Cyprus King George VI Definitive Issue, Map of Cyprus Watermark

Cyprus · 1938 ·

This definitive series features a portrait of King George VI, the reigning British monarch. The stamps were printed on paper with a distinctive multiple watermark showing a map of Cyprus and the initials 'KC' (King of Cyprus) in both English and Greek (ΚΔ). The series covered a range of denominations for various postal rates.

Issued under British colonial rule, this series replaced the previous King George V pictorials and was the primary postage used in Cyprus leading up to and during World War II.