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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.