Cyprus
Below you will find articles about Cyprus. Or click here to view stamps on the subject of Cyprus in the catalog.
Black Heritage – Part 5
Jack (Jackie) Roosevelt Robinson (b.1919 – d.1972) was a black American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in American Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era. Robinson broke the "baseball collar line" when he started a game at for the Brooklyn...
Money matters
As I write the euro is the official currency of 19 of the current 28 member states of the European Union and also some of the territories of the Union. This group of states is known as the eurozone or...
What is a country?
I once knew an eccentric philatelist who wanted something special: a collection of all the countries of the world, past and present, with a single postage stamp for each country. If the name of the country changed then that had...
Cyprus, a 'torn' island
I once received a postcard with a few stamps from Cyprus from a friend. What was striking was that the card showed the globe on the image side, a beautiful photo. In the bottom left corner, two stamps were affixed, a pair...
The bicycle at the 1980 Olympic Games (5)
The Summer Olympic Games of the XXII Olympiad were held in Moscow in 1980. The only other city that had bid to host these games was Los Angeles. Due to a US-led boycott, only...
The bicycle at the 1976 Olympic Games (4)
The Summer Olympic Games of the XXI Olympiad were held in Montreal in 1976. Other cities that were candidates to host the Games that year were Moscow and Los Angeles. Moscow was the big favorite for the Games...
City pigeons are smarter than you think
That cooing early in the morning is driving me crazy. You think you can sleep in, and then the pigeons coo you awake. Why exactly under *my* window? Maybe because of the suet balls and peanut nets I hang up in the winter? They are...
Games of the small states of Europe
Sports collectors, have you ever heard of: “Games of the Small States of Europe”? This is a biennial multi-sport event that has been organized since 1985 by the National Olympic Committees of eight small European states. Cyprus commemorated in 2009 (as far as is known)...
