Department of Postal Services Postal Services and International Relations Division M. George Crassides Head, Postal Operations Service CY-1900 NICOSIA CHYPRE
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Correspondence: Department of Postal Services 1900 Nicosia Cyprus Mr George Crassides Head of Postal Operations Service Tel: +357.2302145 Fax: +357.2304154 Language of correspondence: English
Cyrus has a recorded history of more than 4,000 years. Rulers have included Greeks, Ptolemies, Persians, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Franks, Venetians, Turks (1571-1878), and British. The British Crown Colony was established in 1925. Independence was granted in 1960. The Turks invaded in 1974 and occupied more than a third of the island. The turkish community declared itself independent as the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in 1984.
Stamps and Philatelic Service Department of Postal Services CY 1900, Nicosia, Cyprus
Middle East, island in the Mediterranean Sea, south of Turkey. Independence: 16 August 1960 (from UK) Note: the Turkish Cypriot area refers to itself as the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" (TRNC) and the area proclaimed self-rule on 13 February 1975 from Republic of Cyprus
The postal history of Cyprus begins with the Venetians. They were the first to organise postal communications. Letters from dignitaries of the time, from merchants, from Embassies and Consulates were taken by their own ships to all towns of the Mediterranean. The first known letter sent from Famagusta to Constantinople bears the date 17/8/1353. ...
