Cancels and Rural Postmarks of Cyprus

Note: the spelling is as it appears on the Canceller and not necessarily the way the name of the village or area is written in modern times.

AGRIDHIA - Cyprus Stamps Postmark GR Rural Service

AKACHA - Cyprus Stamps postmark ER1 E.R.Rural Service

AMIANDOS - Cyprus Stamps postmark DS4 Date Single Circle
Date in two lines with star. 24–25mm.

ARADHIPPOU - Cyprus Stamps postmark DD7 Datestamp Double Circle
Time and date in three lines, thin lines for curved panels, size of letters varies

ASGATA - Cyprus Stamps postmark DS7 Date Single Circle
Date in one line, 25–28mm. A widely used type first introduced in the 1930s

ATHIAENOU - Cyprus Stamps postmark DS7 Date Single Circle
This below from July 1972

AY THERAPON - Cyprus Stamps Postmark GR Rural Service

DHRYNIA - Cyprus Stamps Postmark GR Rural Service

FAMAGUSTA - Cyprus Stamps postmark

FAMAGUSTA TOWN - Cyprus Stamps postmark Date stamp Double Circle
Date stamp Double Circle 10 August 1963

and finally, for this selection is....

KAKOPETRIA - Cyprus Stamps postmark DD7 Date Stamp Double Circle
Time and date in three lines, thin lines for curved panels, size of letters varies

Types of cancellations used on Cyprus postal items:
Numeral Cancellations, Manuscripts, (Victorian) VR rural service, (Edwardian KEVII) ER rural service, (King George V and VI) GR rural service, Rural Postal Service, Single Circle date stamp, Double Circle date stamp.