Philatelic Articles and Books Written, Translated and/or Edited by

Louis Basel and Co-authors

Subject and Author Indexes to Philotelia, 1954-1982 (for Greece only) According to the Manual of Philatelic Headings Used by the American Philatelic Research Library, Philatelic Literature Review, Second Series, Vol. 33, No. 3, p. 140 and No. 4, p. 201, 1984.

French Military Campaigns and Expeditions in Greece, H.P.S.A. News Bulletin, No. 108, Dec. 1984, p. 6. Philatelic Literature Review, Second Series, Vol. 33, No. 3, p. 140 and No. 4, p. 201, 1984.

New Varieties of the Plate of the 20 Lepta Large Heads, Philotelia, No. 510, Jan./Feb., 1985, p. 13.

Computerized Plating of the Large Hermes Heads of Greece, The American Philatelist, Vol. 99, No.5, May, 1985, pp. 415-423.

Groom’s Method and the 10 Lepta on Meshed Paper of 1871, Philotelia, No. 518, May/June, 1986, p. 165.

The Overprints of Mytilene, H.P.S.A. News Bulletin, No. 114, June, 1986, p. 5.

Philatelic Literature Sale (Louis K. Robbins), Philotelia, No. 523, March/April, 1987, p. 91.

An Early Description of the Large Hermes Head Stamps, The Report: Journal of the Philatelic Society of Chicago, Vol. XX, No. 2, June 1987, p. 4.

Oldest Known Usage Date of the 1870 Special Issue of the 20 Lepta Large Hermes Heads, Philoteliki Lesbos, No. 122, March-April 1989, p. 306.

Plating Study of the Large Hermes Heads Leads to a Rare Find, Philotelia, No. 533, pp. 74-81.

The Control Numbers of the 20 Lepta 1870 Issue of the Large Hermes Heads, Philotelia, No. 536, pp. 121-30 and No. 537, pp.154-57, 1989.

Reconstruction of the Plate of the 20 Lepta 1870 Issue and its Controls, H.P.S.A. News Bulletin, No. 127, September, 1989, p. 18.

A Disappointing Balkanfila XII, H.P.S.A. News Bulletin, No. 128, December, 1989, p. 11.

Auction Market Analysis, H.P.S.A. News Bulletin, No. 129, March, 1990, p. 11.

The 1867 Controls of the 20 Lepta Large Heads, Philotelia, No.544, p. 219-30, 1990 and in H.P.S.A. News Bulletin, No. 130, June, 1990, p. 31.

Auction Market Analysis, H.P.S.A. News Bulletin, No. 131, September, 1990, p. 67.

Review and Critique: The 20 Lepta Large Hermes Heads by Ulysses Bellas, H.P.S.A. News Bulletin, No. 132, December, 1990, p. 92.

Ulysses Bellas – Obituary, H.P.S.A. News Bulletin, No. 120, September, 1991, p. 64.

Symposium on the Large Hermes Heads, H.P.S.A. News Bulletin, No. 136, December, 1991, p. 84.

Of Ink Spots, Control Numbers, Plating and Classification of the Large Heads of Greece, in Monograph on The Berne Symposium on the Large Hermes Heads of Greece, Berne, Switzerland, October 26-27, 1991 and in H.P.S.A. News Bulletin, No. 136, December, 1991, p. 91.

Index to Philatelic Literature on Greece and Related Areas, published by the author, Stamford, Connecticut, 1992, pp. 25.

The 20 Lepta Controls of the Large Hermes Heads: Varieties of the Numeral “2”, Philoteliki Lesbos, No. 150, Nov./Dec. 1993, p. 206; No. 151, Jan./Feb., 1994, p. 10; No. 152. Mar./Apr., 1994, p. 56.

Ink Spots on the Helmut of the 20 Lepta Large Hermes Head of Greece, Philoteliki Lesbos, No. 154, July/Oct. 1994, p. 143.

Additional Comments on the May 1862 Issue, H.P.S.A. News Bulletin, No. 173, March, 2001, p. 10.

The Ten Lepta Large Hermes Head Stamps of Greece, published by the author, Stamford, Connecticut, 2001, pp. xii + 60 + Appendixes 152.

Plating the Solferinos, Philotelia, No. 613, March/April 2002, p. 87.

New Flaws of the 40 Lepta Large Hermes Head Stamps, Philoteliki Lesbos, July-Aug. 2002, No. 202, pp.166-169.

The Control Numbers of the Cleaned Plate Issue of the 40 Lepta Large Hermes Heads, Philoteliki Lesbos, No. 208, July/August, 2003, p. 134.

Some Comments on the Importance of the Controls in the Classification of the Large Hermes Heads, Philoteliki Lesbos, No. 207, May/June, 2003, p. 106.

Colors of the 40 Lepta Meshed Paper Stamps, published by the author, Stamford, Connecticut, pp. 10, 2004.

The Forty Lepta Large Hermes Head Stamps of Greece, published by the author, Stamford, Conn., 2004, pp xii + 67 + Appendixes 187 + End Piece 5.

The Ten Lepta Large Hermes Head Stamps of Greece, Second Edition, published by the author, Stamford, Conn., 2005, pp xiv + 60 + Appendixes 152.

The 1871-72 and 1872-76 Issues of the Large Hermes Head Stamps, Philoteliki Lesbos, No. 224, March/April, 2006, p. 53 et seq.

Does the Second Cleaned Plate 20 Lepta Issue Jc Really Exist?, Philotelia, No. 637, March/April 2006, p. 78.

The Underlay Used in Printing the Large Hermes Heads, Philotelia, No. 638, May/June 2006, p. 134 et seq.

Plating the Ten Lepta Large Hermes Head Stamps of Greece, Lighthouse of the Philatelist (Journal of the Philatelic Society of Patras), Vol. 1, No. 1, Oct.-Dec., 2007, p. 11, Greek/English.

Retouching of the Progressive Die of the Large Hermes Head Stamps, Lighthouse of the Philatelist, Journal of the Philatelic Society of Patras, No. 5, Oct.-Dec., 2008, Greek/English.

Article Co-authored with Anthony Virvilis

Index to Name and Major Philatelic Auction Sales of Greece and Related Areas, Philatelic Literature Review, Vol. 37, No. 2, Second Quarter, 1989.

Article Co-authored with Chris Belias

The 1871 Control Numbers of the 40 Lepta Large Hermes Heads, Philoteliki Lesbos, No. 209, Sept./Oct., 2003, p.182.

Documents Edited by the Author

Monograph on The Berne Symposium on the Large Hermes Heads of Greece, Berne, Switzerland, October 26-27, 1991, pp 25.

Golden Anniversary Album, Hellenic Philatelic Society of America, INTERPEX ’92, New York City, March 12-15, 1992, pp 80.

Translations by Louis Basel

A Study of the Stamps of Greece by Tryphon Constantinides, published by the translator, 1978, pp. 312.

The Overprints of Mytilene by The Count de Fayolle, H.P.S.A. News Bulletin, No. 115, September, 1986, p. 5 and No.116, December, 1986, p. 3.

Postage Stamps of the Kingdom of Greece by Natalis Rondot, The Report: Journal of the Philatelic Society of Chicago, Vol. XX, No. 2, June 1987, p. 7. (Originally published in the July, 1864 issue of the French Journal Magazin Pittoresque).

United States of the Ionian Islands (3 stamps, 1 type) by Natalis Rondot, The Report: Journal of the Philatelic Society of Chicago, Vol. XX, No. 4, Dec. 1987, p. 4. (Originally published in the July, 1864 issue of the French Journal Magazin Pittoresque).

The Order to the Paris Mint for the Hermes Head Stamps of Greece. (17 July 1860 – 26 September 1861) by Dr. P. Bouvet. The English translation was published on the website of Louis Basel in 2008. (This article was translated from the original which was presented at a meeting of the Academy of Philately [France] in January, 1937. It was subsequently published in Echo de la Timbrologie, April, 1937 and in Greek translation in Philotelia, May, 1937, p. 49 et seq.).

Transcriptions by Louis Basel

The Controls of the 20 Lepta and Their Bearing on the Classification of Greek Stamps of the First Type, by Theodore Groom, Originally published in Philotelia, No. 3-4, March, 1924 et seq., transcribed and published by L. Basel, Stamford, Connecticut, pp. 27, 2005.

The Stamps of Greece, by P. L. Pemberton, Originally published as a series of monthly articles in the Philatelic Journal of Great Britain, January 20, 1911 et seq. transcribed and published by L. Basel, Stamford, Connecticut, pp. 68, 2007.