Monday, September 16, 2013

16.9.1931 DEATH OF OMAR MUKHTAR, LIBYA NATIONAL HERO

In our graphics: 1980 souvenir-sheet "Martyrdom of Omar Mukhtar"; 1993 issue "In the Memory of the Deported Libyans to Italy" (Three stamps from minisheet with 16 stamps, showing the capture, trial and execution by hanging of Omar Mukhtar in 1931, at the age of 73 !!! The same subjects are present in 1996 and 1997 "Deported Libyans" minisheets)
More information about his life in: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Mukhtar
Watch our special YouTube philatelic video with "Omar Mukhtar" song: http://youtu.be/EXYKcSd83jg
Our Facebook post 31.12.2013