Cyprus Postage Due Stamp

Cyprus · 1928 · 1 Piastre

This is a postage due stamp, designed to indicate the amount of postage to be collected from the recipient of underpaid mail. The design is purely functional, featuring the denomination '1 Piastre' prominently within an ornate, key-like frame, with 'CYPRUS' inscribed at the top and 'POSTAGE DUE' at the bottom.

Issued under British colonial rule, this stamp was part of a series used to regularize the collection of insufficient postage, a common administrative need in postal systems of the era.