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Nehru, Tito, Nasser, Makarios, Non-Aligned Movement Foreign Ministers’ Conference Issue, Republic of Cyprus
The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) was founded in 1961 at the initiative of Josip Broz Tito, then President of Yugoslavia. It is an international organization with over 100 states as members who consider themselves as not formally aligned with any or…
Holy Mary (Church of Arakas, Lagoudhera), Christmas Issue Icons, Republic of Cyprus
Walking into any church or monastery in Cyprus, one will encounter icons both old and new. The word "Icon" comes from the Greek ""Icona"" meaning image. In the Greek Orthodox the scriptures in pictorial for m. Cyprus abounds with icons and the…
Jesus (Church of Arakas, Lagoudhera), Christmas Issue Icons, Republic of Cyprus
Walking into any church or monastery in Cyprus, one will encounter icons both old and new. The word ""Icon"" comes from the Greek ""Icona"" meaning image. In the Greek Orthodox the scriptures in pictorial for m. Cyprus abounds with icons and the…
Marble Statue of the Aphrodite of Soli, Goddess Aphrodite Commemorative Issue, Republic of Cyprus
According to legend, Aphrodite, one of the twelve Olympian Gods, Goddess of love, beauty and fertility was born of the sea-foam on the shores of Paphos. The stamp depicts the birth of Aphrodite by the Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli.…
Flamingos and Nose of Airliner Boeing 737 Airliner in Flight and Flamingos, EUROPA Issue Transport and Communications, Republic of Cyprus
Year after year they fly thousands of miles without refueling until they alight at the Larnaca salt lakehaving missed the international airport. They are our winged travellers the flamingos whose arrival during the winter season is always considered…
Intelpost Telefax and Terminal Mobile Telephone Service, EUROPA Issue Transport and Communications, Republic of Cyprus
Intelpost Telefax and Terminal Mobile Telephone Service
EEC and Cyprus Maps, Cyprus - EEC Customs Union Issue, Republic of Cyprus
From a historical, geographical and cultural point of view, Cyprus has throughout the centuries been at the extremity of and connected to Europe by European dynastic rulers as well as trade. It is therefore understandable that the Government of…
Archbishop Makarios III Commemorative Issue, Republic of Cyprus, Archbishop of Cyprus (1950-1977), Exiled in Seychelles (1957), President of the Republic (1960 - 1977), Soldier of Christ, Fighter for Freedom
President Makarios in his address to the United Nations on 7th October 1975 said: ""In today’s small world, values and fundamentals such as peace, freedom, cultural and economic justice are essential. In addition cooperation between peoples and…
Vasilis Michaelides (1850-1917) Cypriot Poets, Commemorative Issue, Republic of Cyprus
Vasilis Michaelides (1850-1917) Greek Cypriot poet was born at Lefkonico and lived a difficult life full of privations. As an adolescent and a young man alongside a char ming father and a man of God, he moved to Dhali, Larnaca and Limassol where he…