Dodecanese Islands

The Dodecanese Islands, or Δωδεκάνησα, are islands in the eastern Mediterranean and Aegean Seas near Turkey.

In 1912, Italy occupied the major islands except for Kastellorizo.
 * In 1912, a general issue was overprinted EGEO on Italian stamps, and later, ISOLE ITALIANE DELL'EGEO.
 * Each major island had its own overprints:
 * Astypalaia/Stampalia
 * Chalchi/Calchi/Karki/Carchi
 * Kalymnos/Calimno/Calino
 * Karpathos/Scarpanto
 * Caso
 * Coo (now Cos or Kos)
 * Lero (overprinted LEROS)
 * Lisso (overprinted LIPSO)
 * Nisiro (overprinted NISIROS)
 * Patmo (overprinted PATMOS)
 * Piscopi
 * Rhodes (overprinted or inscribed RODI)
 * Symi/Simi

 File:Aegean Is A.jpg|Overprinted for general use. 

Following World War II, the islands became a British military protectorate.
 * Beginning in 1947, Greek stamps were overprinted Σ.Δ.Δ.
 * The islands were united with Greece in September 1947.

 File:Dodecanese A.jpg 

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