1903 Bank of Crete Mortgage Receipt Chania Financial Document Fiscal Stamp Greek Banking Ephemera

Bank of Crete – Mortgage Loan Payment Receipt (1903)
Chania, Crete – 1 July 1903

Original financial receipt issued by the Bank of Crete, documenting the payment of a mortgage loan installment. The document records the settlement of a scheduled payment totaling 75 drachmas, including detailed breakdown of principal and interest.

The receipt bears period fiscal stamp markings and original signatures of the bank’s cashier and accountant, confirming the official financial transaction.

The Bank of Crete was established in 1899 during the period of the Autonomous Cretan State and operated as both a commercial and mortgage bank, holding the privilege of issuing banknotes on the island until its absorption by the National Bank of Greece in 1919.

Documents of this type illustrate the financial administration and mortgage lending system of early 20th-century Crete, shortly before the island’s union with Greece (1913).

Such surviving banking documents are increasingly scarce and represent valuable material for collectors of Greek financial history, Cretan history, and early banking ephemera.

Τράπεζα Κρήτης – Απόδειξη Πληρωμής Δανείου, Χανιά 1903

Αυθεντική τραπεζική απόδειξη του 1903 από την Τράπεζα Κρήτης στα Χανιά, που καταγράφει πληρωμή δόσης ενυπόθηκου δανείου με ανάλυση κεφαλαίου και τόκων. Φέρει φορολογικές σημάνσεις και υπογραφές, αποτελώντας χαρακτηριστικό τεκμήριο της οικονομικής ζωής της Κρήτης πριν την ένωση με την Ελλάδα.