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200 Years Since the Exodus of Missolonghi (1/2026)

30/01/2026

Hellenic Post is commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Exodus of Messolonghi and is issuing on February 15, 2026 the Commemorative Stamp Series "200 Years since the Exodus of Missolonghi", which includes four stamps and a numbered souvenir sheet.

DENOMINATIONS	DESIGNS	QUANTITY
0,20 €	Christos Kapsalis (1751-1826) Polychronis Lebesis (1848 – 1913) 1881, oil on canvas, 100 x 80 cm National Historical Museum, Inv. no.: 250	25.000 pieces
0,50 €	Athanasios Razi-Kotsikas (1798-1826) Ιoannis Trikoglides (1891 – 1962) 1929, Oil on canvas, 100 x 80 cm National Historical Museum, Inv. no 3983	25.000 pieces
1,20 €	Episode of the siege of Missolonghi François-Émile de Lansac 1827, Municipal Art Gallery of Missolonghi	25.000 pieces
3,00 €	Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863) 1826, Oil on canvas, 169 x 127 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux Photo_F.Deval, Inv. no Bx E 439	25.000 pieces
4,00 €	The Exodus from Missolonghi Theodoros Vryzakis (1814 ή 1819 – 1878) 1853, Oil on canvas, 169 x 127 cm Τhe National Gallery-Museum of Alexandros Soutsou Inv. no Π.5446	15.000 feuillets

The issue consists of four stamps of 35 X 45 mm in sheets of 25 and one numbered Feuillet of 55 Χ 76 mm, which includes one stamp of 35 X 45 mm.

Issue Date: 15 February 2026
Withdrawal Date: 14 February 2028
Design-Adaptation: Anthoula Lygka
Printing process: Multicolored (offset), gold-foil stamping
Printer: «VERIDOS MATSOUKIS S.A. SECURITY PRINTING»

Hellenic Post would like to thank the Municipality of Sacred City of Missolonghi, the Municipal Art Gallery of Missolonghi, the National Historical Museum, the National Gallery – Alexandros Soutsos Museum and the Musée des Beaux-Arts Bordeaux for their contribution to the release of this Series.

	1/2026 Single Set of Stamps “200 Years since the Exodus of Missolonghi” Item code: 5205344172580 4,90 € Buy now!
	1/2026 Commemorative Feuillet “200 Years since the Exodus of Missolonghi” Item code: 5205344172535 4,90 € Buy now!
	1/2026 First Day Cover - Feuillet “200 Years since the Exodus of Missolonghi” 3.000 pieces Item code: 5205344172665 9,00 € Buy now!
	1/2026 First Day Cover “200 Years since the Exodus of Missolonghi” 3.000 pieces Item code: 5205344172658 6,60 € Buy now!
	1/2026 Numbered Set Pack “200 Years since the Exodus of Missolonghi” 300 pieces Item code: 5205344172672 31,00 € Buy now!

The stamps, the numbered Feuillet and the philatelic products are available at the Post Offices and the Hellenic Post’s e-shop. The 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 ELTA Sorting Center (128 Lefkis Street, 10100 Kryoneri, Attn: Pantelis Skylos), provided stamps from the set with a minimum value of 1,20 € are affixed to them. Please mark the envelope “PHILATELIC ITEMS”.