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Modern postal services in Cyprus began with the takeover of the island by Britain in 1878. Almost immediately the British colonial administration under first British High Commissioner and Governor of Cyprus, Sir Garnet Wolseley, set about establishing a British-style postal service on the island, with S.R. French being dispatched from the General Post Office in London.
Mail sent to the de facto state of Northern Cyprus must instead be addressed to via Mersin 10, TURKEY via Mersin in southern Turkey. However, five-digit postcodes were introduced in northern Cyprus in 2013, [1] in a similar format to those of Turkey, with the first two digits being 99, and the last three indicating the locality.
Cyprus Postal Stationery 1878–2000. Littleton; Farnham: The Authors, 2000 ISBN 0-9638547-1-2 185p. Mihranian, Barkev et al. Cyprus Stamps, 1880–2004: linking history and culture. Nicosia: Ministry of Communications and Works of the Republic of Cyprus, Dept. of Postal Services, 2005 ISBN 996336201X 398p. Proud, Edward B. The Postal History ...
International Post Corporation (IPC) is a cooperative association of 26 national postal services from major countries in Europe, Asia Pacific and North America. IPC's main activities are providing assistance to its postal members, whose businesses activities include mail, parcels, express, logistics, retail and banking services.
The flag of Cyprus. Cyprus (/ ˈ s aɪ p r ə s / ⓘ), officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Although it is geographically located in West Asia, its cultural identity and geopolitical make-up are overwhelmingly Southeast European. It is the third largest and third most populous island in the ...
The Cyprus Postal Museum is a postal museum in Cyprus established in 1981. [1] The museum is located within the city walls of Nicosia and details the postal and philatelic history of Cyprus. Exhibits date from the 18th century onwards. Its primary purpose is to showcase the extensive and diverse postal history of the island. Cyprus Postal Museum
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