BEAUTIES OF LIBYA (more about Cyrene ...)

PHOTO: Temple of Apollo / STAMP LEFT: Temple of Apollo / STAMP RIGHT: Forum / STAMP ISSUE: Libya 1965 "Monuments of Libya"

BEAUTIES OF LIBYA (Cyrene)

Cyrene was an ancient Greek and Roman city near present-day Shahhat, Libya. It was the oldest and most important of the five Greek cities in the region. It gave eastern Libya the classical name Cyrenaica that it has retained to modern times. Cyrene lies in a lush valley in the Jebel Akhdar uplands. The city was named after a spring, Kyre, which the Greeks consecrated to Apollo. It was also the seat of the Cyrenaics, a famous school of philosophy in the 3rd century BC, founded by Aristippus, a disciple of Socrates. It has been nicknamed then as the "Athens of Africa". Details in: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrene,_Libya
PHOTO: general view of the archaeological site / STAMP LEFT: Temple of Zeus / STAMP RIGHT: ruins in lower Cyrene / STAMP ISSUE: Libya 1984 issue "UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Libya"

BEAUTIES OF LIBYA (Sabratha)

Sabratha, in the Zawiya District, in the northwestern corner of modern Libya, was the westernmost of the "three cities" of Tripolis. It lies on the Mediterranean coast about 66km west of Tripoli. Founded around 500BC by Phoenician as a trading port, reached its monumental peak during the rule of the Severans during the Roman Empire (II-III century AD). The archaeological site was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982. Details in: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabratha
PHOTO: the Theatre / STAMP UP: Bes Mausoleum / STAMP DOWN: the Theatre
STAMP ISSUE: Libya 1984 issue "UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Libya"

BEAUTIES OF LIBYA (Leptis Magna)

Leptis Magna was a prominent city of the Roman Empire. Its ruins are located in Khoms, 130km east of Tripoli, on the coast where the Wadi Lebda meets the sea. The site is one of the most spectacular and unspoiled Roman ruins in the Mediterranean.
PHOTO: Arch of Septimius Severus, Roman Emperor / STAMP LEFT: the Theater / STAMP RIGHT: the Basilica
STAMP ISSUE: Libya 1984 issue "UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Libya"

WONDERS OF LIBYA (Waw an Namus)

[photo] Waw an Namus (also spelled Wau-en-Namus, Arabic: واو الناموس - Caldera of Mosquitoes) is a volcanic field, cone and caldera in the southern part of Libya. GPS location: 24°55′0″N 17°46′0″E
[stamp] Libya 1978 postal stamp issue dedicated to the 2nd Symposium on the Geology of Libya.

WONDERS OF LIBYA (Fezzan)

[photo] Southern Libya, Fezzan - Forzhaga Arch located in Tadrart Akakus. This natural rock arch has a span of 32 meters and the height is 44 meters. GPS location: 24° 40' 58.99" N - 10° 38' 7.63" E
[stamps] Libya 1978 postal stamps issue dedicated to the prehistoric rock art sites in the same region.

AMERICAN AGGRESSION AGAINST LIBYA IN 1986

1997 minisheet issue

LIBYAN STAMPS ... 30 YEARS AGO (Water Sports)

10 January 1984 "Water Sports" minisheet issue; with sailing, windsurf, water ski, fishing, canoe, scuba diving

LIBYA NEW ISSUE 2013 with DINOSAURS & FOSSILS

For all Dinosaurs lovers !
11 December 2013 "Prehistoric Animals from Nalut", 6 stamps in minisheet. 
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LIBYA 1969 & 2012 "The #1 of Libyan Revolutions"

The first stamps after Libya revolutions: 07.12.1969 First stamps after Gaddafi's First of September 1969 Revolution / 17.02.2012 First stamps of the New Libya after the 17th February 2011 Revolution

LIBYA NEW STAMP 2013 WITH BUTTERFLIES

25 December 2013 "National Stamp Exhibition" held in Benghazi
In our graphics: stamp and official First Day of Issue Cover
The butterflies in the design are: Sahara Swallowtail "Papilio saharae" & Monarch Butterfly "Danaus plexippus" (male)

KING IDRIS BACK ON LIBYAN STAMPS AFTER 62 YEARS !!!

24 December 2013 "Anniversary of Libyan Independence 2013-1951", three stamps in strip. Stamps show images of King Idris of Libya and Omar Mukhtar, Libyan national hero. Our graphics show the same original images: [from left] King Idris in 1965, King Idris in 1951, Omar Mukhtar when prisoner of the Italians in 1931. More information in: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idris_of_Libya and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Mukhtar
These are the first stamps of Libya with King Idris since the 12 stamps "Ordinary Set" in April 1952.

LIBYA NEW ISSUE 2013 "NATIONAL POST DAY"

24 December 2013 "National Post Day", 1 stamp which includes image of a 1951 stamp making part of the first stamps issue of the Independent Kingdom of Libya.
In our graphics, the story of this stamp: (from top left) 1950 December 16th, Cyrenaica Autonomous Administration, the 200mills stamp was part of a set of 13 stamps to be used in Cyrenaica, the eastern part of Libya (not yet a united independent kingdom at that time). 1951 December 24th, declaration of the united independent Kingdom of Libya, made of three regions: Cyrenaica (east), Tripolitania (west) and Fezzan (south). The 1950 stamps were overprinted LIBYA, for use in Cyrenaica; LIBYA-MAL, for use in Tripolitania; LIBYA-FRANCS, for use in Fezzan. Date of issue for the three sets: 24 December 1951. The new 2013 stamp shows the 200mills stamp overprinted LIBYA-MAL.
More information in: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Libya

BRITISH M.E.F. STAMPS

Some British stamps issued in the period 1937-1942 were overprinted M.E.F. (Middle East Forces) for use in territories occupied by the British Forces, former Italian colonies in Africa and Aegean islands. Overprinting was made in three different periods and they are known as "Cairo", "Nairobi" and "London" overprinting. Stamps with the third "London" oveprinting were also distributed in Libya: in Tripolitania (period 1.6.1943-30.6.1948) and in Cyrenaica (period 21.6.1943-15.1.1950). They were not distributed in Fezzan which was under the French administration, with their own "Fezzan" and "Fezzan-Ghadames" stamps.
[photo] British Field Marshal Montgomery during the North African Campaign in 1942. More information in: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Montgomery,_1st_Viscount_Montgomery_of_Alamein

GENERAL LECLERC in STAMPS

During his long and glorious military career, Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque was the commander of the French troops in the Battle of Kufra (Libya) in 1941, during World War II. More information about General Leclerc and the Battle of Kufra in:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Leclerc_de_Hauteclocque

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kufra_(1941)

[stamps - up] two stamps of France and maximum-card of Algeria

[stamp - down] 1949 stamp for use in Fezzan (southern region of Libya) during the French military administration

LIBYAN STAMPS ... 30 YEARS AGO

1 January 1984 "Libyan Scientists and Poets"
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