Whitman Expo
Horizontal SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n 1 pound
Details
Obverse: Greek and Turkish text; border from (top) Byzantine slab found at Ayios Philon, Rizokarpasso, (sides) manuscript illumination in the Sultan Mahmout Library, and (bottom) floral motif from the interior decoration of a tomb at Tamassos near Politico; stone carving from Byzantine marble found at Ayios Philon, Rizokarpasso; anthemlums from an archaic Cypriot capital; coat of arms with dove carrying olive branch; map of Cyprus
Reverse: English text; Bekir Pasha aqueduct near Larnaca; shield; colonnades of the Polaestra of the Gymnasium, Salamis
