page_title: Postage stamps and postal history of Cyprus
section_title: The British administration
hierarchical_section_title: Postage stamps and postal history of Cyprus / The British administration
caption_attribution_description: English: Cyprus postage stamp, 1928 issue.
context_page_description: This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Cyprus. The country's postal history is intricately linked to the island's political past.
context_section_description: The British administration of Cyprus began on 11 July 1878 and initially British stamps were used which may be identified by the numbered cancels used.
  The first postage stamps marked Cyprus were British stamps overprinted CYPRUS from 1880.
  The first postage stamps produced specifically for use in Cyprus, rather than being overprinted British stamps, were issued on 1 July 1881.
caption: A stamp marking 50 Years of Cyprus under British rule in 1928.
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