Hermes (Greek stamp) (Vienna emission) . All these issues have been overprinted in many cases up to 1920: Value, colour and type of the sixteen stamps of common usage set, printed in "taille douce" in 1911 : General Philately: General Philately - Literature: Large Hermes Head - Traditional Philately: Large Hermes Head - Postal History: Hermes (Greek stamp) The Greek god Hermes, messenger of the Gods in the Greek mythology, is the representation chosen, in 1860, by the Kingdom of Greece to illustrate its first postal stamps. The first type, the "large Hermes head", was issued in October 1861, and stayed in circulation
King of the Gods lesser divinities, who come to be seen as aspects of the single supreme deity. Examples of this include: The leaders of the various pantheons include: The following are the characteristics shared by virtually all Kings of the gods: King of the Gods As polytheistic systems evolve, there is a tendency for one deity, usually male, to achieve preeminence as king of the gods. This tendency can parallel the growth of hierarchical systems of political power in which a monarch eventually comes to assume ultimate authority for human affairs. Other gods come to serve in a Divine Council or pantheon -