Northern Epirus

Northern Epirus, refers to the region once bordering Greece and the newly created Albania following the Balkan Wars.
 * In 1912, The Greek army had expelled Ottoman officials from at least the Chimarra region but was forced to withdraw in 1913 by treaty terms.
 * In February 1914, various localities in northern Epirus declared independence instead of joining newly-formed Albania.
 * The earliest was Chimarra. See: Chimarra.
 * Argyrokastro or Αργυρόκαστρο issued surcharges on Turkish stamps reading ΑΥΤΟΝΟΜΟΣ / ΗΠΕΙΡΟΣ.
 * Korytsa issued stamps following the provisional doubleheaded eagle design, with ΚΟΡΥΤΣΑ inscribed. See also Korçë.
 * Moschopolis issued engraved stamps inscribed ΗΠΕΙΡΟΣ.

 File:Epirus Korytsa.jpg|Korytsa 25L value. File:Epirus Argyrokastro.jpg|Argyrokastro 10 lepta showing the two designs. File:Epirus Mosch eagle.jpg|Moschopolis lepta value. File:Epirus Mosch drachma.jpg|Moschoplis drachma value. 

Provisional and autonomous government
Around the same time, a provisional government was set up, becoming the Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus, or Αὐτόνομος Δημοκρατία τῆς Βορείου Ἠπείρου, soon officially recognized by Albania and Greece. It issued stamps in March inscribed ΑΥΤΟΝΟΜΟΣ ΗΠΕΙΡΟΣ and ΗΠΕΙΡΟΣ. In August, it issued stamps with doubleheaded eagle over the Greek flag. In October, it released the (second)Chimarra issue showing Greek King Constantine I.
 * However, with the beginning of World War I, Greek troops moved in in November 1914 with the collapse of the ALbanian government, with New Greece stamps overprinted B. ΗΠΕΙΡΟΣ now in use. The independent government was now gone at this time.
 * In 1916, Greek stamps were overprinted B. ΗΠΕΙΡΟΣ for northern Epirus.
 * In November 1921, the country was returned to Albania per treaty.
 * With the Italian invasion of Albania, Greece took parts of Northern Epirus from them, once again overprinting stamps ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΙ ΔΙΟΙΚΗΣΙΣ beginning in 1940. However, with the German invasion of Greece in 1941, the region was lost to the Italian army.
 * The region is now part of Albania with Albanian town names.

 File:Epirus 5L.jpg|5 lepta value values from the first Autonomous Government issue. File:Epirus 10L.jpg|10 lepta value from the first Autonomous Government issue. File:N Epirus govt 2nd.jpg|From the second Autonomous Government issue. File:Epirus Chimarra 2nd.jpg|From the third Autonomous Government issue. File:Northern Epirus A.jpg|3 stamps tied by Argyrocastron CDS. File:Epirus bogus phoenix.jpg|Bogus issue; may be a forgery of the bogus issue. File:Epirus bogus.jpg|Bogus issue, different values in various colors. 

Postage due

 * In 1940, then-current Greek postage dues were overprinted ΕΛΛΗΝΊΚΗ / ΔΙΟΚΗΣΙΣ. A 25d value was surcharged 50L with the same inscription.



Postal tax
 File:New Greece postal tax.jpg|Postal tax stamp of 1940. 
 * In 1940, Greek postal tax stamps were overprinted ΕΛΛΗΝΊΚΗ / ΔΙΟΚΗΣΙΣ.

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