"On 21 May 1864 (2 June, Gregorian) the Ionian State became part of the Kingdom of the Greeks, but it was not until 21 December (2 January 1865 Greg.) that new cancellers (see previous entry, this section), and the first large heads of Hermes came into use in all the islands".
From, The Seventh Island: A Short Philatelic History of Kythira.
BULLETIN OF THE HELLENIC PHILATELIC SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN.
Volume 17. No. 64. Fourth Quarter, 1986. pp.62-67.
[ISSN 0950-3102]
by Damian N Andronicus
See article in History, subsection, Archive/Research.
