Cyprus
Covers and stamps / Cyprus / Great Britain Used Abroad / Mourning
1879 (OC 11) mourning cover to Canterbury, Kent, bearing single franking Great Britain 1873-80 2 ½d., plate 13, DK, cancelled by ‘942’ obliterator with Larnaca cds alongside; slight fault to stamp top right, pleasing appearance.
£495
Cyprus
Covers and stamps / Canada / Cyprus / Postage dues
1880 Line Engraved overprints selection with two ½d. plate 15, OD of good colour and lightly hinged, LD slight fading hinged mint, 1d. JA plate 201, EG plate 215, JJ plate 216, SA plate 217, ND plate 218, GI plate 218 and OB plate 220 with light diagonal gum crease, fresh hinged mint.
£125
Cyprus
Covers and stamps / Cyprus / Brindisi tranit mail
1889 (AP 4) cover to Montpellier, France, franked ½pi. and pair 30pa. tied Larnaca square circles, reverse with Brindisi transit and arrival cancel; light vertical crease at left.
£195
Cyprus
Covers and stamps / Cyprus / Censored mail
1915 picture postcard from Athens, Greece to Limassol with despatch and arrival cancels and large violet ‘MARTIAL LAW/ PASSED CENSOR/ CYPRUS’ at centre; fine condition.
£145
Cyprus
Covers and stamps / Cyprus / Postal Stationery
1923 2 piastres on 1pi postal stationery card unused.
£65
CYPRUS - Austrian Levant
Covers and stamps / Cyprus
CYPRUS - Austrian Levant: 1871 (26 AP) Entire to Trieste franked Austrian Levant 15s. brown tied by LARNACCA DI CIPRO c.d.s. with company cachet alongside, Trieste arrival backstamp. Fine.
£745
CYPRUS
Covers and stamps / Cyprus
CYPRUS: 1897 (Oct 27): 2 pi. registration stationery envelope to Beyrouth, Lebanon uprated 12 pi. orange-brown & black, tied by "NIKOSIA CYPRUS" square circle, oval "REGISTERED CYPRUS" satestamp in red at left, reverse with LARNACA transit and hooded "BEYROUT / BRITISH POST OFFICE" arrival (Oct 29). Extremely fine and an attractive single franking. SG 47