1821 disinfected mail from Corfu, Ionian Islands to Dublin, Ireland struck with circular ''ISOLE IONIE'' handstamp in bluish ink with ''5d.'' manuscript inserted. Disinfected with vertical slits at Otranto with straight line ''OTRANTO'' in red, manuscript ''15'' on front applied at Naples in grana. The letter then passed through Venice, Augsburg, to London (May 24) and on to Dublin where charged ''6/-'' (shillings) in manuscript.

Irish Diaspora Letters: Corfu, British Ionian Islands to Dublin, Ireland (1821)

Irish Diaspora Mail to Ireland: Corfu, British Ionian Islands to Dublin: 1821 Notes: The United States of the Ionian Islands was a Greek state and amical protectorate of Great Britain between 1815 and 1864. It was the successor state of the Septinsular Republic. It covered the territory of the Ionian Islands, in modern Greece, and…

1914 Greek Occupation of Northern Epirus, Chimarra Sculls issue (set of 4 on cover)

Stamps of the World – Greek Occupation of Northern Epirus 1914

Postal History of Northern Epirus: 1912-16 The postal history of Northern Epirus, a region in the western Balkans, in southern modern Albania, comprises two periods; 1912–1916 and 1940-41. Northern Epirus was under Greek administration during the First Balkan War (1912–1913), but it was then awarded to the newly founded Albanian state by the Florence Protocol…

Albania - French Occupation of Northern Epirus (Republic of Korçë)

Stamps of the World – French Occupation of Northern Epirus (Republic of Korçë) 1916

Postal History of Northern Epirus: 1912-16 The postal history of Northern Epirus, a region in the western Balkans, in southern modern Albania, comprises two periods; 1912–1916 and 1940-41. Northern Epirus was under Greek administration during the First Balkan War (1912–1913), but it was then awarded to the newly founded Albanian state by the Florence Protocol…