Northern Cyprus is not a member of the Universal Postal Union. International mail to or from Northern Cyprus travels via Turkey.

The first stamps of Northern Cyprus were issued on 8 April 1970 but were valid only for local services in the North. In October 1973 stamps were issued to mark the 50th anniversary of the Turkish Republic and these were used for international mail from 27 July 1974.

The stamp count is approximate but very close to exact. At the time of first listing I had 6 lots of these with very similar but perhaps not quite identical content. The scan is a typical lot.

Whenever only some of the stamps are shown it is because there are too many to fit in the scans.

Blocks, strips and pairs of stamps may be folded along the perforations.