✨ Discovery of the day
Year: 1940
Dog River Landscape - 20 piastre
This definitive stamp celebrates the rich historical topography and natural beauty of Lebanon by illustrating a scenic valley landscape near the historic Dog River (Nahr al-Kalb). The elegant green-toned engraving portrays a stone aqueduct and traditional riverside building next to a rushing waterfall, with terraced hillsides, classical stone structures, and Lebanese pines rising into the background. This composition carries a strong message of cultural heritage, historic continuity, and environmental pride. Within the context of the pre-independence Lebanese Republic under the French Mandate, the stamp highlights the nation's unique landscape and millennia-old history as foundational elements of its emerging national identity.
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The Waterfalls of Afqa
The Ancient Port of Tyre
Beaufort Castle
The Cedars of Lebanon
Grand Serail of Beirut:
Mamluk Bridge at Nahr el-Kalb
Beiteddine Palace Exterior and Terraces
Hasbaya and the Citadel
Beiteddine Palace
Bickfaya Mountain Landscape
Baalbeck (The Temple of Bacchus) - 7.5 Piastre
Zahle - 100 Piastre
Kabelias - 50 Piastre
Tripoli - 25 Piastre
Beirut - 15 Piastre
Kadisha Valley - 10 Piastre
Djebail (Byblos) - 5 Piastre
village of Hasroun - 3 Piastre
Baalbeck - 2 Piastre
town of Broumana - 1 Piastre
historic town of Rachaya - 0.25 Piastre
Cedars of Lebanon - 0.1 Piastre
Beyrouth (Place des Canons) - 25 Piastre