Cyprus post box in Troodos Square, Mount Olympus

Last Wednesday 8th February 2012 we had to go to Troodos mountains as we needed to do a little shopping.

It was one of the days that vehicles were finally allowed up on Mount Olympus without the safety net of 4 wheel drive or snow chains.

So after finishing my half day at work it was a case of dash home from the office, grab a quick sandwich and off we went taking the Kantou / Omodos road towards Platres and then continuing up the Troodos road into the village square.

Although there was some rain after we passed Pachna village the drive was relatively easy - but the snow in Troodos was amazing! We stopped off to take some photos and buy some of the delicious warm, sweet nuts from one of the shops in the square. Gorgeous!

Here are some photos of the post box not far from the main car park.

It was a bit chilly, to say the least AND - I got my feet wet!

Personalised gifts using trains on stamps (thematics).

For those of you who don't actually collect stamps but perhaps know someone who does or even someone who is interested in certain types of memorabilia, here's a great way to make a personalised gift for them using postage stamps.

We collect and sell Cyprus stamps and for those of you who are familiar with postage stamps from Cyprus or some of the history of Cyprus itself, you may be aware that our beloved island did once have a fully functioning railway system operating from Nicosia...

My husband put a little something together at the beginning of last year to mark the history of the Cyprus Government Railway in Cyprus, which ran from 1905 to 1951.

In June 2010 there was a Cyprus stamp issue depicting trains on stamps and so, the item below came to fruition.

He used images from the Cyprus railway, combined it with an image of a ticket stub, made a place holder for the embedded 2 train stamps that were issued on 4th June 2010 and finally printed on buff coloured, aged card.

It was all put together using good old Microsoft Excel - see the template layout below:

The finished article framed looks really good but sadly, the photograph doesn't do it justice - hence my showing the original item outside of it's frame as shown in the first image.

So there you have it.
Stamps aren't just for sticking on envelopes to send stuff through the mail!

Return to Sender Covers and more...

I came across an interesting blog today run by Kalash Oda - he posted his site on my Cyprus Stamps & Covers facebook page.

Check out the Return to Sender Covers and more..... blogspot site.

Currently Kalash is looking for stamps, sheets first day covers and covers for the 2012 London Olympic Games so if you can help him out, he's willing to do exchanges.

Lighthouse stamps from Cyprus win Best Issue of 2011 poll

I had a very nice email this morning from Carlos who runs his own blogspot website dedicated to lighthouses on stamps.

He has purchased some of our issues last year for himself and his fellow stamp collectors so Cyprus Lighthouse Stamps have travelled some distance in 2011.

Today he tells me he ran a poll on his website and the Cyprus stamps issue was voted the Best Issue of 2011. Very nice to hear and it's good of him to keep me in the loop.

Take a look at New Stamps with Lighthouses blogspot site. If you're a fellow lighthouse stamp collector you may want to join him.

"This is Carlos, the lighthouse stamp collector from Argentina.  The 3 lighthouse booklets bought in last December arrived to their respective adress in perfect condition.  Thank you very much. 

We did a poll about all the 2011 lighthouse issues and Cyprus was honored as the best Lighthouse issue for the year 2011.   So, congratulation to Cyprus Post.    Sorry, no award or ceremony for the moment."

NEW 2012 Cyprus stamp issues - Horses on stamps.

Check out our Cyprus Stamp Calendar for full details of the 2012 "Horses" stamp issue, due out during the month of January 2012. 


The issues will consist of the following:
A set of 4 stamps with values €0,26, €0,34, €0,51, €0,85
Full sheets of 8 stamps (Size of stamps: 38x30mm).
Official First Day Covers.


Pre-ordering will be available shortly.

Only the temporary "sample" images below are available at present. 

 Official First Day Cover with Cancellastion

 Full Sheets (8 stamps per sheet)

 Set of 4 Horses on stamps.