Hermes (Greek stamp) following June 10, announced the choice of Hermes, messenger of the Gods in the Greek mythology as the effigy of the stamps. The stamps depict a profile of the Greek messenger god Hermes (Mercury) in a frame strongly resembling that used for contemporary stamps of France. The nine values of the stamps of the "large Hermes head" are printed during more than twenty years (from 1861 to 1882) from the same nine typographic plates and stayed in circulation for 25 years (from 1861 to 1886) before to be used again, overprinted, in 1900/1901. The first set was issued on October
The Gods of Atlantis (novel) The Gods of Atlantis (novel) The Gods of Atlantis (titled Atlantis God in the US) is an archaeological adventure novel by "New York Times" and London "Sunday Times" bestselling author David Gibbins. First published in 2011, it is the sixth book in Gibbins' Jack Howard series. The book was published in the UK in hardback on 18 August 2011 and in paperback and as an ebook on 27 October 2011; the US edition (Atlantis God) was published in 2012, along with French, Greek and other translations. A lost Nazi bunker in a forest in Germany contains a dreadful secret. Marine