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Music, Dance Theatre in the Hellenic and Cyprus Philately

Pandelis Leoussis, Music, Dance Theatre in the Hellenic and Cyprus Philately,  soft cover, format A4, fully coloured, p. 197 published by the Panhellenic Society of Thematic Philately, Athens 2017, priced euro 40 including postage for Europe, obtainable by the author p_leoussis@hotmail.com

The book of the well known Greek song writer, president of the Panhellenic Society of Thematic Philately and of the Hellenic Philatelic Federation was first published in 2015 in Greek by the Hellenic Post in a luxurious edition.

Now it is published in English having as target the thematic collectors worldwide who are always eager for thematic information on the subject.

The contents of the book are divided in 3 main sections as follows: Catalogue (serial numbering of stamps as per Greek and international stamp catalogues), Thematic descriptions (detailed ones of main and secondary subjects) and Illustrations (separately for stamps, special commemorative postmarks, postal stationery, booklets slogan cancellations etc).

In addition, there is a very extensive and useful Encyclopedia with detailed analysis of subjects depicted and analytical biographies.

In all, the thematic collector of Music, Dance, and Theatre, the three Arts strongly interconnected between them, shall find the valuable source of information required as it shown in Hellenic philately and at the same time shall give the opportunity the Hellenic culture to travel around the world.

It is certain that collectors of this nice subject will be fascinated as it is for the first time in the thematic field that such a book is published.

A.V