Cyprus Stamps News
NEW ISSUE: CYPRUS STAMPS (3 separate issues) all individually listed - Issue Date 9 October 2024. Full details inside:
(October 31, 2024)CYPRUS STAMPS - 9 October 2024
NOTE - THREE individual stamp issues and will be listed separately.
"60 Years of Social Insurance". A single stamp.
"800 Years since the awarding of Commandaria". One miniature sheet.
“150 years Anniversary of the Universal Postal Union (UPU)". A single stamp.
Each issue will be available in MINT, CTO/USED and on Post Official Official FDC.
The Social Insurance and UPU stamp issues will also be available in sheets of 8 stamps.
FIND THEM NOW in the NEW Stamp Issue shop category.
Details for the 3 separate issues:
g) "60 Years of Social Insurance". A single stamp.
Article 9 of the Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus provides that every citizen has the right to "social security and a decent existence". This provision was set into practice with the pension reform 1964 which rendered the social insurance system universal for all workers in the country.
Available as a single stamp: MINT, CTO/USED, Post Office Official FDC and in sheets of 8 stamps.
Design/Artwork: Theodoros Kakoullis, Lefkosia
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h) "800 Years since the awarding of Commandaria". One miniature sheet.
Commandaria is a treasure of the Cypriot land, the first and only Cypriot wine with a Protected Designation of Origin, considered to be one of the oldest in the world. A wine with long history and tradition, which this year completes 800 years since its great award event, with the first prize in the International Wine Competition "La Bataille des Vins", held in 1224, under the high patronage of King Philippe of France.
Available as a single miniature sheet: MINT, CTO/USED and on Post Office Official FDC.
Design/Artwork: Theodoros Kakoullis, Lefkosia
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i) “150 years Anniversary of the Universal Postal Union (UPU)". A single stamp.
Note and an apology: the MINT version Control Numbers for this issue appears at the top of the NEW Stamp Issue shop category - completely out of order.
Please scroll down the page to find the particular type/format you are looking for - or; you can click through the Control Number stamp which will provide links below the listing to each of the different types/formats (MINT, FDC etc).
In 2024 the Universal Postal Union (UPU) celebrates 150 years of life. It was founded in 1874 and is based in Bern, Switzerland. It's the second oldest international organisation with 192 member countries.
Available as a single stamp: MINT, CTO/USED, Post Office Official FDC and in sheets of 8 stamps.
Design/Artwork: Xenia Chrystodoulou, Lemesos
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