Mount Athos

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

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

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