H.P.S. - PSYCHIKO 1999

THE POSTAL COMMUNICATIONS AND THE HISTORICAL CONJUCTURE 

IN THE HELLADIC AREA
Philately as a supplementary interpretative implement

Our Society, in cooperation with the Benetatos Cultural Center of the Psychiko Municipality and partly sponsored by the Hellenic Post, celebrates the 75 years of our journal Philotelia, which was first issued in 1924 and continues since then without interruption.

The celebration of this event is realized with a philatelic presentation of the contemporary Hellenic history under the general title "The postal communications and the historical conjucture in the Helladic area - Philately as a supplementary interpretative implement".

The restrictions of the available space does not allow us to a broader presentation of the various facets of contemporary Hellenic history. However, this exhibition shows sufficiently enough how the historical facts are interwoven with the operation of the postal communications during the period in question. Wars, national conflicts, epidemics, financial problems etc. all influence the transmission of mail.

SUBJECTS AND EXHIBITORS

THE POSTAL COMMUNICATION IN THE HELLADIC AREA

Venetian period - Turkish period - Struggle for Independence

A. Virvilis

G. Vlachos

A. Papaioannou

N. Zafirakopoulos

Ionian Islands: The first Hellenic State

G. Vlachos

THE SETUP OF COMMUNICATIONS OF THE HELLENIC STATE
ALONG WITH CONTEMPORARY EUROPE

The setup of domestic communications

    Prephilatelic period

J. Daes

The gates of international communications

    The role of Health and Quarantine Stations

A. Virvilis

The stages for the production of a stamp

    Essays and proofs

P. Molfetas

The introduction of the adhesive stamp in Greece

    1861-1875 Large Hermes Heads issues

N. Asimakopulos (USA)

    1861-1872 Type I and II postmarks

J. Peristanoglou

Greece, founding member of Universal Postal Union

    Postage due stamps issues

A. Papaioannou

    Postal cards issues

N. Kardassilaris

    1876-1886 Large Hermes Heads issues

A. Calligas

    Small Hermes Heads issues

A. Papadopoulos

THE MODERNISATION OF THE COUNTRY

The evolution of the railway network

A. Papaioannou

The revival of the modern Olympic Games

N. Kontolemakis

THE TURN OF THE CENTURY

1900-01 Surcharges

J. F. Mascini (Netherlands)

Flying Mercury Issue

N. Kardassilaris,

N. Fougiaxis

The rememberance of the 1st Olympic Games

M. Tsironis

The establishment of the rural postal service

T. Papaeliou

THE ORIENTAL QUESTION, THE COLLAPSE OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
AND THE GREAT IDEA 

The blockade of Crete, the foundation of the Cretan State

A. Papaioannou

The Balkan Wars

N. Zafirakopoulos

New territories' type V postmarks

J. Refanidis

Lemnos

N. Paterimos

Samos 

K. Androulidakis

North Epirus

N. Zafirakopoulos

The Italian occupation of Dodecanese 1912

M. Petradakis

THE HELLADIC AREA IN 1st WORLD WAR

The Lithographic issues

M. Tsironis

The Dardanelles Expedition

J. Voyatzis

The French presence in the Balkans

A. Galinos

The National Split

Z. Zafirakopoulos

THE ZENITH OF GREAT IDEA AND THE CATASTROPHE

Eastern Thrace

N. Kardassilaris

Asia Minor

N. Kardassilaris

Pontus

A. Galinos

THE AIR CONNECTION OF THE COUNTRY

Airpost stamp issues

C. Politis (USA)

BETWEEN THE WARS

"Landcapes" issues

J. Daes

A NEW EPOPEE

The 1940-41 Greek-Italian War

S. Bosovitch

A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF STAMP

(Thematic collections)

Theatre

T. Exarchos

National anthems and patriotic songs

P. Leoussis

Football

J. Halvadjidopoulos