1940) "Handicraft Jewellery in the Mediterranean", Greece: "EUROMED" theme for 2021: Hellenic Post (ELTA - Greek Post) has issued four postage stamps depicting traditional Greek jewellery from the Benaki & Byzantine and Christian Museum Collections: Date of Stamps set issue: 12.07.2021:
"EUROMED" STAMPS:
The Postal Union for the Mediterranean (PUMed), created in Rome on 15.03.2011, by 14 Postal Administrations from the Mediterranean Region under the aegis of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), now has 23 members.
The objective behind this concept was to develop a similar project of the lines of "EUROPA" Stamps, wherein a theme will be chosen and all member countries will submit their design. As such, the Euromed Postal stamp project is a joint commitment, consisting of the annual issue of a stamp on the same theme.
Each member will then be free to issue the design prepared by it. This for the exception of the first stamp issued in 2014, where all members were obliged to have the same design.
The themes chosen for the member countries, since 2014, so far, are as follows:
2014 - “The Mediterranean”
2015 - “Boats used in the Mediterranean”
2016 - “Fish in the Mediterranean”
2017 - “Trees in the Mediterranean”
2018 - “Houses in the Mediterranean”
2019 - “Costumes used in the Mediterranean”
2020 - "Traditional Gastronomy in the Mediterranean"
2021 - "Handicraft Jewelry in the Mediterranean"
A set of Stamps brought out by Malta Post on the "EUROMED Project theme" for 2021, "Traditional Jewellery in the Mediterranean":
A brief:
From Antiquity, and the discovery of gold, the Mediterranean basin saw the birth of vocations of jewelers. From the 17th century, they exported their creations all over the world, adapting to the tastes of their customers and winning without ceasing in perfection.
Jewellery is considered to have always been a part of our human history as the earliest known jewellery is reckoned to have been worn 100,000 years ago. It is worn both to embellish, as well as, to symbolise wealth, power and social status. Some wear jewellery as a form of art for self-expression or as part of their tradition and cultural beliefs.
For centuries the Mediterranean Sea was a refuge for many cultures and civilisations. This brought generations of artists who adopted and developed different styles and crafts that created what we recognise today as distinctive Mediterranean jewellery.
Hellenic Post has issued a set of four EUROMED - 2021 stamps:
Greece has pictured eminent samples of Greek jewels selected from the Benaki Museum, as well as, the Byzantine and Christian Museum's collections.
The first stamp of 0.90 Euro features Golden Earrings with Pendant Doves that dated from early Second Century BC and are kept in the Benaki Museum.
The second stamp of 1.00 Euro depicts a Golden Buckle, which originated in the Sixth to Seventh Century AD and is exhibited in the Byzantine and Christian Museum.
The third stamp of 1.90 Euro shows a Silver-gilt Necklace with chains, corals and coloured stones dating from the 17th-18th Centuries AD, that are displayed in the Benaki Museum, at present.
The fourth stamp of 2.00 Euro depicts a composite Bridal Breast Ornament with silver plaques, chains and pendant crosses from the 19th Century AD, kept in the Benaki Museum.
Two First Day Covers (FDCs) bearing two Stamps each.
A Special Folder (SF) includes all the items issued in this Philatelic issue.
2) Some ancient coins depicting Greek mythology & history
13) Ancient Greek Theatres, Greece: Hellenic Post has brought out a set of five stamps featuring the Ancient Theatres of Dodona, Nocopolis, Kassope, Amvrakia and Gitana (all in Epirus): Stamp issue date: 08.04.2020
14) "MYRTIS", Greece: A 5 Euro Silver Coin dedicated to an 11 year old girl who was a victim of the PLague of Athens (430-426 BC) issued by the Bank of Greece: Coin issue date: 25.02.2020
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