Patras (GR)

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Patras (Modern Greek: Πάτρα) is Greece's third largest city and the regional capital of Western Greece, located in the northern Peloponnese, 215 km (134 mi) west of Athens. The city is built at the foothills of Mount Panachaikon, overlooking the Gulf of Patras.

Postmark Examples

20th century

Bridge Apostole in 1909

Bridge Apostole in 1918

Circle Afieis 1929

2008

19th century

Used a code 9.

File:Patras (GR) 18,,.jpg	Double circle PATRAI in 1869	Double circle PATRAI in 1870
Circle PATRAI in 1885	Circle PATRAI on a 1892 issue