1951, December 24: Independent Kingdom of Libya, issue for Cyrenaica.
1950 stamps of Cyrenaica Autonomous Administration overprinted LIBYA in Arabic and English, to be used in the territory of Cyrenaica (eastern region of Libya). Same stamps with different overprintings were made for use in Tripolitania (northwestern region) and Fezzan (southern region).
In our picture: 5 mills, 10 mills and 12 mills in blocs of four stamps with INVERTED OVERPRINTING. According to Sassone Specialized Catalogue, 50 pieces are known in the world of the 5 mills and 100 pieces each of the 10 and 12 mills. [from our private collection]
Our Facebook post 27.10.2013
1950 stamps of Cyrenaica Autonomous Administration overprinted LIBYA in Arabic and English, to be used in the territory of Cyrenaica (eastern region of Libya). Same stamps with different overprintings were made for use in Tripolitania (northwestern region) and Fezzan (southern region).
In our picture: 5 mills, 10 mills and 12 mills in blocs of four stamps with INVERTED OVERPRINTING. According to Sassone Specialized Catalogue, 50 pieces are known in the world of the 5 mills and 100 pieces each of the 10 and 12 mills. [from our private collection]
Our Facebook post 27.10.2013
