We've Joined Nato !

It was only after coming across Hungary's 1999 "We've Joined NATO" stamp that it occurred to me that the expansion of NATO would probably make a fair contemporary topical collection topic, with both stamps & covers to mark various events.

Of course, the original NATO members have issued anniversary stamps, to boot.



Hungary Joins NATO
Catalog codes:
Michel HU 4528
Stamp Number HU 3647
Yvert et Tellier HU 3663
Issued on: 1999-03-12
Face value: 110 Ft - Hungarian forint

Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey

very interesting. thanks

NATO has 28 members at the present time.
There were 12 founding members of the Alliance: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, the United States (1949).
The other member countries are: Greece, Turkey (1952), Germany (1955), Spain (1982), the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland (1999), Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia (2004), Albania, Croatia (2009).

NATO officially welcomed Montenegro as its 29th member on June 5, 2017. A commemorative stamp was issued on the same day.

Croatia
Accession of the Republic of Croatia to NATO
April 4, 2009
The motif contains digital map of Croatia and the NATO emblem.

Slovenia
Accession of Slovenia to the NATO
March 24, 2004
NATO emblem

Albania
Albania in NATO
April 12, 2008
The stamp set marks the start of accession talks between Albania and NATO. Albania becomes a full member of the Alliance on April 1, 2009.

Bulgaria
Accession of Bulgaria to NATO
April 2, 2004
NATO emblem flag of Bulgaria

Estonia
Accsession of Estonia to NATO
June 28, 2004
NATO emblem

Romania
Accession of Romania to NATO
March 24. 2004
The design features the NATO Headquarters in Brussels.

Slovakia
Accession of Slovakia to NATO
May 1, 2004
Definitive issue

Czech Republic
Accession of the Czech Republic to NATO
March 12, 1999
NATO emblem

Poland
Polish Admission to NATO
April 22, 1999
The design shows NATO emblem and the flags of member nations.

https://www.cvce.eu/en/obj/greece_a...bc6559f.html ... Greece and Turkey join NATO (London 22 October 1951)

Greece issued three "NATO 1949-1954" stamps, which does not quite fit the thread title, but who's counting?

Okay, let's count ... 1200 Drachma ... 2400 Drachma airmail rate ... 4000 Drachma airmail rate.

I am a little chuffed to have this stamp Genuinely Postally Used, tied on a not-too-bruised cover by a legible postmark ... decently centered, lightly cancelled ... but I am torqued that the Greedy Dealer demanded a full fifty cents!

The postmark is 19540923 Piraeus Mission (lit), but someone who knows more about Piraeus or Greek Postmarks is gonna have to be the one to answer "What Mission?"

North Atlantic Treaty Organization - Goddess Athena
Country: Greece
Series: N.A.T.O.
Catalog codes:
Michel GR 617
Stamp Number GR C73
Yvert et Tellier GR PA68
Stanley Gibbons GR 727
Unificato GR A68
Issued on: 1954-05-15
Expiry date: 1955-01-31
Colors: Dark violet blue
Perforation: comb13 x 13½
Printing: Recess
Face value: 4,000 ? - Greek drachma
Print run: 1,229,000
Watermark: 2 oblique crowns

Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey (who is pleased with the pre-printed etiquette, to boot)

Germany, Federal Republic

1999

50 years NATO

1v.

Turkey

1964

Nato - 2v

15 years of Nato