Turkish and Northern Cyprus stamps

First stamps in 1863 under the Ottoman Empire, a republic since 1923: Turkey has a long postal history, with Europa issues from the 1960s.

Turkish Europa issues

For the 1960s, Turkish Europa issues are well represented, with 1599/1601 in 1961, 1627/1629 in 1962, 1741/1742 in 1965 or 1891/1892 in 1969. The following decades bring 2184/2185 in 1977 on landmarks, 2462/2463 in 1985 on music or 2557/2558 in 1988 on transport and telecommunications. Some years may be missing depending on new arrivals.

Northern Cyprus

Northern Cyprus issues have their own Yvert numbering, separate from that of Turkey. It begins with the 1975 set 1/10 on monuments. They include Europa issues too, such as 32/33 in 1977, 73/74 in 1980 or souvenir sheets BF8 of 1990 and BF10 of 1992, the latter devoted to Christopher Columbus. The 1992 sheet BF11, on turtles, belongs to the endangered species theme.

Insects, butterflies and reptiles

Insects return in 1987 (2525/2528), 1988 (2582/2585) and 1989 (2600/2601). Butterflies have the 1988 souvenir sheet BF28, and reptiles the 1989 pair 2619/2620. Cats fill the 1997 set 2841/2844.

Folklore and transport

Folklore gives the sets 1920/1924 in 1969 and 2130/2134 in 1975. For transport, railways have the 1988 set 2563/2567, and shipping returns in 1989 (2605/2608), 2008 (3409/3411) and 2015 (3727/3728). Cars have their set in 1986, 2511/2514.

Prices

Most listings are for mint never hinged stamps. Prices mostly run from one euro to around ten euros. A few sets go beyond that, such as 1215/1218 of 1954, on the European theme, or the 1988 and 1989 sets on rail and shipping. Only the price shown on the listing applies.