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By 1897 her popularity was ensured and the ceremonial role of the British Monarchy firmly established. By the time of her death she had become the single most obvious link holding together the world's largest empire where one person in four was a…

The stamps that existed at the postal offices in the island as well as those in Great Britain were considered as assets of the Republic of Cyprus. It was accordingly decided to overprint them rather than destroy them and to use them for postal and…

Curium, one of the ten ancient city kingdoms was according to Herodotus founded by Greeks from Argos and the Peloponnese in 1200 B.C. However, archaeological evidence points to earlier settlements dating from the Mycenaean expansion. The 35m. stamp…

Baptism (Monastery of St. John Lampadistis) . The renowned contemporary philosopher Ioannis Theodorakopoulos wrote in the introduction of his work about Goethe's Faust, that to approach God, man with his logic conceived philosophy, with his feelings…

The renowned contemporary philosopher Ioannis Theodorakopoulos wrote in the introduction of his work about Goethe's Faust, that to approach God, man with his logic conceived philosophy, with his feelings religion and with his imagination the arts. To…