have chosen to make it the name sake of Calliope Kalvourides, as she was the last active collector in the family to maintain and expand the collection. Calliope Kalvourides slept in the Lord in the year 2004.
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