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Queen Elizabeth II, Arms of Byzantium, Lusignan, Ottoman Empire and Venice, Pictorial Definitive Issue of Queen Elizabeth II, Republic of Cyprus

This set closed a chapter in the history of Cyprus stamps that did not portray the island's soul, traditions andzalues. 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 there existed only the opinion of the governing power that interpreted everything according to its interests. It was the opinion of a people completely dif…

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Contributors

  • Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus
  • Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία

Creator

  • Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus
  • Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία

Publisher

  • Library of Cyprus University of Technology
  • Digital Heritage Research Lab of Cyprus University of Technology

Subject

  • Postage stamps--Cyprus--History
  • Cyprus--History--British rule--1878-1960

Date

  • 1st August 1955