Epirus : Moschopolis Local Issue.

I'd like to mount this on a new page with
some gossip.
Anybody know anything about them?

Scans or links to any others in the set?
Thanks.

Hi Rodney,

This is from the Moschopolis local issue of 24th June 1914. There are 15 in all, 6 higher values like this one: 1dr, 2dr, 3dr, 5dr, 10dr and 25dr, and 9 lower values from 1 lepton to 50 lepta in a smaller size. Moschopolis is now Voskopojë in Albania. They seem to have been issued but not generally available.

There is a lengthy note about them in SG Part 3 which doesn't list them but gives a price of £40 for an unmounted mint set and £75 for a CTO set (2009).

There was a second set from 1st November 1914 where these stamps were overprinted, "Hellenic Administration of Moschopolis" in Greek.

Thanks Nigel,
I had a feeling you would be answering,
You came through! fantastic.

Thanks to Trigger for the example too.

In case you hadn't seen the whole set:

http://cgi.ebay.ie/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...260727570127

Thanks 22crows, but...

That's odd - I already fixed up the link once.

OK, google: greece "north epirus" moschopolis
check the 1st entry

Hi Rodney,

Here's a mint set of the original issue:

And here's a CTO set of the overprints (only the first 13 values were overprinted):

What a fantastic place SCF is!

Dished up on a plate!

Thanks 22crows for your efforts appreciated.
and thanks Nigel.

I was researching the history of Moschopolis,
hoping to find some info on the stamp's vignettes.
What a tragic history.
It seems whenever there was an intellectual centre of learning
somebody has to come along and smash it to bits.


Moschopolis cover to the famous French stamp dealer Maury.
Currently for sale $400 US

wow.................

The pictured stamp is Scott 53b under Epirus. The normal color is gray green and red brown (#53), not blue and brownish red. The color variety makes it higher priced, i.e. $25 versus $5.

Wow! Thanks Rich, I was blissfully unaware.
My 2009 Scott does not attract any Catalogue numbers just a mention.