Sunday, October 18, 2009

Indypex 2009


This is a slideshow of the 2009 Indypex Stamp Show in Idianapolis.

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

Helios Driving the Sun Chariot. 1 Drachma

Iris

Iris 2 drachma

Icarus and Son

Daedalus Preparing Icarus for Flying. 5 drachma

Pallas Athene Holding Pegasus

Pallas Athene Holding Pegasus. 7 drachma

Hermes

Hermes. 10 drachma

Triptolemos, King of Eleusis

Triptolemos, King of Eleusis. 30 drachma

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:

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.

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.