Postage stamps and postal history of Albania
Postage stamps from Albania are marked Shqiperia, Shqiperise and Shqiptare.
A 1913 stamp of Albania overprinted on a Turkish stamp
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 German, Greek and Italian occupation.
Gallery of Albanian stamps
16 June 1913
16 June 1913
25 October 1913
25 October 1913
1 December 1913
1967
See also
- Hasluck Collection
- List of people on stamps of Albania
- Posta Shqiptare
- Postage stamps and postal history of Epirus
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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