Hellenic Post is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the launch of the first Hellas Sat satellite, with a mini sheet of four self-adhesive personalized stamps that will be released on May 11, 2023, accompanied by a Special Commemorative Postmark.

The launch of the first Hellas Sat satellite, registered in the United Nations Space Object Archive, in the name of Greece, on 13 May 2003 at Cape Canaveral, resulted in Greece becoming a space power.

Issue Date: 11 May 2023
Design - Adaptation: Anthoula Lygka
Stamp Format: 35 X 45 mm
Sheet layout: Sheetlet of 4 self-adhesive personalized stamps
Printing process: Multicolored (OFFSET)
Printer: «VERIDOS MATSOUKIS S.A. SECURITY PRINTING»

Mini sheet of 4 self-adhesive personalized stamps «20 Years Hellas Sat»  5.000 pieces Code: 5205344167661 3,60 € (the price links to the current price list and is subject to change)  Buy now!

The personalized stamps 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 Thursday, May 11, 2023, from 9:00 to 14:00 at the Syntagma Post Office, Mitropoleos 2, 105 63 Athens.

The Special Commemorative Postmark will be available for 3 consecutive Thursdays 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., 2^nd 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 €0.90.

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 €0.90, stamp affixed to it and will be stamped with one of the special commemorative postmarks for 2023.