Samos

Samos, or ΣΑΜΟΥ, is an island in the Aegean Sea.

Before the First Balkan War, Samos was a semi-independent country within the Ottoman Empire. xxxx
 * Before that war, international mail went via the Turkish post and Austrian and French post offices abroad.
 * As a kingdom, it had two unissued series and a 1903 issue inscribed ΗΓΕΜΟΝΙΑ ΤΗΣΣΑΜΟΥ.
 * In November 1912, it declared itself part of Greece.
 * Its 1912 issue showed a map of the island and was inscribed ΠΡΟΣΡΙΝΟΝ ΤΑΧΥΔΡΟΜΕΙΟΝ. There are forgeries.
 * An issue with a Hermes head followed, similarly inscribed, then overprinted ΕΛΛΑΣ in two styles, in 1912 and 1914.



File:Samos Hermes.jpg|1912 1L value 

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