Page 90 - 148 Years of the Royal Philatelic Society London

In 1955: Churchill resigns as U.K. Prime Minister; Warsaw Pact formed; antimatter and fibre

optics discovered; James Dean dies in car crash; Einstein dies; Bill Gates & Steve Jobs born.

At the RPSL: In June the Society lent its meeting room to Thomas De La Rue & Co. for an

exhibition to celebrate the centenary of that company printing stamps.

RPSL President was K. M. Beaumont. Patron H.M. Queen Elizabeth II. Membership was

between 873 (RPSL Membership lists 2015) and 1013 (RPSL Centenary publication 1969).

THE CYPRUS £1 DEFINITIVE ISSUE

OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II

From the collection of Robin Davis FRPSL.

Member since 1995. Lives in England.

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Cyprus introduced new currency of 1000 mils to £1 sterling on lst August 1955 and issued a new set

of definitive postage stamps at the same time. There were fifteen values in the series, being 2m, 3m,

Sm, lOm, lSm, 20m, 25m, 30m, 35m, 40m, SOm, lOOm, 250m, SOOm and £1. The stamp design

committee was under the Chairmanship of Mr. A. H. S. Megaw CBE and he designed the SOOm and £1

stamps. He was also an Uncle to Clare, who is the wife of current RPSL Council Member David Alford.