Bronze Cauldron (Salamis 8th Century B.C.), 1980 Definitive Issue Overprinted in cents, Republic of Cyprus

Bronze Cauldron (Salamis 8th Century B.C.), 1980 Definitive Issue Overprinted in cents, Republic of Cyprus

Postage stamps--Cyprus--History

Γραμματόσημα--Κύπρος--Ιστορία

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 a predominantly Greek speaking land.
(Sir David Hunt, Footprints in Cyprus)

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

3rd October 1983

Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus

Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία

Απαγορεύεται η δημοσίευση ή αναπαραγωγή, ηλεκτρονική ή άλλη χωρίς τη γραπτή συγκατάθεση του δημιουργού.

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EL, EN

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1983-DEFIN ISSUE-5C

35.160417, 33.346556

Overprint Government Printing Office, Nicosia
Aspioti - Elka, Athens