File:CYP 1938 MiNr0140A pm B002.jpg

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Stamp of Cyprus (British crown colony); 1938; definitive stamp of the issue "Landscapes and Buildings - King George VI"; stamp drawing with a view of the antique theatre in Soli (Greek: "Solon") and a portrait of the British King George VI in oval; stamp postmarked on
Note: Soli was founded in Northern Cyprus by the Attic hero Acamas in pre-hellenistic times shortly after the Troyan War and was one of ten famous antique city states on Cyprus in later times. Soli was famous in ancient times because of nearby copper mines.
Stamp: Michel: No. 140A; Yvert et Tellier: No. 137; Scott: No. 146
Color: orange
Watermark: Cyprus No. 4 (= Great Britain No. 4) (multiple Saint Edward's crown over convoluted charcters "CA")
Nominal value: 1 Piastre (Piaster)
Postage validity: from 12 May 1938 until ?

Stamp picture size (printed area): 30.0 x 26.5 mm
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Author Postal administration for British Cyprus
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Other versions
- this stamp with the same drawing and color, but other perforation (K 13½ : 12½) (Michel No. 140B from 1938)
Picture description Drawing with a view of the antique theatre in Soli (Greek: "Solon") and a portrait of the British King George VI in oval

The Swedish archaeologist Alfred Westholm in the interior of the ancient theatre of Soli (Solon) during the "Svenska Cypernexpeditionen 1927–1931".
First day of issue
Publisher Postal administration for British Cyprus
Design Unknown authorUnknown author
Printer "Waterlow & Sons Limited", London (probably)
Printing technique Recess printing
Circulation ?
Perforation Comb perforation, K 12½ (= type "A")
MICHEL Nr. Zypern, Nr. 140A
SCOTT Nr. Cyprus, No. 146

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