BFPO 53 - EPISKOPI (2009)

Military postal history


BFPO 53 - EPISKOPI (2009)

28 Aug 2009 3 591
UK 1st class Machin definitive stamp with the unusual EPISKOPI BFPO 53 cancellation, from the UK sovereign bases area in Cyprus (2009).

FIELD POST OFFICE 1055 (2004)

20 Feb 2004 3 343
Machin "E" stamp cancelled with "FIELD POST OFFICE 1055" (Ayios Nikolaos, Cyprus) postmark, dated 20 February 2004.

BFPO 59 - AYIOS NIKOLAOS (1992)

09 Jul 2002 4 1 450
UK 50p Machin definitive stamp with the unusual AYIOS NIKOLAOS BFPO 59 postmark, from the UK sovereign bases area in Cyprus (2002).

917 STG (1992)

09 Jun 1992 3 290
Greece: 1992 stamp of 60 DR cancelled with military post office postmark "917 ΣΤΓ" (Field Post Office of XV Infantry Division) on 9 June 1992.

IV Infantry Division (ca 1982)

02 Aug 1982 3 302
GREECE: Stamp of 1982, 12 DR, cancelled with military stamp "IV INFANTRY DIVISION" (ca 1982-1983).

918 STG (1982)

22 Feb 1982 4 309
Greece: 1982 Olympics stamp of 8 DR and 1979 landscped 4 DR cancelled with military post office postmark "918 ΣΤΓ - ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΗ" on 22 February 1982.

BFPO 1 - HONG KONG (1980)

23 Jul 1980 2 479
Machin 12p stamp cancelled with "BRITISH FORCES POST OFFICE HONG KONG - 7" postmark, dated 23 July 1980.

1008 STG (1969)

22 Sep 1969 5 303
GREECE: Stamp of 2.5 DR (inland rate) of 1969 cancelled with two military post office postmarks "1008 ΣΤΓ" on 22 September 1969. Also stamped with military stamp "ΣΤΡΑΤΙΩΤΙΚΗ ΔΙΟΙΚΗΣΙΣ ΑΡΧΙΠΕΛΑΓΟΥΣ" (Archipelago Military Command).

Postal Sector 921 (1920)

29 Jul 1920 3 281
GREECE: Stamp of 1 lepton on 1916 royalist government (overprint ET+crown) definitive issue with a very clean postmark "ΕΛΛ. ΣΤΡ. ΤΑΧ. ΕΝ ΣΟΦΙΑ - ΤΑΧ. ΤΟΜ. 921" (Greek Military Post Office in Sofia [Bulgaria], Postal Sector 921) dated 29 July 1920.

STRAT. TAXYDROMEIA 920 (1918)

22 Jan 1918 2 284
GREECE: Block of 4 definitive stamps of 1916 royalist government definitive issue (ET+crown overprint) cancelled with a military postall service blue-black postmark "ΣΤΡΑΤ. ΤΑΧΥΔΡΟΜΕΙΑ 920 - 22 ΙΑΝ 18" (MIL. POST OFFICES 920 - 22 JAN 18).

Greece-Provisional Govt 10 lepta (1917)

02 Sep 1917 2 609
Stamp of the Venizelist provisional government of Thessaloniki, cancelled with British Army postmark on 1917-09-02.

TRESOR ET POSTES 198 (1915)

15 Sep 1915 6 1 527
French military postmark with two Greek "1912 Campaign" stamps cancelled with "TRESOR ET POSTES 198" military postmark (French Macedoinan Front) and addressed to Cote d'Or. It is also stamped with an arrival postmark at NUITS ST GEORGES - COTE D'OR - 24-9-15.