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.

NEWS from Cyprus Stamps website.

Single or Individual Cyprus stamps available at www.CyprusStamps.co.uk

Don't forget - not only do we sell Cyprus stamps in sets, we also sell singles or individual stamps (subject to availability) in order to help you complete your stamp collection.

So if you have a gap to fill, please use the Product Search field at the top right of the page menu and simply enter the year of issue ie: 1962 to get a page of results of our listings for all our available stamps issued in that year. 

This is how the page search of results will display for a search using 1962 in the Product Search field.

Take me there now.

We're trying to make it easier for you!

NEW – Specialist Cyprus stamp collectors album.

Brought to you by Onlne PR Media

Online PR News – 12-June-2011 –Cyprus Stamps website is privileged to be able to provide this specialist printable Cyprus stamp album.

Specially designed by Eastwood Albums, these album pages (all fully illustrated in colour), in A4 format, cover all Cyprus stamps issued from 1880 right up to the present day and are planned to accommodate a straightforward collection, which includes the main watermark and perforation changes.

You will find that this album closely follows the SG One Country Catalogue 2008 edition. It will include especially designed front pages along with album splines.

Revenue and Frama label pages may be purchased as an optional extra.

Please note: the album will be sent to you in PDF format, recorded on a CD and dispatched by Royal Mail directly to you by the designer. The album pages are formatted to print in UK A4 format only.

Available to purchase now in the "New In Stock" category.

NEW Cyprus stamp issue - March 2011

Next New Issue - 23 March 2011

We have 2 new Cyprus stamp issues due for release on Wednesday 23 March. 

Details are as follows:

Cyprus - Aromatic Flowers - The Rose

This is a very exciting issue as the stamps will be "smelly" - aromatic stamps come to Cyprus! 

The rose is the well-known fragrant flower of a small shrub with serrated leaves that is cultivated almost all over the world.
The rose bush and its bloom, the rose, were known from ancient times and have been cultivated as a decorative plant or to extract rose oil for the preparation of fragrances.

In Christian times the rose was used as a symbol of Virgin Mary and in general as a symbol of purity. In medieval times the rose was used as an emblem of various leading houses and as a decorative element on buildings. Rosewater is produced from the bloom of a specific type of rose bush with many petals, very fragrant, red or pink. The rose, because of its large variety of colours and scents, is one of the best-loved flowers and is used by man in all corners of the Earth to mark various events in their lives.

Text: Paschalis Eliopoulos, Nicosia
 

 Technical Information (Single Stamp) see sample image above.

Design-Artwork: Elena Eliadou, Nicosia. 
Size of stamps: 38 x 38 mm 
Sheet layout: Sheets of 8 stamps 
Quantities: 
€0,34: 150000 
FDCs: €1,53: 8000 
Printing method: Litho-Offset on unwatermarked paper 
Printer: Giesecke & Devrient Matsoukis S.A., Greece  

Technical Information (Mini Sheet) -see sample image above.

Design-Artwork: Elena Eliadou, Nicosia.
Size of stamps: 75 x 75 mm
Quantities:
€0,85: 100000
FDCs: €1,53: 8000
Printing method: Litho-Offset on unwatermarked paper
Printer: Giesecke & Devrient Matsoukis S.A., Greece 

Also available in full sheets and on First Day Cover - images will be available soon. 

Cancellation mark for Aromatic Flowers Cyprus stamp issue.

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Cyprus Embroidery

Embroidery is a symmetrical and harmonic, geometric or free pattern or representation made by hand on fabric using a needle or crocheting needle and thread or woven on a loom.
From ancient times, embroidery was considered woman's work and was developed as a result of mankind's need for nicer clothing and beautiful objects for daily use.

The oldest embroidery known is from 15th century BC Egypt, a beautiful piece with colourful, symmetrical stitching.

The art of embroidery was particularly developed in the Renaissance period, especially in Venice, Genoa and Milan.

In the Hellenic world there is a rich tradition of embroidery from the Homeric period. In Greece and in Cyprus, many women from the countryside are involved in embroidery, either on a professional basis on to meet the needs of their own homes, making embroidery one of the most significant contributions to our local art.

Lefkara lace (lefkaritika) is renowned not only in Cyprus but abroad; the lace is characterised by the richness and variety of the patterns and it has very recently been included on the UNESCO World Heritage list.

Leonardo da Vinci was a great admirer of Lefkara lace and, when he visited Lefkara village, he took a lefkaritiko cloth and donated it to the Duomo di Milano cathedral and it still adorns the main altar to date. The famous needle lace "fervoulite", from Karavas, is well known, as are "pipiles" and "krosiedes", the most common type of embroidery in many villages in Cyprus. The "fithkiotika" and "lefkonitziatika" multi-coloured laces are also well known, created when the cloth is woven on the loom.

Unfortunately with industrial development this local handicraft, that makes our lives so beautiful, is dying out.

Text: Paschalis Eliopoulos, Nicosia
 
 

  

Technical Information (2 stamp values) see sample images above.

Design-Artwork: Konstantinos Panagi, Nicosia. 
Size of stamps: 30 x 40,5 mm 
Sheet layout: Sheets of 8 stamps 
Quantities: 
€0,26: 50000 
€0,43: 100000 
FDCs: €1,03: 8000 
Printing method: Litho-Offset on unwatermarked paper 
Printer: Giesecke & Devrient Matsoukis S.A., Greece

 Also available in full sheets and on First Day Cover - images will be available soon.

Cancellation mark for Cyprus Embroidery stamp issue.

All information is provided from the official post office issue leaflet.

NEW STAMP ISSUE - 28 January 2011

Anorthosis Centenary (100 Years of Ammochostos Football Club) and 18th Century Famous Composers, featuring Bach, Mozart and Beethoven.

Sample images can be found below:


Issue 01/2011

100 Years of Anorthosis, Ammochostos Football Club 

Anorthosis was established in Ammochostos in 1911 and this year it celebrates 100 years of historic, sporting and cultural achievement. It was and continues to be a beacon of progress and a contributor to the Cyprus community and in particular the national issue. It takes a leading role and has assisted in encouraging sports through the various team sections it operates. The Anorthosis Association displacement due to the Turkish invation in 1974 did not put an end to its brilliant course; from its temporary base in Larnaka, it has succeeded in progressing in sport gaining an international reputation. Therefore, Anorthosis is undoubtedly an unyielding ambassador of Cyprus. Its main vision remains its return to its ancestral land.

 First day of issue cancellation stamp for Anorthosis Centenary

Text source: Anorthosis Ammochostou F.C.




Issue 02/2011

18th Century Famous Composers

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Johann Sebastian Bach was born at Eisenach, Germany the youngest of 11 children. By the age of 10 his parents had died and he was brought up by his elder brother. He came from a musical family and became one of the world's greatest composers. His musical talents developed from string-playing to composing and performing keyboard and sacred music. He became well known as an accomplished organist while serving Price Leopold of Anhald-Cothen in 1717. He spend the last years of his life in Leipsig where he wrote 300 cantatas for the city churches.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria. "Amadeus" is the Latin version of "Theopilus", one of the four names he was given an birth. Mozart was a musical prodigy. He composed his first pieces for the keyboard aged five and soon mastered the violin. Among his works were more than 20 symphonies, various operas, concertos, quartets and comic masterpieces such as "The marriage of Figaro". Mozart married Constanze Weber. They had six children of whom only two survived. Although he had many commissions he was financially insecure. He died a pauper without completing his last commission "The Requiem Mass".

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Born, Germany. His first music lessons were from his father. Beethoven left school at the age of 11 but continued his music lessons under other musicians including Mozart and Haydn. In 1799 he composed his piano Concerto "The Pathetique" which he dedicated to his lifelong financial supporter Prince Karl Lichnowsky. He wrote many symphonies, piano sonatas, quartets, the Emperor concerto and one opera "Fidelio". His desire to marry was never fulfilled and by 1812, tormented by his deafness he became anti-social and eccentric. He gave his last piano performance in 1814.

First day of issue cancellation stamp for 18th Century Famous Composers

18th Century Famous Composers - Official First Day Cover

Information provided by: Cyprus Post, Stamps and Philatelic Service

All stamps and covers will be available to pre-order in advance of issue very soon on Cyprus Stamps website.

Please look out for more details and dates for pre-order in our News page. 

Click the link to see the full list of stamps to be issued by the Cyprus post office during 2011.

Christmas Day Special Surprise!

Christmas Day Special Surprise!

Get 10% off all orders on Saturday 25 December. 

• Place your order online via Cyprus Stamps website as normal. 
• We refund the discount back to your PayPal account. 

Thank You!

2011 Cyprus stamps issues list - now available.

Hi to all Cyprus stamp collectors!

We have news of the forthcoming Republic of Cyprus stamp issues for the year 2011.

It's a preliminary list only and is subject to change as you may have noticed this year (2010).

You can view the 2011 list at any time from our Cyprus Stamps website (use the top menu link title Issues List) or by using the or click on this 2011 stamp issues link.

Our Cyprus website is short listed for VBAwards 2010 - please vote.

Our Cyprus Stamps website has recently been short listed as one of the sites to take a prize of £20,000 to include money and sponsorship in the VBAwards (Virtual Business Awards) for 2010.

Each qualifying site has been given their own page on the VBAwards website so visitors and followers can place their vote.

Winners will be announced by Monday 20th December 2010.


You may only vote 1 time and any returning visits will not display the Vote button.... It's a very simple process and takes only a few seconds. One click to our VBAwards page and then all you have to do is click the Vote button. That's it - all done!

Voting is not the only criterion to a business being declared as a winner. The complete applications will be reviewed as well as virtual aspects of the business before the final decision is made.

We would appreciate your "click" in the final part of the process!

If you haven't already done so, please visit the page especially created by BVAwards for our Cyprus Stamps website entry and place your vote.

Thank You!

It's Back! SG117a 1928 KGV £5 Black on Yellow.......

Well, the stock disappeared but I managed to locate a couple more....


Please note: this is a Fake or Forgery of the original 1928 stamp.


Stanley Gibbons SG 117a 1928 King George V £5 Black on Yellow Cyprus stamp - very expensive but we can all look at this exceptional copy (reissue of the original) and dream!

Find it in my online shop to buy now or in my auction listings on eBay.

Don't miss out! These are exceptionally difficult to find.

NEW! - Online Shopping

Discover our NEW online stores.....

Stamp related, books, illustrated guides, philatelic terms, catalogues - Visit: The Stamp Store

Baby Clothing, Nursery Items, Toys, Early Learning, Safety Equipment, Boys and Girls Clothing, Books, DVD's, Electronics, Jewellery, Bags and Accessories - Visit: Shopping Made Easy

Cyprus stamps issued in 2000 - now available to buy online.

Now Available at Cyprus Stamps online shop.

Republic of Cyprus stamps issued in the year 2000

Thes are very difficult to get hold of for some strange reason..... Buy yours now before they disappear again!

Cyprus Stamps - New Issue Alert

Next Release Date - 12th November 2009

Pre-order before 11th November at lower price than Post Issue

Pre-orders can be made through Cyprus Stamps website. Please visit the website for current prices and availability.

Christmas 2009

Available in Mint or Cancelled to Order, First Day Covers and Full Sheets 

50th Anniversary of the European Court of Human Rights 

Available in Mint or Cancelled to Order, First Day Covers and Full Sheets

Please note: current images are taken from the offical Post Office leaflet and will be replaced on or after the day of issue.

For CTO (Cancelled to Order) stamps, please indicate you require these in the Special Instructions field when you confirm your order on Cyprus Stamps through the website.

All advance orders should be received & paid for on or before Wednesday 11th November 2009

Interview with Cyprus Stamps

Hey, check out my interview on whohub and how we started our Cyprus stamps online store, including my thoughts about it.

Collecting Cyprus stamps - need any information?

If you need any help or assistance either with completing your collection or about Cyprus Stamps website in general, please use the Cyprus Stamps online contact form.

We use Stanley Gibbons numbering system and you will find almost all our Cyprus stamp listings on both the website and our eBay listings, displayed as Cyprus Stamps SG followed by Gibbons number and the year.

Prices shown on our FREE Cyprus stamps issues list are taken from Stanley Gibbons 2008 catalogue. For our prices, please visit Cyprus Stamps website and online shop. We accept PayPal on all purchases and dispatch WorldWide.

Please note: the FREE excel list covers the Republic of Cyprus stamp issues only and does not currently include Northern Cyprus stamp issues. We are however, in the process of updating it with issues from TRNC (Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) stamp issues and will post again when it is fully completed.

Click to request your FREE list of Cyprus stamps issued since 1960's - to present date.

Below is a screen shot taken from the excel workbook. The detail shows Cyprus stamps issued in 2000's decade.

Cyprus Stamps - Scoop!

Today we took a visit to Nicosia and learned something that is not common knowledge!

There will be an additional issue released in November 2009 and we believe this will also be in conjunction with other European countries.

The issue is entitled:

50th Anniversary of the European Court of Human Rights and will be a single stamp value of €0.51 - released on 12th November along with the Christmas 2009 issue.

So, for all stamp collectors out there - you may want to check if your own country is doing the same ;-)

We've updated our blogger!

WE'VE CHANGED!!!

• New sites added in our Favourite Links thread.
• New videos added - to include Cyprus, Egypt and Malta
• We will try to provide more info relating to Cyprus and leave our stamps stuff to our designated Cyprus Stamps website.

Please subscribe to my RSS feeds to keep up to date at all times.

Happy reading!
Michele & Clement
We specialize in Cyprus stamps, first day covers & more

NEW Category Added to Cyprus Stamps online shop

Please see our NEW category added just this week at Cyprus Stamps website & online shop


We've added Cyprus Slogans and Special Covers to our website....


We have some from 1976 into the early 1980's with a few more recent issues.


Please feel free to visit the new category - just click here


Thanks for looking!


If you have any questions or any problems in adding items to your basket or completing your PayPal payment, please contact us.


Cheers
Michele
Cyprus Stamps

NEW - Cyprus Stamps 2009 1st June issues.

New Issue Alert - 1st June 2009 issues Available NOW!

The above is the 2009 issue to celebrate 50yrs of the Cyprus Philatelic Society (also available on First Day Cover).

And below:


XIII Games of the Small States of Europe - to celebrate the Games which were held in Cyprus between 1st and 6th June 2009. A set of 3 stamp values. (Again, available on First Day Cover and also in full sheets).

Cyprus stamps from 1994 - new additions arrived.

To all collectors of Cyprus stamps, just a quick post to let you know we've got some new additions in our 1990's shop category.


Mint Cyprus stamps issued in 1994 have just been added.


For a direct link to all 1994 stamps on our website - click here


For a direct link to Cyprus Stamps online shop - simply click here


Thanks for looking!
Regards, Michele

Cyprus Wins Bronze!

Website awards are a way to acknowledge talented individuals that have striven to create a special web site experience for its visitors.

It is irrelevant to us if a web site receives 10 or 10,000 visitors per day, websites will be judged on an independent quality assessment alone. All web sites confirmed and awarded are added to the SEF Award Directory.