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  1. Photos from "The North" - TRNC

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    Photos to share from our day trip to Nicosia

    We took a little trip to Nicosia on 9th July and managed to get a few photos whilst we were there.

    The images on this link (to our Cyprus Stamps Blogspot site) were taken in the Turkish occupied area of Northern Cyprus, just the other side of the crossing point on Ledra Street (the main shopping district).

    A couple of the photos were taken last year, not long after the new crossing point was officially opened and those of Buyuk Han (an important Ottoman Building), in Selimiye district of Nicosia were taken on this trip.

    9th July was a first day of issue for Medical Plants so we managed to pick up some stamps and covers too!

    It was an extremely hot day and the journey of an hour seemed to take forever, coming back home to Limassol.

    Enjoy the photos!
    Regards, Michele




  3. Cyprus leads the charge at the XIII Games of the Small States of Europe

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    XIII Games of the Small States of Europe - update
    AFTER the second day of competition at the XIII Games of the Small States of Europe Cyprus leads the medals table with 60 decorations, including 21 gold and 27 silvers, while Iceland is second with 40 and Luxembourg in third with 16 gold out of their total 30 medals.

    Cypriot shooter Kyriakos Christoforou brought an end to his fellow countryman Antonis Andreou’s reign in Men’s Skeet competition after claiming the gold medal. Antoniou finished the competition in second place after previously winning a remarkable five gold medals in five consecutive GSSE events. The two athletes had previously gone head-to-head only once at the 1995 GSSE in Luxembourg in an event which saw Andreou celebrating the gold and Christoforou in second place.

    Manolina Konstantinou and Mariota Aggelopoulou representing Cyprus are the first Women’s Beach Volleyball team to secure a place in the semifinals. They overcame Jeanne Schneider and Norma Zambon of Luxembourg yesterday; winning the match in straight sets after 40 minutes of play to record their third overall victory at the Games.

    At the same time both men’s and women’s volleyball national team recorded victories in their first games of the GSSE. Demetris Apostolou had seven points and four more players recorded six as Cyprus beat San Marino 3-0 after just over an hour of play, while the women’s team overcame Liechtenstein 3-1 in their first round outing.

    In Men’s Tennis Singles both Cypriot representatives were eliminated during yesterday’s program. The Cypriot number two and the fourth-seed Photos Kallias was defeated by Jirka Lokaj of Liechtenstein 6-3 6-4 in the opening match on the center court of the National Tennis Center in Nicosia, while the third seeded Benjamin Balleret on Monaco beat Philippos Tsangarides 6-1, 6-1.

    Women’s basketball team suffered a narrow defeat against the gold medal favorite Malta 53-48 after a hard fought battle at the Tassos Papadopoulos Eleftheria Athletic Center. Valentina Ionova led Cyprus with 12 points, while Kalia Papadopoulou chipped in with 10. Sophia Theologou was one rebound shy of a double-double with 10 points and nine boards for 22 minutes on the court. The Cypriot ladies are free today while tomorrow evening they face Iceland in a game that could decide the silver medal holders. The men’s basketball team continued to dominate after demolishing Iceland 87-54 and it seems that nobody can prevent them now of claiming the gold medal in the competition. Vasilis Kounas came off the bench to lead Cyprus with 14 points, while Panayiotis Trisokkas added 13. Giorgos Neophytou netted 12 points, all in the final seven minutes of the game, while Joseph Garcia and Aris Koronides had 11 and 10 points respectively. Christos Stylianides’ men take on the absolute outsiders San Marino this evening at 20:30.

     

    Courtesy of the Cyprus Mail


  4. 1st June 2009 Issues - Available Now.

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    1st June 2009 Cyprus stamp issues.

    Available now!

    Celebrating 50th Anniversary of the Cyprus Philatelic Society, available on Mini Sheet and First Day Cover

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    XIII Games of the Small States of Europe - held in Cyprus between 1st & 6th June, 2009.
    Available in Mint sets and on First Day Cover.

    Don't forget to look our for our very own "private" or unofficial FDC's. These are very collectable as only a handful of collectors still produce these since the postal services started to issue official FDC's.

    Happy Collecting!


  5. 2009 Best Europa Stamp Competition

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    Vote for the Best Europa Stamp of 2009

    Web viewers are invited to participate to select their favourite EUROPA stamp which this year is on the theme ‘Astronomy’.

    Two persons picked out from those that have selected the winning stamp will be granted special prizes – a full set of the 2009 EUROPA stamp issues!


    Votes are open from 9 May until 8 August. The winning stamp will be announced on 8 October during PostEurop’s Plenary Assembly that will be held in Bled, Slovenia. So try your luck today!

    PLACE YOUR VOTE

  6. Cyprus Stamps - New Issue Alert for 1st June 2009

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    New stamp issues out on 1st June 2009


    Pre-order yours here


     
    New 2009 - "XIII Games of the Small States of Europe" consisting of a set of 3 stamps.

    Also available in this issue are First Day Cover, Booklet and Sheets (still awaing images of the Booklet and prices/images for the sheets).

    "50th Anniversary of Cyprus Philatelic Society" consisting of 1 stamp (mini-sheet / souvenir sheet). 
    Also available on First Day Cover.

  7. Cyprus stamps 2009 Europa now out!

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    Hi everyone!

    The 4th May Cyprus stamp issues have been duly collected from the post office and for those of you who placed pre-ordered, they are now making their way to you courtesy of Cyprus Postal Services....     Thank you for your support!

    For those of you who prefer to wait for the issues to be released. They are now available in our Shop under the shop category - 2000's.

    We will be replacing the images (taken from the post office official leaflet) with scanned images from the stamps, first day covers, booklets, sheets etc in the next day or so.

    Please also look out for our own "private" first day covers for the Cyprus 2009 Europa "Astronomy" and 2009 "Planet Earth" issues - coming soon!

    Don't forget - the next issue is due on 1st June
    " Cyprus 2009 XIII Games of the Small States of Europe".
    Pre-order prices will be listed in the next few days...

  8. Cyprus stamps - singles

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    Missing An Odd Stamp?

    If you are missing an odd stamp to make up your complete sets, you may be pleased to note we have now started to list single stamps in our online shop!

    We've started with the year 2000 and will be adding more as we go along.

    Please keep checking the shop or, if you are looking for one in particular - just drop us a line via the Contact Us online form.

  10. Cyprus weather - Twister in Cyprus, March 2009!

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    There was a large twister / tornado made land only the other day in Larnaca bay!
    We've been experiencing some quite exceptional weather conditions over the last few weeks, so thought you may be interested to see this video footage...
    Hailstones as big as acorns as the twister works it's way up along Dhekelia road towards the army garrison.