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File:Shqipenia 16 June 1913.jpg, 16 June 1913
File:Shqipenia 16 June 1913-2.jpg, 16 June 1913
File:Te Shqipenies 25 October 1913.jpg, 25 October 1913
File:Te Shqipenies 25 October 1913-1.jpg, 25 October 1913
File:Shqipenia E Lire 1 December 1913.jpg, 1 December 1913
File:Албания1967Ленин.jpg, 1967
Encyclopedia of Postal History.
Postage stamps from Albania
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are marked Shqiperia, Shqiperise and Shqiptare.
Turkish stamps
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from 1870 to 1913.Albania.Sandafayre Stamp Atlas. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
First stamps
Albania issued its first stamps in 1913.World War II
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Gallery of Albanian stamps
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* List of people on stamps of Albania
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History
Beginnings in the Ottoman Empire
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* Postage stamps and postal history of Epirus
References and sources
;References ;SourcesEncyclopedia of Postal History.
Further reading
* Gjinaj, Kolë. ''Historia e Filatelise Shqiptare''. Shkodër: Botim i Muzeut Historik të Shkodrës, 1996 * Nika, Thimi. ''Historia e Filatelisë Shqiptare: 100 vjet Pulla Shqiptare (1913-2013)''. Tiranë: Shtëpia Botuese Mediaprint, 2013 417p. * Phipps, John, S. ''The Stamps and Posts of Albania and Epirus 1878 to 1945''. Bristol: Stuart Rossiter Trust Fund, 2002 285p. * Smaili, B. et al. ''Pulla Poste Shqipetare = Albanian Postage Stamps, 1913-1959''. Tirana: Botuar nga Drejtoria e Pergjitheshme P. T. T. te Republikes Popullore te Shquiperise, 1959 Postal system of Albania Philately of Albania {{Albania-stub