Russian post offices in Crete

A first set of four stamps was produced by handstamping two designs, both based on the imperial Russian double eagle emblem.

One design was inscribed with colorless Greek letters in colored scrolls; the one metallik value was handstamped in green, while the two metallik was issued first in rose-red shades and then in black.

The other design used colored Latin letters on a white background, and appeared only as a one metallik value in blue.

A third set was issued using a variation of this design, adding five-pointed stars in the frame around the trident, and was printed in blue, rose, green, and lilac.

The stamps also received a violet or blue control mark, in the form of a double eagle, before being issued.