Cos

The island of Cos, called currently Kos, is located in the Aegian Sea, near the coast of Turkey. It’s one of the larger islands of the Dodecanese islands with a population of thirty-seven thousand people.

Cos’ history goes back many centuries, including being mentioned in Homer’s book called, Illiad. It was an Italian colony, though, from about 1912 until 1947. These stamps are Italian stamps overprinted with Cos originally, and latter with Coo, for use only on this island.

Note

For these album pages for the Coo island, I’m missing only two of the definitives. I just ordered them and should get them by next week. Then these two pages, the pages for this island will be complete.

Cos Definitives

spot	own	catalog	subject	description	comment
1.1	✓	1	Coat of Arms	2c (dec 1912) definitive, orange brown

Leoni Design

2.1	✓	2	Vittorio Emanuele III	5c (dec 1912) definitive, green
2.2	✓	3	Vittorio Emanuele III	10c (dec 1912) definitive, red
2.3	✓	10	Vittorio Emanuele III	15c (dec 1912) definitive, slate gray

Cellini Design

3.1	✓	4	Vittorio Emanuele III	15c (dec 1912) definitive, slate
3.2	✓	8	Vittorio Emanuele III	20c (dec 1916) definitive, slate gray
3.3	✓	11	Vittorio Emanuele III With Crown Watermark	20c (jan 1919) definitive, brown orange
3.4	✓	9	Vittorio Emanuele III Without Watermark	20c (jun 1917) definitive, brown orange
4.1	✓	5	Vittorio Emanuele III	25c (dec 1912) definitive, blue
4.2	✓	6	Vittorio Emanuele III	40c (dec 1912) definitive, brown
4.3	✓	7	Vittorio Emanuele III	50c (dec 1912) definitive, light violet

Contains 11 spots: own 11 – 11 unused, 0 used.
Page is finished.
Album or Web Page Last changed Jun 3, 2024

Cos Commemoratives

spot

own

catalog

subject

description

comment

Francesco Ferruccio

1.1	✓	12	Siege of Volterra	20c (oct 1930) definitive, violet
1.2	✓	13	Maramaldo Kills Ferrucci	25c (oct 1930) definitive, green
2.1	✓	14	Maramaldo Kills Ferrucci	50c (oct 1930) definitive, black
2.2	✓	15	Maramaldo Kills Ferrucci	1.25₤ (oct 1930) definitive, sky blue

Francesco Ferruccio - Semi-Postal

2.3

✓

16

Francesco Ferrucci

5+2₤ (oct 1930)
definitive, carmine

Giuseppe Garibaldi

3.1	✓	17	Garibaldi’s Birthplace: Nice	10c (aug 1932) definitive, brown
3.2	✓	18	Garibaldi & Vittorio Emanuele II	20c (aug 1932) definitive, brown red
3.3	✓	19	Garibaldi & Nino Bixio	25c (aug 1932) definitive, green
4.1	✓	20	Garibaldi & Vittorio Emanuele II	30c (aug 1932) definitive, grey blue
4.2	✓	21	Garibaldi & Nino Bixio	50c (aug 1932) definitive, violet
4.3	✓	22	Death of Anita Garibaldi	75c (aug 1932) definitive, red
5.1	✓	23	Garibaldi’s Tomb: Caprera	1.25₤ (aug 1932) definitive, blue

Garibaldi - Semi-Postal

5.2	✓	25	Garibaldi Monument: Rome	2.55+0.50₤ (aug 1932) definitive, pink vermilion
5.3	✓	26	Garibaldi’s Birthplace: Nice	5+1₤ (aug 1932) definitive, violet
6.1	✓	24	Quarto Rock	1.75+0.25₤ (aug 1932) definitive, brown

Contains 15 spots: own 15 – 15 unused, 0 used.
Page is finished.
Album or Web Page Last changed Apr 16, 2024

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.
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