Rhodes

Rhodes, or Ρόδος is one of the Dodecanese Islands in the Aegean Sea.  File:Rhodes ovpt.jpg|1912 5c definitive. File:Rhodes semi.jpg|1944 semipostal. File:Rhodes 5c due.jpg|1934 5c postage due. File:Rhodes Spec Del surch.jpg|One of the 1943 surcharged special delivery stamps. 
 * Previously part of the Orroma Empire, in 1912, it was captured by Italian forces. Italian stamps were overprinted Rodi followed by other values up to 1924. Meanwhile, Rhodes was ceded to Italy in 1923.
 * 1920 saw a series of pictorial definitives issued.
 * From 1930 to 1932, 4 commemorative overprints were released, either on Rhodes or Italian stamps.
 * In 1932, the pictorial definitives were reissued with imprint.
 * Also in 1932, a commemorative set for the 20th anniversay of occupation was released.
 * In 1935, a Holy Year set was issued.
 * In 1934, postage dues and parcel post stamp sets were released.
 * In 1935, airmails were released.
 * In 1936, 2 special delivery stamps were issued.
 * In 1943, 2 surcharges for special delivery were released.
 * Also in 1943, 5 semipostal surcharge sets were released, including an airmail and special delivery set.
 * Rhodes and the other Dodecanese Islands were occupied by Germany after the Italian Armistice of 1943.