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Postage stamps and postal history of Greece 

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This image is in the public domain according to Greek copyright law (Paragraph 5 of Article II, Law 2121 of 1993) because it shows or is part of an official text expressive of the authority of the State, notably a legislative, administrative or judicial text.

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Modern stamps of this country are not in public domain or their status is unknown. They are protected by international copyright laws at least until 70 years after author's death. Authors of stamps are both: an engraver and a graphic artist. Please do not upload photographs or scans of stamps of this country, except {{PD-old-70}}. For more information, see Commons:Licensing or more specific for many countries Commons:Stamps. беларуская (тарашкевіца) | English | македонски | +/−

The following classic and post-classic (1861-1923) Greek stamps are in the public domain, use license tag {{PD-old}}:

1. Large Hermes heads (1861/1876), by André Désiré Barre (1818-1878).
2. Small Hermes heads (1886/1888), by Henri Hendrickx (1817-1894, designer) & Albert Doms, Atelier de Timbre (engraver).
3. 1896 Olympics, by Louis-Eugène Mouchon, (1843-1914).
4. 1911 definitives (recess printing), by G. Iakovides (1853-1932) & I. Svoronos (1863-1922), engraved by Thomas McDonald Ltd.
5. 1913 definitives (lithographic printing), by G. Iakovides (1853-1932) & I. Svoronos (1863-1922).
6. Campaign 1912 (1913), by Panagiotis Kavvadias (1849-1928)
7. Text overprints on the stamps listed above.

Occupation stamps issued by the Greek authorities by applying text overprints on stamps of the Ottoman Empire (mostly during the Balkan wars 1912-1913 and also between 1919-1921) are also public domain, tag with {{PD-Ottoman}}.

For the following stamp issues of the same period (1861-1923), the individual artists are unknown. They are acceptable as pseudonymous works (e.g., published only under a corporate or organization's name) in the public domain, having been published over 70 years ago, with a license tag {{Anonymous-EU}}:

1. 1901 definitives (flying Mercury/Hermes), engraving by the Johnstonian Engraving Co., 1899.
2. 1902 A.M. definitives, engraving by the Johnstonian Engraving Co., 1899.
3. 1906 Olympics, by Perkins, Bacon & Co Ltd, UK.
4. Souda (1913), by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co Ltd, UK.
5. Venizelist definitives (1917), by Perkins, Bacon & Co Ltd, UK.
6. Text overprints on the stamps listed above.

The status of these stamps is not clear, as the Post Office was a branch of the Civil Service. The stamps were issued by the central government and distributed through the government Treasury as receipts for payments of postage fees (therefore government administrative documents), so they may fall under the exemptions of the copyright law and be tagged with {{PD-GreekGov}}. Until the issue is settled, it is recommended that stamps of this period are uploaded on Commons only if a hypothetical copyright on them has expired under the 70 years pma rule.

Some Greek stamps of the period with known expired copyrights:

• Lord Byron (1924), 80 lepta by N. Lytras (1883-1927)
• Landscapes (1927, 1935) engraved by Thomas McDonald Ltd. and Thomas de la Rue & Co. Ltd (pseudonymous)
• Fabvier (1927) by D. Biskinis (1891-1947)
• High denomination definitives Democracy (1933) by D. Biskinis (1891-1947), printed by Thomas de la Rue & Co. Ltd
• Air Mail issue (1935) by D. Biskinis (1891-1947), engraver Thomas de la Rue & Co. Ltd (pseudonymous)
• King George II (1937) by Thomas de la Rue & Co. Ltd (pseudonymous)

Postage stamps and postal history of Greece 

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The Hellenic Post (greek: ΕΛΤΑ) was founded in 1970 as a Legal Entity of Private Law (greek: Ν.Π.Ι.Δ.) and was converted to a Company Hellenic Post S.A. in 1996. [1] Therefore post-1970 stamps are not Government works and fall under the 70 years pma rule.

Stamps by artists deceased more than 70 years ago (or pseudonymously designed more than 70 years ago, before 1 January 1956) are free. The copyright status of all other stamps issued before 1970 is disputed (possibly {{PD-GreekGov}} as government administrative documents). Stamps issued since 1970 follow the 70 years pma rule.
See also: Category:Stamps of Greece

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