Two stamps of Libya dedicated to Concorde: (top left) 1977 "Centenary of UPU Universal Postal Union" / (down right) 1984 "40th Anniversary of ICAO Intl. Civil Aviation Organization", beautiful minisheet with 16 stamps with different airplanes. More information about Concorde in: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concorde
Rome - Italy: "Piazza del Popolo". Piazza del Popolo is a large urban square in Rome. The name in modern Italian literally means "People's Square", but historically it derives from the poplars trees (populus in Latin, pioppo in Italian) after which the church of Santa Maria del Popolo, in the northeast corner of the piazza, takes its name. More information in: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piazza_del_Popolo
[stamp] 1929 stamp of Cyrenaica, eastern part of the Italian colony of Libya at that time. Stamp of Italy, type 1926 "Milizia/Previdenza" (different issues with different denominations and colors) overprinted for use in Cyrenaica; similar overprinted stamps for Cyrenaica were also issued in 1927 and 1930; same issues were also made for Tripolitania. More information about the fascist "Milizia" in: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milizia_Volontaria_per_la_Sicurezza_Nazionale
In our graphics: 2012 and 2013 stamps issues. The 2014 stamps were issued today morning.
Rome - Italy: "Campidoglio and Senatorial Palace"". The Capitoline Hill (Campidoglio) is one of the seven hills of Rome. The Senatorial Palace (Palazzo del Senatore or Palazzo del Campidoglio) is the seat of the municipality of Rome. More information in: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitoline_Hill
[stamp] 1929 stamp of Tripolitania, north-western part of the Italian colony of Libya at that time. Stamp of Italy, type 1926 "Milizia/Previdenza" (different issues with different denominations and colors) overprinted for use in Tripolitania; similar overprinted stamps for Tripolitania were also issued in 1927 and 1930; same issues were also made for Cyrenaica. More information about the fascist "Milizia" in: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milizia_Volontaria_per_la_Sicurezza_Nazionale
Rome - Italy: "Aqua Claudia", aqueduct of ancient Rome. More information in: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqua_Claudia
[stamp] 1927 stamp of Tripolitania, north-western part of the Italian colony of Libya at that time. Stamp of Italy, type 1926 "Milizia/Previdenza" (different issues with different denominations and colors) overprinted for use in Tripolitania; similar overprinted stamps for Tripolitania were also issued in 1929 and 1930; same issues were also made for Cyrenaica. More information about the fascist "Milizia" in: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milizia_Volontaria_per_la_Sicurezza_Nazionale
Statue in marble, Roman copy (1st century BC) of a lost Hellenistic original statue in bronze by Praxiteles, famous Greek sculptor (4th century BC). It shows Aphrodite (Venus for Romans), the Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation, rising from the sea. The statue was discovered in Cyrene in 1913 during the Italian rule in Libya and transported to Rome/Italy. In 2008 the statue was returned to Libya as a part of the partnership agreements between Italy/Berlusconi and Libya/Gaddafi.
[stamp] 1934 airmal stamp of Cyrenaica, eastern part of the Italian colony of Libya at that time.
Our graphics also shows an old Italian postcard and the return of the statue by Berlusconi to Gaddafi in 2008.
1 February 1984 "GADDAFI: The Great Man - River Builder"
The Great Man-Made River (GMR) is a network of pipes that supplies water to Libya, from the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System fossil water. It is the world's largest irrigation project (source: Guinness World Records 2008 Book). The total cost of the project is estimated at more than US$ 25 billion. More information in: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Man-Made_River
Many postal issues of Libya were dedicated to this important project: stamps, minisheets, souvenir-sheets and postal-stationery. The first stamp was issued in December 1983 (showing year "1984"); the last one in August 2010 (one of the forty self-adhesive stamps in the large sheet "AlFateh Revolution Through 40 Years").
