"Stay Away From Greece in 1968 stamp" [Temp.2024.5.15]

Catalogue Number
Temp.2024.5.15

Object Name
stamp

Title
DANGER DICTATORSHIP STAY AWAY FROM GREECE IN 1968!

Place
Greece

People
Papadopoulos, George

Events
Regime of the Colonels

Date
1968

Description
Small red and white stamp with deckled edges with text reading "DANGER DICTATORSHIP STAY AWAY FROM GREECE IN 1968!" with a line of barbed wire across the centre.


From 1967 to 1974 Greece was ruled by the Regime of the Colonels, following a military coup. Army officer George Papadopoulos declared himself Prime Minister and President, and his dictatorship was characterised by anti-communist policies, restrictions on civil liberties, and imprisonment of political opponents.

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