Carobs, Pictorial Definitive Issue of Queen Elizabeth II Overprinted, Republic of Cyprus

Carobs, Pictorial Definitive Issue of Queen Elizabeth II Overprinted, Republic of Cyprus

Postage stamps--Cyprus--History

Γραμματόσημα--Κύπρος--Ιστορία

The carob tree (also known as the locust tree) is a hardy evergreen. In ancient times it was used for making hubs for cart wheels and other agricultural tools. The carob pods, deep brown when fully ripe, were a major export fruit to Venice, Syria and Egypt as far back as the 15th century A.D. Ioannes Cotovicus who arrived at Limassol on September 12th 1598 wrote: " You may see along the shore huge heaps of carobs piled up as hills with which at times whole ships are loaded". In 1759 John Heyman in " Travels through parts of Europe…" wrote: " In most parts of the island is a tree producing a horn-shaped fruit generally called St. John's bread from an opinion that the Baptist, while he continued in the desert, lived on this fruit.It is of very agreeable taste and from it is expressed a kind of juice or honey used as a sauce in several favorite dishes." (Excerpta Cypria pp.189, and 247) In 1958 carob production amounted to 40,312 tons. In 2002, the 19th century carob mill which belongs to the prominent Lanitis family in Limassol was opened as a cultural center where still exhibited are the old machinery.

Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus

Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία

Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus

Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία

Library of Cyprus University of Technology

Digital Heritage Research Lab of Cyprus University of Technology

16th August 1960

Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus

Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία

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