Corfu & Paxos

Italy occupied Corfu in 1923 for a short period of time. The stamps on the previous album page were from that stint and were used only on the island of Corfu, which is off the west coast of Greece in the Ionian Sea.

From October 1940 until April 1941, Italy fought a war against Greece (i.e., the Italo-Greek War). Italy won and as a result occupied the islands of Corfu and Paxos. Paxos is located near Corfu. These islands were occupied by Italy until 1943 when the Germans took Greece away from Italy when the King surrendered to the Allied Powers and switched sides against Germany.

Occupations, Page CP-2 (GR-3)

Occupations, Page CP-1 (GR-3)

Note

Maybe the Italian government was too busy with the war, but rather than use Italian stamps as they did on Corfu in 1923, they made use of Greek stamps from the 1930s and overprinted them with just the word Corfu – with no mention of Italy. I’m not sure what was the point and why they didn’t issue or overprint stamps on the main land of Greece.

These two pages are a new edition. They’re part of my recent and current expansion to create album pages for all of the remaining Italian stamp series I’m missing. The exception to this plan is the pages for the more recent years of the Italian Republic. Those I’ll buy from Leuchtturm since they make them. I’ll buy them later. I keep thinking I’m almost finished with creating all of the missing pages, then I stumble on another occupied territory. King Vittorio Emanuele III and Mussolini’s appetite for cobbling together an empire was insatiable.

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Album Page CP-1

spot	own	catalog	subject	description	comment
1.1		15	King George II Overprint Corfu	1₯ (jun 1941) definitive, dark green
1.2		16	King George II Overprint Corfu	3₯ (jun 1941) definitive, red brown
1.3		17	King George II Overprint Corfu	8₯ (jun 1941) definitive, dark blue
1.4		18	King George II Overprint Corfu	100₯ (jun 1941) definitive, dark carmine
2.1		20	Court Lady of Tiryns Overprint Corfu	10Λ (jun 1941) definitive, blue & light brown
2.2		19	Minoan Bull Leaping Overprint Corfu	5Λ (jun 1941) definitive, dark blue & red brown
2.3		21	Zeus of Dodoni Overprint Corfu	20Λ (jun 1941) definitive, black & dark green
3.1		22	Amphiktyony Coin Overprint Corfu	40Λ (jun 1941) definitive, black & black green
3.2		23	Diagoras of Rhodes Overprint Corfu	50Λ (jun 1941) definitive, black & dark brown
3.3		26	Panathenaic Procession Overprint Corfu	5₯ (jun 1941) definitive, red
4.1		24	Venus of Melos Overprint Corfu	80Λ (jun 1941) definitive, orange brown & dark violet
4.2		25	Naval Battle of Salamis Overprint Corfu	2₯ (jun 1941) definitive, ultramarine
4.3		30	Leo III & Saracens Overprint Corfu	15₯ (jun 1941) definitive, dark green
4.4		31	Glory of Psara Overprint Corfu	25₯ (jun 1941) definitive, black blue
5.1		27	Alexander the Great at Issos Overprint Corfu	6₯ (jun 1941) definitive, olive brown
5.2		28	Apostle Paul on Arios Pagos Overprint Corfu	7₯ (jun 1941) definitive, violet brown
5.3		29	Church of St. Demetrios at Thessaloniki Overprint Corfu	10₯ (jun 1941) definitive, carmine brown
6.1		32	King Constantine Overprint Corfu	1.50₯ (jun 1941) definitive, dark green
6.2		33	King Constantine Overprint Corfu	30₯ (jun 1941) definitive, red brown
6.3		34	Coats of Arms: Greece Turkey Romania Yugoslavia Overprint Corfu	8₯ (jun 1941) definitive, dark blue grey

Album Page CP-2

spot	own	catalog	subject	description	comment
1.1		A1	Social Welfare Fund Overprint Corfu	50Λ (jun 1941) air mail, violet & maroon
1.2		A5	Daedalus & Icarus Overprint Corfu	5₯ (jun 1941) air mail, violet
1.3		A6	Goddess Pallas Athena Overprint Corfu	7₯ (jun 1941) air mail, blue
1.4		A2	Social Welfare Fund Overprint Corfu	50Λ (jun 1941) air mail, maroon
2.1		A3	God Helios Overprint Corfu	1₯ (jun 1941) air mail, red
2.2		A4	Goddess Iris Overprint Corfu	2₯ (jun 1941) air mail, green blue
2.3		A10	Triptolemus on Dragons Overprint Corfu	30₯ (jun 1941) air mail, green
2.4		A12	Frixos & Helli on Gold Sheep Overprint Corfu	100₯ (jun 1941) air mail, red brown
3.1		A7	Hermes Overprint Corfu	10₯ (jun 1941) air mail, orange & maroon
3.2		A8	Hermes Overprint Corfu	10₯ (jun 1941) air mail, orange
3.3		A9	Abduction of Ganimedes by Zeus Overprint Corfu	25₯ (jun 1941) air mail, lilac carmine
3.4		A11	Vellerefontis on Winged Horse Overprint Corfu	50₯ (jun 1941) air mail, violet
4.1		S1	Postage Due Overprint Corfu	10Λ (jun 1941) postage due, carmine
4.2		S2	Postage Due Overprint Corfu	25Λ (jun 1941) postage due, ultramarine
4.3		S3	Postage Due Overprint Corfu	80Λ (jun 1941) postage due, dark lilac
4.4		S4	Postage Due Overprint Corfu	1₯ (jun 1941) postage due, blue
5.1		S5	Postage Due Overprint Corfu	2₯ (jun 1941) postage due, brick red
5.2		S6	Postage Due Overprint Corfu	5₯ (jun 1941) postage due, grey blue
5.3		S7	Postage Due Overprint Corfu	10₯ (jun 1941) postage due, blue green
5.4		S8	Postage Due Overprint Corfu	15₯ (jun 1941) postage due, red brown
6.1		S9	Postage Due Overprint Corfu	25₯ (jun 1941) postage due, pink
6.2		S10	Postage Due Overprint Corfu	50₯ (jun 1941) postage due, orange
6.3		S11	Postage Due Overprint Corfu	100₯ (jun 1941) postage due, green

Footnotes

• Spot refers to the postion of the stamp on the album page (e.g., 3.2 indicates row 3, position 2).

• Amt. is an abbreviation for the face amount of the stamp.

• Own indicates the stamp status: ✓ for unused; ✗ for used or canceled; ⭑ signifies I ordered one; ; ✨ indicates it was bought recently; ✠ means an auction bid is pending; and ◎ is used, and it costs too much for unused.

• To search by catalog number, go to the search box and enter it in the catalog number box. However, it’s a bit broken; I need to fix it.