<p>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 <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:George_VI_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Category:George VI of the United Kingdom">George VI</a> in oval; stamp postmarked on <time class="dtstart" datetime="1949-11-12" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="white-space:nowrap">12 November 1949</time><br><ins>Note</ins>: 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.<br><b>Stamp</b>: Michel: No. 140A; Yvert et Tellier: No. 137; Scott: No. 146<br><b>Color</b>: orange<br><b>Watermark</b>: Cyprus No. 4 (= Great Britain No. 4) (multiple Saint Edward's crown over convoluted charcters "CA")<br><b>Nominal value</b>: 1 Piastre (Piaster)<br><b>Postage validity</b>: from 12 May 1938 until ?<br></p>
<b>Stamp picture size</b> (printed area): 30.0 x 26.5 mm
Postal administration for British Cyprus
scan of original