Ηellenic Post, on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the naval battle of Samos, during the Greek Revolution of 1821, is releasing the following philatelic product, which will be available from Tuesday, August 6, 2024, and will be accompanied by a Special Commemorative Postmark. This historic naval battle was a great victory for the then Greek Navy and ensured the independence of Samos.

Issue Date: 6 August 2024
Stamp Format: 35 X 45 mm
Sheet layout: Mini sheet of 4 self-adhesive personalized stamps
Printing process: Multicolored (OFFSET)
Printer: «VERIDOS MATSOUKIS S.A. SECURITY PRINTING»
Adaptation - Design: Myrsini Vardopoulou 

Mini sheet of 4 self-adhesive personalized stamps  «200 Years from the Battle of Samos»   5.000 pieces Code: 5205344169825 4.80 € 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 Tuesday, August 6, from 09:00 to 13:00 at the Post Office of Syntagma Square, Mitropoleos 2, 105 63 Athens.

The Special Commemorative Postmark will also be available on August 28, as well as on September 4 and 11, 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 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.