Postage stamps and postal history of Albania

Postage stamps from Albania are marked Shqiperia, Shqiperise and Shqiptare.

Turkish stamps

Albania used the postage stamps of Turkey from 1870 to 1913.^[1]

First stamps

Albania issued its first stamps in 1913.^[1]

World War II

During World War II, stamps were produced during the Italian, German and Greek occupation.

Gallery of Albanian stamps

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  16 June 1913
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  16 June 1913
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  25 October 1913
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  25 October 1913
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  1 December 1913
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  1967

See also

• Hasluck Collection
• List of people on stamps of Albania
• Posta Shqiptare
• Postage stamps and postal history of Epirus

References and sources

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stamps of Albania.

References

Sources

• Encyclopedia of Postal History.

Further reading

• 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

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