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200 Years since the Kasos Massacre
Hellenic Post, on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the Holocaust of the Heroic Island of Kasos, which is a milestone in the Revolution of 1821, is releasing the following philatelic products, which will be available from Friday, June 7, 2024, accompanied by a Special Commemorative Postmark.
The Kasos Massacre was a tragic event that occurred on March 17, 1824, during the Greek War of Independence. It marked the destruction and massacre of the entire population of the island of Kasos by Ottoman forces.
Issue Date: 7 June 2024
Design - Adaptation: Eleni Apostolou
Stamp Format: 45 X 35 mm
Sheet layout: Mini sheet of 4 self-adhesive personalized stamps
Printing process: Multicolored (OFFSET)
Printer: «VERIDOS MATSOUKIS S.A. SECURITY PRINTING»
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Mini sheet of 4 self-adhesive personalized stamps 5.000 pieces 4,80 € |
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Numbered commemorative envelopes 750 pieces 6,50 € |
The personalized stamps and the numbered commemorative envelopes will be available in post offices and Hellenic Post’s e-shop until sold out.
Α Special Commemorative Postmark will also be released and will be used for cancellations on Friday, June 7, from 09:00 to 13:00 at the Post Office of Syntagma Square, Mitropoleos 2, 105 63 Athens.
The Special Commemorative Postmark will be available for 3 consecutive Wednesdays from its release date, at the Syntagma Post Office, Mitropoleos 2, 105 63 Athens, from 09:00 to 13:00.
Alternatively, you can send your postal items free of charge to the Philatelic Service (100 Eolou St., 2nd floor, 10188 Athens), within 60 days from the release date (the post office stamping indicates the date of posting).
Philatelic items to be postmarked must bear the name and full address of the sender so that they can be sent to them. Please mark the envelope “PHILATELIC ITEMS”.
ATTENTION!
To obtain an imprint of the commemorative postmark on a postal item, you must have affixed stamps of at least the minimum value of B’ priority domestic mail (20 gr), today 1,20 €.
At the end of the year, Hellenic Post will release a set of envelopes stamped with commemorative postmarks especially for commemorative postmark collectors. Each envelope will have the minimum value of B’ priority domestic mail (20 gr), today 1,20 €, stamp affixed to it and will be stamped with one of the special commemorative postmarks for 2024.