The copper ingot depicted on this stamp was a standard monetary unit before the invention of coinage. Excavated at Engomi and dated between 1400-1250 B.C. it is today in the Cyprus Museum,in Nicosia. Strabo, in his Geographica completed in Rome c.23…
This set closed a chapter in the history of Cyprus stamps that did not portray the island's soul, traditions and values. It was a period where the ideal was everything British and more over that of the King or Queen. In the stamps of this period…
This set closed a chapter in the history of Cyprus stamps that did not portray the island's soul, traditions and values. It was a period where the ideal was everything British and more over that of the King or Queen. In the stamps of this period…
Whether copper gave its name to Cyprus or vice versa is a disputed point, but the fact remains that the discovery and exploitation of copper between 3000 B.C. and 1000 B.C. had both a great impact on trade and to a large extent an effect on Cypriot…
Whether copper gave its name to Cyprus or vice versa is a disputed point, but the fact remains that the discovery and exploitation of copper between 3000 B.C. and 1000 B.C. had both a great impact on trade and to a large extent an effect on Cypriot…
Official souvenir programme of the celebration in Cyprus of the Coronation of their majesties King George VI and Queen ElIzabeth, that were held in Cyprus on the 12th of May 1937.