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IDENTIFICATION OF STAMPS

487

GREEK ALPHABET Greek

used on the definitive stamps of Greece,

letters are

on some stamps by Turkey. They and on Greek stamps

Crete, Epirus, the Ionian Islands, Samos, and issued during the occupation of Dedeagatch

as overprints on Greek issues the during occupation of Albania (North Epirus), Epirus, the

occur also

Lemnos, Thrace, and Turkey; on Bul garian stamps during the occupation of Dedeagatch and Cavalle in Turkey, and on Turkish stamps during the Greek occupa tion of Thrace and Mytilene (Lesbos)

Aegean

Islands, Icaria,

.

MODERN! GREEK

TRANSLITERATION TO

*

>

T

T

ENGLISH Jo

r v

Rh

T

Y

o

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TV Ai/

Th

following *

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Ay

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ttx

Aa

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TT

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FIG. 33-5.

Fig. 33-5 letters

Greek

shows the

transliteration of

Greek letters into Latin

according to the standard of the Library of Congress, capitals

and small

letters

being followed by the Latin

equivalents.

Fig. 33-6 shows examples of Greek inscriptions to help a collector identify the country of origin. attempt has been made to include the many inscriptions on postal tax or semi-

No

postal issues.

necessary to know the exact size of the inscription and the character of lettering to identify the stamps

In some cases

it is

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CLASSIFICATION

AND IDENTIFICATION

SELECTED GREEK INSCRIPTIONS EPIRUS B.HTTESPOI o/p on Greek Ccc.SVampe & Regular Greek occ. DEDEACATCH AEAEAfATI (EANHNIKH AioiKWliz) finiKOYTn!T.

^

HPONOIA

%

Postal Tax

PostaiTax

MH

2nd

LEMNOS GREECE *

CRETE

-

insc. in

GREECE EPIRUS GREECE

CRETE Occ. of

irPOCTAllA 45YMA1IKAU TTT. Def. TTPoixiPiNON TAKYAPOM.(EIOH) HPAKAEIOY TTPOIsflPlNON and

EPIRUS EPIRUS

1CAR\A ISLANDS IONIAN

KOPYTIA

DEDEAGATCH

Line,

IAMOY

A

THRACE ALBANIA TURKEY

KaTOXO* MvTiXr^i/OS Greek OCC.MYTILENE

EAAHWKH -KE1MAPPA %6rcek

KOlNQ/fVjlKH

Occ.

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EPIRUS

SAMOS

% Greek.

Occ. Dodecanese I si AEGEAM ISLAKOS Yrrar/7 AppocrTctGL dpajws %Torkc^. Greek occ. WEST. THRACE. GREECE YMATiKaN TTT ^r OYM.TTT postal Tax I. A.

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