Postage stamps and postal history of Albania
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Postage stamps from Albania are marked Shqiperia, Shqiperise and Shqiptare.
Turkish stamps[edit]
Albania used the postage stamps of Turkey from 1870 to 1913.[1]
First stamps[edit]
Albania issued its first stamps in 1913.[1]
World War II[edit]
During World War II, stamps were produced during the Italian, German and Greek occupation.
Gallery of Albanian stamps[edit]
- 16 June 1913
- 16 June 1913
- 25 October 1913
- 25 October 1913
- 1 December 1913
- 1967
See also[edit]
- Hasluck Collection
- List of people on stamps of Albania
- Posta Shqiptare
- Postage stamps and postal history of Epirus
References and sources[edit]
- References
- ^ a b Albania. Archived 2012-05-12 at the Wayback Machine Sandafayre Stamp Atlas. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
- Sources
Further reading[edit]
- Gjinaj, Kolë. Historia e Filatelise Shqiptare. Shkodër: Botim i Muzeut Historik të Shkodrës, 1996
- Nika, Thimi. Historia e Filatelisë Shqiptare: 100 vjet Pulla Shqiptare (1913-2013). Tiranë: Shtëpia Botuese Mediaprint, 2013 ISBN 9789928081148 417p.
- Phipps, John, S. The Stamps and Posts of Albania and Epirus 1878 to 1945. Bristol: Stuart Rossiter Trust Fund, 2002 ISBN 0952717727 285p.
- Smaili, B. et al. Pulla Poste Shqipetare = Albanian Postage Stamps, 1913-1959. Tirana: Botuar nga Drejtoria e Pergjitheshme P. T. T. te Republikes Popullore te Shquiperise, 1959