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.
 * Koritsa issued stamps following the provisional doubleheaded eagle design, with ΚΟΡΥΤΣΑ inscribed. See also Korçë.
 * Moschopolis issued engraved stamps inscribed ΗΠΕΙΡΟΣ.





Provisional and autonomous government
Around the same time, a provisional government was set up, for 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 New Greece stamps overprinted B. ΗΠΕΙΡΟΣ now in use. The indepeendent government was now dead 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:Northern Epirus A.jpg|3 stamps tied by Argyrocastron CDS. File:New Greece postal tax.jpg|Postal tax stamp of 1940. 

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