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King of PalaepaphosTheseus

Cyprus: 3/1982
Monday, 05 July 1982

Commemorative Issue
World Cultural Heritage

Releasing the significance which the preservation and projection of Cultural Heritage has for all mankind, UNESCO has compiled the well known World Cultural Heritage List which includes archaeological sites, monuments and civilization cradles of international splendour. UNESCO included in this important list Ancient Paphos (Palaepaphos and New Paphos) on the 2 September 1980. Ancient Paphos, besides its remarkable contribution to all forms of art, is also the birthplace of Goddess Aphrodite who was worshipped by all civilized people of those times. She has become a world symbol of live and beauty and has inspired artists at all times. It was also in Paphos that Christianity was for the first time preached on a European territory. This new series of stamps commemorates the inclusion of Ancient Paphos in the List and projects its cultural contribution.

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News / Announcements:

03 March 2009: Finally, philatelism.com goes a step further and in addition to the complete list of Cyprus issues since 1960 it now features issues from Australia. It currently lists the issues of 2008 and 2009 and will be updated with the past issues as time goes by.
29 January 2009: The Cyprus Postal Services have announced their Stamp Issues Programme for the year 2009:
  1. 12/03/2009: "10th Anniversary of the euro" comprising of two stamps valued at €0,51 and €0,68.
  2. 12/03/2009: "200 years since the birth of Louis Braille" consisting of one stamp valued at €0,68.
  3. 12/03/2009: "100 years since the foundation of the Co-operative", consisting of one stamp valued at €0,26.
  4. 12/03/2009: "Refugee stamp reprint 2009".
  5. 04/05/2009: "Europa 2009", consisting of two stamps valued at €0,51 and €0,68 and a booklet containing a strip of eight stamps (4 sets) valued at €4,76. The theme of this year's "Europa" series is "Astronomy" and is common to all member countries of the European Association of Public Postal Operators (POSTEUROP).
  6. 04/05/2009: "Planet Earth". This will consist of two stamps valued at €0,34 and €0,51.
  7. 01/06/2009: "XIII Games of the Small States of Europe". This will consist of three stamps valued at €0,22, €0,34 and €0,43.
  8. 01/06/2009: "50th Anniversary of the Cyprus Philatelic Society" comprising one miniature sheet at the value of €0,85.
  9. 10/09/2009: "Domestic Fowl of Cyprus", comprising of four stamps valued at €0,22, €0,34, €0,43 and €0,51.
  10. 10/09/2009: "Cyprus through the Ages 2009", this commemorative issue will consist of a sheetlet of 8 stamps each with a value of €0,43. This will be the third issue in this series that will culminate in 2010 with Cyprus' 50th Anniversary of Independence.
  11. 12/11/2009: "Christmas 2009". This set will consist of 3 stamps with values of €0,22, €0,51 and €0,68. Maximum cards of the three stamps will also be available.

Upcoming Issue:

Australia: 13/2009
Tuesday, 14 July 2009

Commemorative Issue
Australian Parks and Gardens

Public parks and gardens are for everybody. They engage and inspire people. With their trees and open spaces they are pleasant places where children play, dogs are walked, bicycles are ridden and runners jog. They are also places where people come to relax, providing people of all ages with the opportunity to enjoy nature. In modern Australia, parks are of inestimable value, providing economic, social and cultural benefi ts for the whole of society.

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copyright notice: This material has been reproduced with permission of the Australian Postal Corporation. The original work is held in the National Philatelic Collection.

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Hatchet WaspPraying MantisGround Beetle
Jumping SpiderAntWeevil

Australia: 14/2009
Tuesday, 28 July 2009

Commemorative Issue
Micro Monsters

Micro Monsters is a fascinating issue that reveals a wonderful microscopic world most of us never have a chance to see. Familiar everyday insects, magnified many times, are shown in a new light. The stamps feature an Ant; a Jumping Spider; a Weevil; a Hatchet Wasp; a Ground Beetle and a Dead Leaf Mimic Mantis (or Praying Mantis). The miniature sheet shows a detail of a Common Cabbage White Butterfly's wing. When photographed by a scanning electron microscope (SEM), these tiny insects become fantastically monster-like in appearance, creating a quite different and wonderfully unique experience of these relatively common creatures.

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copyright notice: This material has been reproduced with permission of the Australian Postal Corporation. The original work is held in the National Philatelic Collection.

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Micro Monsters - Minisheet

Australia: 14/2009
Tuesday, 28 July 2009

Miniature Sheet
Micro Monsters - Minisheet

Micro Monsters is a fascinating issue that reveals a wonderful microscopic world most of us never have a chance to see. Familiar everyday insects, magnified many times, are shown in a new light. The stamps feature an Ant; a Jumping Spider; a Weevil; a Hatchet Wasp; a Ground Beetle and a Dead Leaf Mimic Mantis (or Praying Mantis). The miniature sheet shows a detail of a Common Cabbage White Butterfly's wing. When photographed by a scanning electron microscope (SEM), these tiny insects become fantastically monster-like in appearance, creating a quite different and wonderfully unique experience of these relatively common creatures.

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copyright notice: This material has been reproduced with permission of the Australian Postal Corporation. The original work is held in the National Philatelic Collection.

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Species at risk

Australia: 15/2009
Tuesday, 04 August 2009

Miniature Sheet
Species at Risk - Joint Territories Issue - Minisheet

Australia issues stamps for four of seven of its external territories: the Australian Antarctic Territory, and the Indian Ocean territories, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island. Australia Post took over the responsibilities for postal and philatelic services on Cocos (Keeling) Islands from 1 January 1994, on Christmas Island from 4 March 1993 and in the AAT from 27 March 1957.

Norfolk Island, although also an external territory of Australia, has its own postal administration and has issued its own stamps since 1947. Norfolk Island stamps are valid for postage on Norfolk Island only. This stamp issue is a joint issue between the Australian and Norfolk Island postal administrations, and includes stamps from Australia, Norfolk Island, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and the Australian Antarctic Territory.

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Australia: 15/2009
Tuesday, 04 August 2009

Joint Issue
Species at Risk - Joint Territories Issue

Australia issues stamps for four of seven of its external territories: the Australian Antarctic Territory, and the Indian Ocean territories, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island. Australia Post took over the responsibilities for postal and philatelic services on Cocos (Keeling) Islands from 1 January 1994, on Christmas Island from 4 March 1993 and in the AAT from 27 March 1957.

Norfolk Island, although also an external territory of Australia, has its own postal administration and has issued its own stamps since 1947. Norfolk Island stamps are valid for postage on Norfolk Island only. This stamp issue is a joint issue between the Australian and Norfolk Island postal administrations, and includes stamps from Australia, Norfolk Island, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and the Australian Antarctic Territory.

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copyright notice: This material has been reproduced with permission of the Australian Postal Corporation. The original work is held in the National Philatelic Collection.

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Water Tank, SATraditional Home
Shearing ShedMagney House

Australia: 16/2009
Tuesday, 11 August 2009

Commemorative Issue
Corrugated Landscapes

Flexible, lightweight, cheap and reusable, corrugated iron is a familiar material in the Australian landscape. It features in the sheds, fences and water tanks that populate our country and suburban environments. We have come to identify it as our own, to the extent that it was a star character in the "Tin Symphony" at the closing ceremony of the Sydney Olympic Games.

Corrugated iron - which despite its name is now always made of steel - is metal crimped so as to greatly increase its strength. A product of industrial and imperial Britain, where it was invented and patented in 1829, it was exported to Australia from 1850 on. As a result of the demands of the gold rush, by 1880 Australia had become Britain's biggest customer.

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copyright notice: This material has been reproduced with permission of the Australian Postal Corporation. The original work is held in the National Philatelic Collection.

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Stargazing: The Southern Skies - Minisheet

Australia: 17/2009
Tuesday, 25 August 2009

Miniature Sheet
Stargazing: The Southern Skies - Minisheet

This stamp issue is being released during the International Year of Astronomy. It highlights the beauty of astronomical objects revealed through the art of astrophotography, and it celebrates a science that has had an enormous impact on culture and society worldwide.

The miniature sheet conceptually anchors the three stamps. It shows the dome of the Anglo-Australian Telescope at Siding Spring, NSW, backed by star trails around the south celestial pole. The two galaxy images in the stamp designs were taken from this telescope, while the nebula image was taken from a backyard observatory in Yass.

copyright notice: This material has been reproduced with permission of the Australian Postal Corporation. The original work is held in the National Philatelic Collection.

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Sombrero Galaxy M104Reflection Nebula M78Spiral Galaxy M83

Australia: 17/2009
Tuesday, 25 August 2009

Commemorative Issue
Stargazing: The Southern Skies

This stamp issue is being released during the International Year of Astronomy. It highlights the beauty of astronomical objects revealed through the art of astrophotography, and it celebrates a science that has had an enormous impact on culture and society worldwide.

copyright notice: This material has been reproduced with permission of the Australian Postal Corporation. The original work is held in the National Philatelic Collection.

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Cyprus: 8/2009
Thursday, 10 September 2009

Commemorative Issue
Domestic Fowl of Cyprus

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Cyprus: 9/2009
Thursday, 10 September 2009

Commemorative Issue
Cyprus through the Ages 2009

This will be the third issue in this series that will culminate in 2010 with Cyprus' 50th Anniversary of Independence.

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Latest Issues:

Country Issue Date Code Issue Type Issue Title Values
Australia 01 Jul 2009 12 Commemorative Issue Australian Bush Babies - International Stamps 4 values 1.45$, 2.10$, 2.90$, 4.20$
26 Jun 2009 11 Commemorative Issue Australia Post - 200 Years - Australia's Favourite Stamps 5 values 55c, 55c, 55c, 55c, 55c
09 Jun 2009 10 Commemorative Issue Queensland - 150 Years 2 values 2.75$, 55c
09 Jun 2009 10 Miniature Sheet Queensland - 150 Years - Minisheet 1 value 3.30$
26 May 2009 9 Commemorative Issue WWF: Dolphins Of The Australian Coastline 4 values 1.35$, 1.40$, 2.05$, 55c
15 May 2009 8 Commemorative Issue Not Just Desserts 4 values 55c, 55c, 55c, 55c
15 Apr 2009 7 Commemorative Issue Queen's Birthday 2 values 2.05$, 55c
15 Apr 2009 7 Miniature Sheet Queen's Birthday - Miniature Sheet 1 value 2.60$
01 Apr 2009 6 Commemorative Issue Indigenous Culture 5 values 1.40$, 2.05$, 55c, 55c, 55c
25 Mar 2009 5 Commemorative Issue Australia Post - 200 Years 10 values 55c, 55c, 55c, 55c, 55c, 55c, 55c, 55c, 55c, 55c
11 Mar 2009 4 Commemorative Issue Earth Hour 3 values 2.05$, 55c, 55c
19 Feb 2009 3 Commemorative Issue Inventive Australia 5 values 55c, 55c, 55c, 55c, 55c
19 Feb 2009 3 Miniature Sheet Inventive Australia - Miniature Sheet 1 value 2.75$
Cyprus 01 Jun 2009 7 Miniature Sheet 50th Anniversary of the Cyprus Philatelic Society 1 value 0,85€
01 Jun 2009 6 Commemorative Issue XIII Games of the Small States of Europe 3 values 0,22€, 0,34€, 0,43€
04 May 2009 5 Commemorative Issue Planet Earth 2 values 0,51€, 0,51€
04 May 2009 4 Europa Europa 2009 - Astronomy 2 values 0,51€, 0,68€
12 Mar 2009 3 Commemorative Issue 200th Birth Anniversary of Louis Braille 1 value 0,68€
12 Mar 2009 2 Commemorative Issue Centenary of the Co-operative Movement 1 value 0,26€
12 Mar 2009 1 Commemorative Issue 10th Anniversary of the Euro 2 values 0,51€, 0,68€
12 Mar 2009 0 Commemorative Issue Refugee Fund 2009 1 value 0,02€

Featured Society:

Cyprus Philatelic Society
Cyprus

http://www.cyphilatelic.com
cyphila@spidernet.com.cy

The Cyprus Philatelic Society was founded on 5th December 1959 by 35 members. Its aim, as stated at the time it achieved the first general assembly, was to find a permanent home, to found a philatelic library, to promote Philately and help its members in educational philately learning and research.

Today the Cyprus Philatelic Society numbers more than 1279 members from Cyprus and abroad and is the only society in Cyprus of its kind. Two hundred fifty six, out of 1279, are junior members. It is the leading society in its field and has an international stature. Its common utility status is based on the society's contribution to the continuous educational learning process. It is a founder-member of the European Philatelic Federation (FEPA) and since 1987 full member of the International Philatelic Federation (F.I.P).

The Cyprus Philatelic Society develops a rich philatelic activity in Cyprus and abroad and focuses mainly on the promotion of philatelic study and research, achieving the cultural development of its members.

Its non-profit character is based on its principles and its contribution to the continuous process of philatelic education, as the only Learned Institution of Philately in Cyprus.

Taken from: Cyprus Philately

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