Cyprus Stamps News
2013 New Stamp Issues for Cyprus
(January 10, 2013)NEWS today received for 3 separate stamp issues due for release on 30 January 2013 plus the reprint of the Cyprus Refugee Fund stamp.
- Centenary of the birth of Ethnarch Makarios III
- Cyprus Scouts Association Centenary
- The Cyprus Red Cross
Pre-orders will be taken from Sunday 13 January until midnight on Monday 28 October for those collectors who wish to order online and pay in advance to have them dispatched on the very first day of issue.
Full details will be available in the New Stamp Issue category on the main page of our website on Sunday.
The above images are Sample Images only and taken from the official Cyprus post office pre-release leaflet.
"Centenary of the birth of Archbishop Makarios III"
Ethnarch Makarios III was a reformer and the first President of the Republic of Cyprus ans is rightly considered one of the most important personalities in Cyprus' modern history. He was born in Panayia in Paphos and was accepted as a novice monk at Kykko Monastery at a very young age. He attended the Pancyprian Gymnasium and the Theological School of the University of Athens and continued his studies in Religious Sociology in Boston USA. In 1948 he was elected Metropolitan of Kition and in 1950 was elected Archbishop of Cyprus. As Archbishop he inspired the liberation efforts of the Greeks of Cyprus to overthrow British rule and unite Cyprus with Greece. Following the EOKA liberation struggle (1965 - 1959) he was elected President of the Republic of Cyprus, laid the foundations to organising the new state and guided Cyprus into the UN. He followed a non-alignment foreign policy and succeeded in securing an identity for the Republic of Cyprus, continuously battling against internal and external enemies, always with the interest of its' people as it's main concern. Unfortunately, the 1963 Turkish rebellion and the agressive actions and manipulations of Turkey, which were always aimed at the division of Cyprus interrupted the Republics' smooth course. The treacherous coup perpetrated by the Athens junta in 1974 provided Turkey with the pretext to invade Cyprus and takeover 36% of its' territory, displacing 200,000 Greek Cypriots in their own land. The tragic events broke his heart and he breathed his last on 3rd August 1977 and is now included in the parthenon of immortals.
Technical Information
Design-Artwork: Melanie Efstathiadou, Nicosia.
Printing method: Litho-Offset on unwatermarked paper
Printer: Giesecke & Devrient Matsoukis S.A., Greece
Size of stamps: 27 x 40 mm
"Cyprus Scouts Association Centenary"
The Cyprus Scouts Association (C.S.A) was founded in 1913 and is a member of the World Scout Movement Organisation. Since its' establishment, the CSA through its' scout training has provided its' members with the necessary skills for life, teaching them their duty towards God and their country and love for others. As a result, all those who wore and continue to wear the scout uniform, are active participants in and contributors to society. Many of our heroes were scouts and sealed with their lives the promise that they had made when becoming members of the Scout Movement. It is estimated that more than 100,000 youngsters in Cyprus have been scouts during these 100 years, and today the CSA has around 6,000 members, with 54 active scout groups.
Technical Information
Design-Artwork: Melanie Efstathiadou, Nicosia.
Printing method: Litho-Offset on unwatermarked paper
Printer: Giesecke & Devrient Matsoukis S.A., Greece
Size of stamps: 38 x 38 mm
"The Cyprus Red Cross"
The commemorative stamp is being issued on the occasion of the recognition of the Cyprus Red Cross (C.R.C) by the international committee of the Red Cross as the 188th member of the International Movement on 23rd Feb 2012. The CRC was founded in 1950 and is registered as a legal entity under Law 39 of 1967. It is the largest humanitarian organisation in Cyprus and its' biggest project is the Childrens' Convalescent Home in Limassol for children with serious disabilities. It offers moral and material support to the poor, the sick and the disabled, provides wheelchairs and special aid, and since 1974 has covered the needs of the enclave. It offers First Aid, lessons, organises blood donations, helps in dealing with crises, covers the needs of migrants and organises campaigns on social, environmental, health and other issues. It provides humanitarian assistance in dealing with disasters and undertakes large projects abroad, such as building a hospital and funding a second one in Sri Lanka, constructing a community clinic in Karatoula in fire raged Elia in the Peloponnese, funding the construction of an emergency telephone centre in Haiti and building 2 ambulance centres in Gaza.
Technical Information
Design-Artwork: Manolis Emmanouel, Nicosia.
Printing method: Litho-Offset on unwatermarked paper
Printer: Giesecke & Devrient Matsoukis S.A., Greece
Size of stamps: 26 x 42 mm