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“EUROPA 2025 – National Archaeological Discoveries” (3/2025)
Hellenic Post is once again participating this year in the Joint European Edition EUROPA 2025 with the theme "National Archaeological Discoveries." The two stamps feature Philip II of Macedon and Alexander the Great.
The frieze from the royal tomb at Vergina depicts Philip II of Macedon, highlighting the strength and grandeur of a ruler who unified Greece and paved the way for his son's conquests.
A few decades later, Alexander the Great appears on a gold stater minted by Lysimachus of Thrace, deified, with the horn of Ammon Zeus and the royal diadem—symbols of divine kingship and lasting influence.
These two objects reflect the Macedonian legacy of power, as expressed through art and the image of the king.
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DENOMINATIONS |
DESIGNS |
QUANTITY |
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2,00 € |
Philip II of Macedon |
50.000 |
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3,00 € |
Alexander the Great |
50.000 |
Issue Date: 7 May 2025
Withdrawal Date: 6 May 2026
Design-Adaptation: Myrsini Vardopoulou
Stamp Format: 35 X 45 mm
Sheet layout: Sheet of 16
Printing process: Multicolored (οffset)
Printer: “VERIDOS ΜΑΤΣΟΥΚΗΣ S.A. Security Printing”
Hellenic Post would like to express its special thanks to the Ministry of Culture, the Numismatic Museum, the Ephorate of Antiquities of Hemathia, and Dr. Georgios Kakavas, former General Director of Contemporary Culture at the Ministry of Culture, for their contribution to the issue of the Series.
Stamps, booklet, and First Day Cover of the Series will be available from the date of their release until May 6, 2026. Set Packs will be available until sold out.
Collectors can have their philatelic items franked with the special commemorative first day of issue postmark by sending their postal items to the Philatelic Service (100 Aiolou St, second floor, 101 88 Athens), provided stamps from the set with a minimum value of 1,20 € are affixed to them. Please mark the envelope “PHILATELIC ITEMS”.