ISSUE 147 - March 3, 2023 - Stamp News Online Magazine
100 Years Ago in Mekeel's:
Cyprus
by P. L. Pemberton
(From Mekeel's Weekly, August 17, 1907)
By the treaty of Berlin, 1878, Cyprus came under the British Crown. During the two years between that date and the introduction of English stamps surcharged "Cyprus" in 1880, ordinary unsurcharged stamps of Great Britain were used. The following are the obliterations which were in use: 942, (Larnaca); 969, (Nicosia); 974, (Baffo); 975, (Famagusta); 981, (Limassol); 982, (Kyrenia); D.47, (Polymedia); D.48, (Head Quarters Camp); 098, (Platres). All are uncommon, some exceedingly so, this is partly accounted for by the fact that the . . .
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