The Aegean Islands, or Dodecanese, are a group of islands just to the west of Turkey that were occupied by Italy during the Italo-Turkish War in 1912 until the end of World War II.  Although the name means “twelve islands”, there were actually fourteen in the Italian occupation including Rhodes and Castelrosso.  Overprinted Italian stamps were used for all of the islands with two stamps … Continue reading Aegean Islands #2 (1912)