27.09. 2025 …  © ELIAS TEMPELIS

(updated – September 2025)

The relatively rich philatelic bibliography on the set of Greek stamps with the overprint «Ε.Τ. ΣΜΥΡΝΗ» [Greek Post Smyrna] first appeared in 1925, whilst fifty years later Charilaos Binos posed a set of questions, to the majority of which, to this day, conclusive answers cannot be easily given [¹]. In fact, however, attention to this set of stamps was initially given by articles in four contemporary newspapers during the period October – November 1919, i.e. a few months after its short circulation, which lasted only one afternoon (13.6.1919).

What is initially presented in this article is a publication in the newspaper Hestia. Next follow two articles, from the author’s collection, which appeared newspapers Telegraphos and Valkanikos Tachydromos, together with an entry in the newspaper Stamboul [²]. Three official documents of the High Commission of Greece in Smyrna are also illustrated from the same collection, since the last two newspapers refer to their existence and content.

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