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Aegean Islands
(Dodecanese Islands)
1912
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Italian Occupation | 1a-1m |  |
Aegean Islands in the Scott catalogues, Dodecanese Islands in Gibbons.
Italian offices abroad in Scott, occupation issues in Gibbons.
These are 12 (hence dodeca-) small islands (plus the capital, the larger island of Rhodes) in the south-east Aegean Sea (hence Aegean).
The islands declared their independence from Turkey in 1912, only to be invaded by Italy in May of that year as part of the Turco-Italian War.
Italy retained control following the Graeco-Italian Agreement of August 1920.
The islands were occupied by the British in 1944 (using GB M.E.F. issues) and transferred to Greek administration in March 1947.
There was a general issue (starting with EGEO overprints) on 22nd September 1912 , followed in December by issues for the individual islands. The catalogues treat Rhodes differently from the smaller twelve as it had a larger range of issues including dedicated stamps in addition to the overprints.
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General Issue |
Rhodes |
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| 1912 Sc1 SG1 | 1912 Sc1 SG3J | xxx |
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Calchi / Karki |
Calino / Calimno |
Caso |
Coo / Kos |
| 1912 Sc1 SG3D | 1912 Sc1 SG3A | 1912 Sc1 SG3B | 1912 Sc1 SG3C |
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Liro(s) |
Lisso / Lipso |
Nisiro(s) |
Patmo(s) |
| 1912 Sc1 SG3E | 1912 Sc1 SG3F | 1912 Sc1 SG3G | 1912 Sc1 SG3H |
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Piscopi |
Scarpanto |
Simi |
Stampalia |
| 1912 Sc1 SG3I | 1912 Sc1 SG3K | 1912 Sc1 SG3L | 1912 Sc1 SG3M |