This stamp depicts a bowl of dark-grey andesite from the Neolithic Period, 7th millennium B.C., which was found at Khoirokitia, where the earliest visible remains of a house were excavated, and where the earliest known culture in Cyprus indicated a…
The stamp was issued to commemorate the birth centenary of Dr George (Nicholas) Papanicolaou (1883-1962), physiologist and microscopist, born in Kimi, Greece. He studied at Athens and Munich universities, and for most of his career was associated…