File:CYP 1934 MiNr0120 pm B002.jpg

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Stamp of Cyprus (British crown colony); 1934; definitive stamp of the issue "Landscapes and Buildings"; stamp drawing with a view to the Church of Saint Barnabas and Saint Hilarion in Peristerona (then church and mosque side-by-side, contemporary one of the World Heritage Sites of the UNESCO); stamp postmarked
Stamp: Michel: No. 120; Yvert et Tellier: No. 118; Scott: No. 127
Color: violet / black
Watermark: Cyprus No. 4 (= Great Britain No. 4) (multiple Saint Edwards' crown over convoluted charcters "CA")
Nominal value: ¾ Piastre (Piasters)

Postage validity: from 1 December 1934 until 11 May 1938
date QS:P,+1934-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P580,+1934-12-01T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1938-05-11T00:00:00Z/11

Stamp picture size (printed area): 30.5 x 26.0 mm
Date (first issue day of the stamp)
Source scan of original
Author Postal administration for British Cyprus
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Picture description Drawing with a view to the Church of Saint Barnabas and Saint Hilarion in Peristerona

The Church of Saint Barnabas and Saint Hilarion in Peristerona in 2010
First day of issue
Publisher Postal administration for British Cyprus
Design Edgar Bertram Mackennal (1863-1931) (designer of the oval medaillion with King George V with view to left)

John Augustus Charles Harrison (1872-1954) (the engraver of the medaillion and probably also of the rest)

Printer "Harrison and Sons Limited, London, Hayes and High Wycombe" (?)
Printing technique Recess printing
Circulation ?
Perforation Line or comb perforation, L 12½ or K 12½
MICHEL Nr. Zypern, Nr. 120
SCOTT Nr. Cyprus, No. 127

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