Hermes (Greek stamp) 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 up to 1886, it was then replaced by the second type, the "small Hermes head". The "large Hermes head" stamps, have been reissued, overprinted, in 1900 and 1901 in order to mitigate the delay of shipment of the stamps of the third type, the "flying Hermes" by the British printer J. P.
The Garden of the Gods Jeejeebuoy, and Count Rossignol. "The Garden of the Gods" was first published in 1978 by William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd, and simultaneously in the United States as "Fauna and Family" by Simon and Schuster (). The Garden of the Gods The Garden of the Gods (American title: "Fauna and Family") (1978) by British naturalist and author Gerald Durrell (1925-1995) is the third book in his autobiographical "Corfu trilogy," following "My Family and Other Animals" and "Birds, Beasts, and Relatives". This book is a humorous description of events that took place on the Greek island of Corfu between the years