Mount Athos

Mount Athos is a politically autonomous Orthodox religious center consisting of a monastery and its surrounding area.

Russia established a post office there in the 1890s and issued overprinted stamps c.1910. During World War I, British forces planned the occupation of Mt. Athos and prepared stamps but never released them. In opposition, the Greek government prepared special overprinted stamps for Mt. Athos, but those were also unissued.

Beginning in May 2008, Mount Athos was allowed to issue their own stamps, usable from the two post offices on site as well as the rest of Greece.

 File:Russian Post Office Mont Athos-20 para.jpg|Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire stamp overprinted for Mt. Athos (1909-10). File:Mt Athos 2013.jpg|2013 stamp with label. File:Mt Athos revenue.jpg|c.1995 revenue. 

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