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Trees of Cyprus are part of the natural heritage of the island. Two thousand years ago Eratosthenes (c.276194 B.C.), Greek astronomer and scholar had said that the fields of Cyprus
were so densely covered with trees that the land could not be…

The design for these stamps is taken from a deep bowl of white painted ware with geometric designs where the trees and birds appear in the central panel. The bowl dating from c.1050-750 B.C. and discovered at Lapithos, Ayia Anastasia, is now in the…

The design for these stamps is taken from a deep bowl of white painted ware with geometric designs where the trees and birds appear in the central panel. The bowl dating from c.1050-750 B.C. and discovered at Lapithos, Ayia Anastasia, is now in the…

The Olympic Games of Tokyo 1964 were the first ever to be held in Asia (Far East) and Japan did not lose the opportunity to organize the Games using the latest technology, thus fulfilling the words of Pierre de Coubertin who had said in 1893 that the…

The Cypriot male costume is of the type native to the Aegean islands, and is characterized by the "vraka" or baggy breeches. It is a loose pleated garment of black cotton, which differs in cut according to locality. It is worn with a white shirt or a…

Europe is firmly moving forward with its great idea of integration. In 1974 it decided that it should no longer hinder the expression of each country's identity in stipulating the annual stamp issue, but to define only the theme concerning the issue…

Europe is firmly moving forward with its great idea of integration. In 1974 it decided that it should no longer hinder the expression of each country's identity in stipulating the annual stamp issue, but to define only the theme concerning the issue…

Here we have an illustration of a bronze cauldron from the Iron Age (1100-700 B.C.) resting on a tripod 70 cm. high. It was discovered in tomb 79 at Salamis, This was an age when massive immigration from the Aegean world was transforming Cyprus into…

Bronze Cauldron (Salamis 8th Century B.C.)

Bronze Coin of Roman Emperor Trajan, 98-117 A.D