The Stephanos
Macrymichalos Award 2011
The HPS members voted Anthony
Manoloudis' article, "The town of Corfu, the Aspiotis firm and the
1911 definitives", best article in last year's Philotelia.
[29.1.2012]
"FEPA
News" on HPS festivities
Number 20 of "FEPA
News", the biannual journal of the European Philatelic
Federation, published a three-page article
on the HPS 150th anniversary festivities.
[5.1.2012]
The 2011 HPS
Medal
The recipients of the Hellenic
Philotelic Society Medal for 2011 are Nick Cardassilaris and the
Philatelic Society of Piraeus.
[21.12.2011]
The Kassandra
collection in "Edition d'or"
Just published by Heinrich Koehler
in the series "Edition d'or", vol. 28: "Greece
- Large Hermes Heads 1861-1886, Stavros Andreadis' Kassandra
collection".
[9.12.2011]
The HPS on Twitter
The HPS started twitting! Follow
us!
[7.11.2011]
Another new book
on Large Hermes Heads
A. Karamitsos publications placed
on sale John G. Coundouros' new book titled "Large Hermes Head,
Characteristic marks of all positions in the plate of the values
of 5. 10, 20, 40 & 80 lepta".
[21.9.2011]
A new book on
Large Hermes Heads
The Royal
Philatelic Society London announced the publication of
Constantin Mattheos' book, titled "Introduction
to the Large Hermes Heads of Greece 1861-1886".
The 176-pages book is available directly from the RPSL priced at
39,00 GBP.
[13.9.2011]
The 150th
anniversary festivities calendar
The three-day
(30 September - 2 October) festivities calendar for the
150th anniversary of the first Greek stamp was finalized.
[8.7.2011]
Ordem de
Mérito Filatélico
The past-President
of the Hellenic Philotelic Society, Anthony
Virvilis, was honoured by the Portuguese Philatelic Federation
with the Ordem de Mérito Filatélico
for his excellent work during his long
philatelic presence.
[21.6.2011]
The Grand Prix
in the French National Exhibition "Championnat 2011"
HPS member, Michèle Chauvet, RDP,
was awarded the Grand Prix in Philatelic Literature of the
French "Championnat 2011" with her three-volume literature entry
"Les colonies françaises - Tarifs et service postal 1848-1878".
[13.6.2011]
Premio
internationale d' Arte Filatelica
The Jury of the 41st Asiago
International Award for Philatelic Art (Vicenza, Italy) awarded
the Prize of the Olympic Academy for the year 2010 to the
Hellenic Post for the Europa 2010 stamps. The stamps were
designed by Ms. Myrsini Vardopoulou.
[6.6.2011]
The 2009
subsidies to the philatelic clubs by the Hellenic Post
The Hellenic Post will financially
support organized philately in Greece with 11,850 euro in cash
and 18,000 euro in postage stamps. This is the total
contribution by the Hellenic Post to the philatelic clubs for
the year 2009. [25.5.2011]