Tuesday, April 15, 2014

15.4.1986 AMERICAN AGGRESSION TO LIBYA

More information in: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_United_States_bombing_of_Libya
1988 minisheet issue with 9 stamps. Same subjects are also present on 9 postcards postal-stationery with pre-printed stamps.
Subjects of stamps show aspects of public and private/family life of Colonel Gaddafi, before and after American bombing on April 15th, 1986. Interesting issue for CHESS stamps collectors as one of the stamps shows Colonel Gaddafi playing CHESS with his eldest son Mohammed.