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  1. October 2025 our current latest stamp issues, availabilty and prices on each indivdual item can be found in the NEW Stamp Issue shop category.

    Old Motorcycles - 27 February 2025
    75 years since the Foundation of Geological Survey Department - 9 May 2025
    Centenary of Eleneio Primary School - 9 June 2025

    Cyprus Stamps SG 2025 (b) 75 Years Europa National Archaeological Discoveries.
    Se-tenent (2 stamps conjoined) of the same value: available in MINT and CTO/USED condition, Full Sheet of 8 stamps (4 sets of 2 stamps), Post Office Official FDC and Booklet form.
    Issue Date: 9 May 2025

    Cyprus Stamps SG 2025 (c) 75 Years of Geological Survey Department
    A single stamp, available in MINT, CTO/USED conditions and on a Post Office Official FDC.
    Issue Date: 9 May 2025

    Cyprus Stamps SG 2025 (d) 100 Years of the Elenion Primary School.
    A single stamp, available in MINT, CTO/USED conditions and on a Post Office Official FDC.
    Issue Date: 5 June 2025

    Cyprus Stamps SG 2025 (e) Euromed Mediterranean Resources.
    A single stamp, available in MINT, CTO/USED conditions and on a Post Office Official FDC.
    Issue Date: 9 July 2025

    Cyprus Stamps SG 2025 (f) Stand up to Bullying - single stamp MINT, CTO/USED, Full Sheets of 8 stamps and Post Office Official FDC. 
    Issue Date: 12 Sept 2025

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    Cyprus Stamps SG 2025 (g) Dove of Peace - self-adhesive embroidered single stamp MINT, CTO/USED - No Full Sheets.
    First Day Covers (Unofficial) - Now listed (limited stock issues).
    Issue Date: 12 Sept 2025

    Cyprus Stamps SG 2025 (h) Games of the Small States of Europe (GSSE) - a set of 4 stamps of different values. In MINT, CTO/USED, Full Sheets of 8 stamps (4 sheets per set) and Post Office Official FDC.
    Issue Date: 9 Oct 2025

    ΕκδÏŒσεις 2025 - released to October 2025
    Cyprus Stamps 2025 - currently released issues to October 2025

  2. All our ducks are in a row for these 2 latest Cyprus Stamps issues for 2025.

    The website stock will be fully updated later this afternoon (6 October 2025).
    Find them in the NEW Stamp Issue shop category on Cyprus Stamps website.

    Released on 19 September 2025: our first lot of stamps MINT + CTO/USED literally 'flew' out of the window as soon as we listed them. 

    Cyprus Stamps SG 2025  
    The Dove of Peace (Embroidery)  UPU
    Self-adhesive 

    Issue Date 19 September 2025.


    "Peace is not everything, but without peace, everything is nothing" (Willy Brandt).
    "In today's world, peace is essential in order to ensure a sustainable future and strrengthen cooperation between nations."


    With these words, Hammerle & Vogel Gmbh & Co KG invited all postal services, through the Universal Postal Union (UPU), to participate in a joint commemorative edition with the "Dove of Peace." 
    It concerns the publication of a special embroidered embroidered stamp, which depicts a dove carrying an olive branch - one of the most recognisable and timeless symbols of peace worldwide, with deep roots in religious, cultural and political contexts.

    This is the Cyprus' contribution, released on 19 September 2025.

    Cyprus Stamps website image:

    CyprusStamps.com website image Dove of Peace SG 2025 19 Sept Issue

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    Cyprus Stamps SG 2025
    Stand up to Bullying

    Issue Date: 19 September 2025

     

    Bullying, unfortunately, is one of the greatest and most serious problems, which mainly afflict student youth around the world.
    By this term we mean aggressive, physical, verbal and psychological behaviours that manifest deliberately, in an unprovoked manner and repeatedly in and out of school and in recent years also on the internet.

    17% of children aged 11-15 in Cyprus have experienced school bullying and out of this percentage 5.4% are bullies, 7.4% are victims and 4.2% are victims who also become bullies.
    Furthermore, one in five high school students have experienced some kind of bullying. 

    With the issuance of this stamp, the Cyprus Post actively contributes to raising awareness of this issue by sending the message "Stand up to bullying"!

    Sample Image:Cyprus Stamps 2025 - Stand up to Bullying - sample image

  3. Cyprus Stamps - Issue Date: 16 Sept 2022.
    "100 Years since the Catastrophe of Asia Minor."

    Cyprus Stamps highlight here on the 2022 Cypriot stamp commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Asia Minor Catastrophe, a pivotal event marking the 1922 defeat of the Greek army in the Greco-Turkish War, leading to the expulsion of over 1.3 million Orthodox Greeks from Turkey, as noted in historical records like the Treaty of Lausanne.

    Cyprus Stamps SG 2022 (h) Catastrophe of Asia Minor
     
    The stamp's design reflects the catastrophic population exchange mandated by the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne, which ended Hellenism's 2,000-year presence in Asia Minor, a process historian Ronald Grigor Suny describes as endorsing "murderous ethnic cleansing" as a solution to population conflicts.

    Cyprus Stamps notes this stamp as their top seller over the past year, indicating strong public resonance with the Asia Minor Catastrophe's legacy, especially as many refugees resettled in Cyprus, some facing displacement again during the 1974 Turkish invasion, per Cyprus Post records.


    This minisheet is available to purchase here on Cyprus Stamps website along with other formats or variations.

  4. CYPRUS STAMPS - 9 October 2024

    NOTE - these are 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

    Sample Image/s:
    a Cyprus Stamps 2024 60 Years Social Insurance sample img

    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

    Sample Image/s:
    b Cyprus Stamps 2024 800 Years since Commandaria sample img


    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

    Sample Image/s:
    c Cyprus Stamps 2024 150 Years of the UPU sample img

  5. NEW IN STOCK TODAY!

    g) North Cyprus Stamps SG 2024 "Fight against Pine Processionary Insects".
    Comprising: 4 stamps of different values.

    NOW AVAILABLE (24 October 2024) in the NEW Stamp Issue shop category on the Home page of Cyprus Stamps website.

    Issue Date: 30 September 2024 

    Available on Cyprus Stamps website as: a set of 4 stamps, Sets of 4 Full Sheets, each containing 16 stamps and a single Post Office Official First Day Cover (FDC).

    The pine processionary moth has reached a critical threshold of damage to pine forests. Factors such as climate change, forest fires and habitat loss have led to rapid and significant increases in the harmful population.
    A healthy population of species like the Eurasion hoopoe and great tit, when evenly distributed throughout the forests, serves as a natural balance in controlling the pine processionary moth, especially during the breeding season.
    The Forestry Department has been collaborating with TaÅŸkent Nature Park since 2022 to the reproduction of the parasitic fly Phryxe caudata as well as to attract and promote populations of the Calosoma sychophanta beetle, both species of insects as a natural control of the pine processionary moth and its caterpillar.

    Name of Artist: no information supplied.

    Sample Images:

    North Cyprus stamps Fight against Processionary Pine Insects sample 1 North Cyprus stamps Fight against Processionary Pine Insects sample 2  North Cyprus stamps Fight against Processionary Pine Insects sample 3

  6. NEW IN STOCK TODAY: 12 August 2024

    NORTH CYPRUS STAMPS SG 2024 - 50th Anniversary of the Cyprus Peace Operation.

    Available on Cyprus Stamps website as: a single stamp, Full Sheet of 4 stamps and a Post Office Official First Day Cover.

    Issue Date: 19 July 2024

    Turkey’s 1974 Cyprus Peace Operation was carried out in response to Greece’s fascist coup attempt for Enosis on 15 July 1974. Based on the rights and authority granted by the 1960 Guarantee Agreement, the Peace Operation aimed to protect Turkish Cypriots who had been forcibly expelled from the founding equal partnership of the Republic of Cyprus since 21 December 1963.

    During the period between 1963 – 1974, they endured inhumane sieges with 103 villages occupied and looted, hundreds killed and forced to live in open-air prisons in 3% of the island under hunger, poverty and deprivation.

    The operation saved the Turkish Cypriot population from absolute genocide, toppled fascist coup agreements in Cyprus and Greece, preventing Enosis and preserving the island’s independence.

    Text Info: Turkish Cyprus Postal Authority.
    No details supplied for Design Artist.

    Sample image/s:
    North Cyprus Stamps SG 2024 (f) 50th Anniversary of Cyprus Peace Operation

  7. NORTH CYPRUS STAMPS:
    NEW STOCK.

    North Cyprus Stamps Paris 2024 Olympic Games (Olimpiyat Oyunlari)
    Issue Date: 24 June 2024.

    Sample Image:

    North Cyprus Stamps SG 2024 (d) Paris France Olympic Games - Full Sheet sample image

     

    North Cyprus Stamps UEFA EURO 2024
    Issue Date: 24 June 2024

    Sample Images:

    North Cyprus Stamps SG 2024 (e) UEFA Euro 2024 - sample image 1 North Cyprus Stamps SG 2024 (e) UEFA Euro 2024 - sample image 2

    Both issues were released on 24 June 2024 and comprise of 2 stamps per set.

    Paris Olympics: Available on Cyprus Stamps website as a set of 2 stamps of the same value, in MINT and CTO/USED, on a Full Sheet of 6 sets (12 stamps) and a Post Office Official First Day Cover (FDC).

    UEFA Euro 2024: Available on Cyprus Stamps website as a set of 2 stamps of different values, in MINT and CTO/USED, two Full Sheets of 16 sets (32 stamps - subject to availability) and a Post Office Official First Day Cover (FDC).

    Find them in the NEW Stamp Issue shop category from the Home page of Cyprus Stams website / online shop.

    Also on our dedicated eBay UK seller account for North Cyprus Stamps here.



    For more details and information behind each of the issues, read more below:

  8. North Cyprus / Turkish Cyprus Stamp Issues 2024.

    ARRIVED! 28 June 2024


    On 6 May 2024:
    c) EUROPA Underwater Fauna and Flora.

    Available on Cyprus Stamps website: as a set of 2 stamps (MINT or CTO/USED), Official FDC. Also Full Sheets of 8 stamps of 2 designs (se-tenant and tete-beche) in MINT condition.

    With thanks to Tevfik CAMGÖZ who contributed to the preparation of this series with his underwater photographs.

    The Lionfish is a genus of poisonous marine fish that lives in coral reefs. They pose a danger to humans.
    They live in areas close to the shore and at depths of 50 meters. It is defined as an invasive species in Mediterranean countries and hunting is encouraged.

    The Lahoz/Grida fish is a very predatory, carnivorous fish that lives in rocky, stony or gravel areas at a depth of 20-200 m. It feeds on all kinds of large and small crustaceans, invertebrates and small fish. It breeds between May and June. The meat of the Mediterranean is one of the most delicious and famous fish.

    The Octopus is among the most intelligent and behaviorally diverse animals among the invertebrates. Self-protection strategies include; squirting ink, use of camouflage and threatening behavior are very common in water. It is noted for its fast movement and hiding abilities.

    Haliclona oculata, also known as mermaid glove, is found at depths from 4 meters to approximately 1,000 meters and is a type of sea sponge.

    Name of Artist: Görel KOROL SÖNMEZER

    Sample image/s:

    North Cyprus Stamps EUROPA 2024 - sample image

    North Cyprus Stamps EUROPA 2024 - sample image on www.cyprusstamps.com

  9. NEW IN STOCK TODAY 23 May 2024

    Olympic Games - Paris 2024

    Comprising of 4 stamps.
    Available on Cyprus Stamps website as a set of 4 stamps MINT and/or CTO (USED) stamps, Full Sheets x 4 of 8 stamps (Mint) or Used (subject to availability) and a Post Office Official First Day Cover.

    Cyprus Stamps Olympic Games Paris 2024 MINT

     

    "Our role is clear: to unite – and not to deepen divisions. Therefore, we carry an important responsibility – to stand together for the power of sport and to live up to our shared mission to make the world a better place through sport.”

     

    Thomas Bach
    President of the International Olympic Committee

    Our Olympic team is preparing for the Olympic Games. We have worked hard, with dedication towards our goal. We have given all that we can so that the inexhaustible Cyprus talent can be highlighted and for our athletes to be included amongst the best worldwide. We believe that they are ready for the big summer celebration, to fight for what is "beautiful and true" and to make our small country proud.

    For Cyprus, faster, higher, stronger, together with the Olympic team in Paris.

    Design – Artwork: Alexandros Savvides, Lefkosia
    Text: Cyprus Olympic Committee

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    EUROPA 2024 – “Fauna and Flora

    Comprising of 2 stamps.
    Available on Cyprus Stamps website as a set of 2 stamps MINT and/or CTO (USED) stamps, Full Sheets x 2 of 8 stamps (Mint) or Used (subject to availability), Booklet (different dimension than usual) and a Post Office Official First Day Cover.

    Cyprus Stamps EUROPA 2024 Fauna Flora MINT

    The underwater Fauna & Flora was the theme chosen by PostEurop for this year's issue of Europa stamps.

    The seas of Cyprus are rich in fauna and flora.

    The €0.34 stamp depicts algae. Algae are a large, multiphyletic class of unicellular or multicellular organisms of varying shapes and sizes. Microalgae are algae that are tiny and invisible to the naked eye, while some other species are visible to the naked eye and can reach several meters in length are called macroalgae.

    The €0.64 stamp depicts the sea anemone. It belongs taxonomically to the anthozoa. There are several species of sea anemone of various colours, most of which are small (1.5 – 3 cm), although we can also encounter anemones with a much larger diameter. It owes its name to its overall appearance, which resembles a flower rather than a sea animal. Its body is almost cylindrical; its lower part is wider and with it rests upright and lives on all types of marine substrate, sand rocks, empty shells and macroalgae.

    Design – Artwork: Anna Fotiadou, Lefkosia
    Text: Dept of Postal Services

  10. North Cyprus Stamps "Anniversaries" / Yil Dönümleri.

    NEW IN STOCK at CyprusStamps.com website today!

     

    North Cyprus Stamps SG 2024

    Anniversaries

    MINT

     Issue Date: 2 April 2024

     

    Available on Cyprus Stamps website: as a set of 2 stamps (MINT or CTO/USED), Official FDC. Also 2 x Full Sheets of 15 stamps and 1 pictorial selvedge in MINT condition.

     

    Find them here in the NEW Stamps Issue shop category


    Inner Wheel,
    one of the world's largest voluntary women's non-governmental organisations serving in the TRNC, celebrated its 24th year in North Cyprus and its 100th year worldwide in 2024. Its three main objectives are to Promote True Friendship, Promote Personal Service Ideals and Contribute to World Peace by Promoting International Understanding.
    It has over 4000 clubs and more than 120,000 members in over 100 countries.
    The evolving Inner Wheel clubs in Northern Cyprus, having gained the right to become District 222 in 2021, continue their work for the benefit of civil society with 560 members and 12 clubs.
    Variious projects are undertaken in the fields of education, health, sustainable environment and energy resources, women, children and elderly rights.
    Inner Wheel is represented with observer status at the UN's Vienna, Geneva and New York Offices by 5 members.
    Every three years, conventions held in different countries bring together members from around the world to introduce their countries and clubs and to make decisions to expand and enhance their service boundaries under the Inner Wheel umbrella.

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    With the start of bi-communal conflicts in December 1963, Turkish Cypriot students studying at the English School in the Greek side, were unable to go to school.

    In order to provide opportunities for such students, a school named "KöÅŸklüçiftlik English School" was established on 27 January 1964 as a branch of English School, with the initiatives of some volunteer parents and teachers Hasan Nevzat, Behzat Gürsel and Mahmut IslamoÄŸlu.
    KöÅŸklüçiftlik English School, which started out as a private school, was transferred to the Department of Education on 1 September 1967 under the name "The English College", provided that it preserved its unique features.
    After the 1974 Peace Operation, the school moved to its current building in Küçük Kaymakli under the name "Turkish Maarif College".
    The college celebrated its 60th anniversary on 27 January 2024. It currently has 1223 students and 137 teachers.

    Name of Artist
    : Görel Korol Sönmezer

    Sample Image/s
    North Cyprus Stamps Anniversaries (Inner Wheel Centenary) sample image

    North Cyprus Stamps Anniversaries (Sixty Years of Turkish Maarif College) s