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"STAMPS and POSTAL HISTORY of ALBANIA" 

Author Thimi Nika

Written in Albanian

CHAPTER I

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PUBLICATIONS ON ALBANIAN POSTS AND STAMPS

 This chapter includes two subchapters:

 -         Foreign bibliographic sources

(This subchapter provides useful information, as well as my considerations, on the books of John S. Phipps, Friedrich Wallisch, Helmut Schappah, on the philatelic magazine “The Scanderbeg”, and other reviews written by other foreign authors in relation to Albanian post and stamps.)

-         Post and philately topics addressed by Albanian authors

(This subchapter provides information on what has been written on the subject matter of Albanian posts and stamps from Albanian authors up).

 

CHAPTER II

POSTS AND STAMPS IN ALBANIA BEFORE THE INDIPENDENCE

 This chapter is dedicated to the time period during which Albania was still part of the Ottoman Empire. It deals with the:

 -                       Ottoman posts and seals

-                       Austrian and Italian post service in Albania

-                       Serb, Montenegrin and Greek post service in Albania

 It includes also a subchapter titled “An enigmatic emission: Modiano’s stamps”, which in fact has been produced in 1912, but was not put in circulation.

 

 CHAPTER III

 THE BEGINNING OF THE HISTORY OF ALBANIAN POST OFFICE AND STAMPS

 

This chapter focuses on the period 1912-1914 and deals with the Albanian postal service and the emissions of stamps issued by the government of Ismail Qemali and that of “Middle Albania”, or otherwise called, the government of “Esat Pashë Toptani”. The third chapter includes the following subchapters:

-         The first Albanian national stamp;

-         The second stamp seal;

-         The third emission, the most interesting and diverse emission in the Albanian collection;

-         The fourth emission, or the “weird stamps”;

-         The first anniversary of independence in a philatelic emission;

-         Series of stamps with Scanderbeg’s portrait;

-         Emission with overprint of March 7, 1914;

-         The use of seals in postal service instead of stamps;

-         The Post Offices of the Government of Esat Pashë Toptani and the stamps “TARABOSH 1913”

 

CHAPTER IV

 THE POST OFFICES AND STAMPS IN THE BEGINNING, DURING AND AFTER THE FIRST WORLD WAR (1914-1939)

 

The post office and stamps in Vlora, 16-31 October 1914

 A mosaic of stamps during the Greek invasion of South Albania (1914-1916)

 The post office and three emissions of Himara

 The emission “Gjirokastra” on ottoman stamps

 Two stamp emissions put in circulation in Korca

 The post office of Erseka and its stamps

 The post office of Voskopoja and its stamps

 Two overprints with typographic alignment and carvings

 Seals in the post service during the Greek invasion

 The emission “The raising of the national flag-Shkodër 1914”

 Philatelic rarity: seal stamps during the period 1914-1920

 Emission of the International Control Committee

 The seal stamp of Tepelena

 The seal stamp of Berat

 The seal stamp of “Financial Office in Elbasan”

 RECU: 25. C.P.T.

 Military posts in Albania

 Austrian military posts

 Italian military posts

 French, English and Serb military posts

 The post office and stamps of the autonomous region of Korça

 Telegraphic stamps of Vlora

 Albanian panorama by the end of the First World War

 The post office and post emissions of the government of Durrës

 The post office in Shkodër and emissions with overprint on austro-hungarian fiscal stamps

 The series “Shkodër 1919”

 The image of Albania after the Congress of Lushnja

 The stamps “SELF-GOVERNMENT OF MIRDITA” 1921

 The post emissions of 1920-1924

 The stamps produced in Vienna

 Emissions in favor of the Red Cross

 Philatelic emissions of 1925-1928

 Commemorating the day of proclamation of the Republic

 Stamps for the air mail service printed in Berlin

 Ahmet Zogu’s portrait in stamps

 The laurel wreath on Ahmet Zogu’s portrait

 10 years of kingdom-15 philatelic emissions

 Three emissions with overprints on stamps of 1927

 An emission with overprint on overprint

 “LONG LIVE THE KING” (emission dedicated to the 34-th anniversary of Ahmet Zogu)

 Overprint of postcards and envelopes with stamps

 New emissions printed in Rome

 Tax stamps

 Air mail post service and its stamps during the monarchy

 Envelopes circulated in “Zeppelin”

 The emission “1924-24 December 1934”

 Commemorative stamps on the 25th anniversary of independence

 The marriage of Zog in a philatelic emission

 “10 years of kingdom”

 An emission that was not emitted

 

 CHAPTER V

 ITALIAN AND GERMAN OCCUPATION (1939-1944) AND THE IMPACT ON ALBANIAN POSTS AND STAMPS

 The Albanian post office and stamp emissions during the Italian occupation period

 The emission “The Constitutional Meeting 12-IV-1939 XVII”

 Italian stamps with overprint for use in Albania

 “A new emission of ordinary post stamps”

 The first stamp with signs of liktori

 The air mail post service and the stamps produced only for this purpose

 Two stamps of the post “Ekspres”

 Tax stamps

 The series for the third anniversary of “the union of the two kingdoms” (of Albania and Italy)

 The emission with the overprint “1 Qind”

 Stamps of “beneficence purpose”

 Stamps with partisan symbols (?!)

 The Italian-Greek war and its consequences on Albanian post service

 The Albanian post and philatelic emissions during the German occupation period

 The emission with overprint “14 September 1943”

 Variations in the emission with overprint “14 September 1943”

 Abusive overprint with “14 September 1943”

 The series with overtax for the ones in misfortune due to the war

 Emission that were not emitted

 Post and telegraphic censorship during the Italian and German occupation period

 

CHAPTER VI

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ALBANIAN POSTS AND STAMPS AFTER THE LIBERATION (1945-1990)

Isolation, empiricism and stamps with overprint

Broadening of the philatelic emissions themes

Political pressure on philately

Scanderbeg on Albanian philately

Censured correspondence in prisons

Philatelic rarity

 

CHAPTER VII

ALBANIAN POSTS AND STAMPS AFTER 1990

This chapter has a subchapter, which describes the theme of Albanian posts and stamps in philatelic documents of the Council of Europe.

 

CHAPTER VIII

ARTISTIC LANGUAGE OF ALBANIAN STAMPS

The subject matter of this chapter is completely special and has never been touched upon by anyone.

The book contains also a big number of color illustrations that all together, form an album of great philatelic value.

The last part of the book contains the:

-         Name indicators

-         Historic sources and literature;

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Author’s CV

Thimi Nika

Thimi Nika was born on February 11, 1949. In July 1970 he completed the university studies in the Faculty of Political and Juridical Sciences of the University of Tirana.

During the time period 1971-1988 he worked as a journalist in the newspaper “Zëri i Popullit”.

In 1989 he was appointed director of Radio Tirana until 1993. Following that, he became executive director of the publishing house “Voskopoja”, and director of the magazine “Afër dhe larg”, published by the latter.

In 1995-1996 he was the editor in chief of the newspapers “Alternativa SD” and “Poli i Qendrës”.

Since1997, he has been working in the National Institute of the Diaspora in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Albania, where for nine consecutive years (September 1997 – August 2006) has been holding the position of the director of this institute.

Thimi Nika is a “Doctor of Sciences” and also a “Docent”.

He is a collector in various fields: he collects post stamps and Albanian post history, envelopes FDC and Albanian cart maximums; he collects paintings; he collects also Albanian coins and bills and also Albanian postcards and photos.

Being at the same time a researcher in philatelic studies, Mr Nika is currently the editor in chief of the magazine “The collector”, published by the Albanian Collectors Federation.

For a long time now, he is a member of the State Stamp Commission.

Thimi Nika is the author of two other books.