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1958(Jul 17) Plain env registered to London fnkd 40m tied Registered Famagusta d/s & w/matching registration label No 6696 & w/on rev Registered Limassol [26 Jul] transit d/s delayed by the authorities in Cyprus for 9 days……………Interesting item of foreign mail delayed by the authorities in Cyprus during the height of the Eoka emergency that began with problems as early as 1952 but officially started 1 Apr 1955 with a cease fire negociated on 13 March 1959 & Independence granted 16 Aug 1960 with the British retaining 2 Sovereign Base Areas