Postage stamps and postal history of Crete

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
A 1902 French key type stamp for use at French post offices in Crete.

This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Crete.

Turkish stamps

Turkish stamps were used in Crete until 1899.[1]

Autonomy

In 1898 Crete obtained autonomy under Turkish suzerainty, but was nevertheless garrisoned by an international military force from Britain, France, Italy and Russia. Britain and Russia issued stamps inscribed in Greek but France and Italy used their own stamps, overprinted with the name of the island.[1]

First stamps

The first stamps of Crete were issued on 1 March 1900.[2]

Greek stamps

Crete became part of Greece in 1913 and Greek stamps have been used on the island since then. Remaining Cretan stamps were overprinted and issued in Greece in 1923.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rossiter, Stuart & John Flower. The Stamp Atlas. London: Macdonald, 1986, p.124. ISBN 0-356-10862-7
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue Part 3 Balkans. 5th edition. London: Stanley Gibbons, 2009, pp.216-218. ISBN 0-85259-711-8

Further reading

  • Crete - postal history & stamps. Greek Philatelic Society of the Netherlands, 1986.

External links


<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>

Stub icon

This philatelic article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Crete&oldid=5124635"