12th UPU Congress at Paris- 75 piastre

This higher-value airmail stamp (Poste Aérienne) from the same commemorative series honors Lebanon's ancient seafaring heritage during the 1947 global communications assemblies (C.P.U. et C.I.R. 1947). The sharp, dark-grey engraving illustrates a multi-oared Phoenician galley with its sail fully catching the wind, cutting through the waves along a mountainous coastline, all framed by elegant Levantine scroll patterns. This historical design conveys a profound message of enduring maritime trade, historical lineage, and the ancient roots of trans-Mediterranean message carriage. Issued by the Lebanese Republic (Liban), the stamp proudly links the nation's contemporary diplomatic hospitality with its millennia-old legacy as the world's original crossroads of commerce and communication.