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The stamps from this series feature two different examples of traditional Cypriot popular crafts, a continuation of the series circulated last year.
The €0,41 cent stamp depicts the art of basket weaving, the making of baskets and other everyday…

The commemorative card depicts the Birth of Christ.
The icon is from the Panayia Agrou Eleousa church, placed high in the iconostasis in the section of The Twelve Great Feasts (Dodekaorton). It is one of a number of icons created by the painter…

The International Telecommunication Union was created in 1865 to promote trans-national cooperation in telegraphy. Today the ITU has 191 member states and more than 700 organisations, members and associates. It cooperates internationally, covering…

This series of stamps celebrates the rich tradition of Cypriot folk art, revealing its natural character and takes as its inspiration the ancient arts that are still alive today.
The four stamps depict:
(a) woodcarving, in the form of a…

The stamps in this issue depict four Cyprus castles to be found in the area of the island that has been occupied since the Turkish invasion in 1974.
Three of the stamps in the issue depict castles in the highest remote peaks of the occupied…

For the second year running member states of the Postal Union of the Mediterranean “Euromed Postal” are issuing a single stamp with the common theme “Boats of the Mediterranean”.
Throughout mankind’s history the sea has played a very…

The Akamas Peninsula
The Akamas Peninsula is on the western coast of Cyprus. The area is one of exceptional beauty and forms an enchanting mosaic of many contrasting plateaus and plains, streams and gorges, sandy and rocky beaches, caves and islets.…

The theme for this year’s “Europe” series is “Old Toys”, chosen by the European Public Postal Operators (PostEurop) and common to all country–members of the Organisation.

By Old Toys we mean the variety of playthings that were such an…

Preserves have always played an integral part in traditional Cyprus hospitality. The preservation of fruit and vegetables with sugar, as the main preserving agent has always been part of home economics especially at the villages. Products that were…

2015 marks the centenary of the Armenian Genocide which many wish to obliterate from the memory of the living. Cyprus Post and Armenia Post are jointly issuing a common design stamp in remembrance of this tragedy. The Melkonian Orphanage was founded…