✨ Discovery of the day
Year: 1924
Greater Lebanon – bilingual overprint -The Sower 1.5 PIASTRE
This stamp marks the transitional period of the French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon, specifically representing the administrative birth of "Grand Liban" (Greater Lebanon). The base illustration is the French "Mouchon" design, which features the winged figure of Liberty holding a tablet of laws and a balance scale, symbolizing the ideals of justice and republican governance.To adapt these French metropolitan stamps for regional use, a bold black "GRAND LIBAN" overprint was applied, signaling the creation of a distinct territorial entity with its own borders and nascent institutions. This historical artifact highlights Lebanon's move toward modern statehood under French influence, using the universal symbolism of the Enlightenment to project an image of legal order and secular progress during the early 1920s.
View Stamp Details →Collection Gallery
Founding of the Arab Postal Union - 2.5 piastre
Founding of the Arab Postal Union - 25 piastre
Founding of the Arab Postal Union - 12.5 piastre
Postage due stamps - 15 piastre
Postage due stamps - 10 piastre
Postage due stamps - 5 piastre
Postage due stamps - 3 piastre
Postage due stamps - 2 piastre
Postage due stamps - 1 piastre
75th Anniversary of the UPU - 50 piastre
75th Anniversary of the UPU - 25 piastre
75th Anniversary of the UPU - 7.5 piastre
75th Anniversary of the UPU - 5 piastre
12th UPU Congress at Paris- 100 piastre
12th UPU Congress at Paris- 75 piastre
12th UPU Congress at Paris- 50 piastre
Global Postal and Radio Conferences (C.P.U. et C.I.R. 1947) - 25 piastre
Global Postal and Radio Conferences (C.P.U. et C.I.R. 1947) - 15 piastre
Global Postal and Radio Conferences (C.P.U. et C.I.R. 1947) - 10 piastre
Arab Postal Conference - 150 piastre
Arab Postal Conference - 75 piastre
Arab Postal Conference - 50 piastre