Kastellorizo

Kastellorizo is one of the Dodecanese Islands in the Aegean Sea.
 * In March 1913, the people of Kastellorizo declared independence. In August, Greek officials arrived and set up Greek postal services.
 * In December 1915, French naval forces occupied the island.
 * In 1920, French offices in the Turkish Empire were overprinted B.N.F. / Castellorizo, then O.N.F. / Castellorizo.
 * Also in 1920, French stamps were overprinted O F / CASTELLORISO
 * In 1922, Italy was given the island by treaty. Its first issue was Italian stamps overprinted CASTELROSSO.
 * A map and flag issue was produced in 1923.
 * In 1924, definitives with CASTELROSSO overprinted diagonally were issued.
 * Ferruci and Garibaldi overprinted sets followed in 1930 and 1932 respectively, as was done for the other Dodecanese Islands.
 * Allied forces captured Kastellorizo and the other Dodecanese Islands after Italy's surrender in 1943. Overprints on Greek stamps were created in 1947. See: *Dodecanese Islands.

Forgeries of the 1920 issues exist. The O F overprint is found forged frequently.

 File:Castellorizo 5c French.jpg|5c O.N.F. overprint. File:Castellorizo 40c.jpg|1922 40c value. File:Castellorizo 10c map.jpg|1923 10c map and Italian flag. File:Castellorizo 25c diag.jpg|25c diagonal overprint of 1924.



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