File:SYR 1924 MiNr0240II pm B002.jpg

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Stamp of Syria; 1924; overprint stamp of the French definitive stamp of the "Type Merson"; four-lines, bilingual, black overprint "SYRIE / 2 Piastres / ("Syrie" in Arabic) / (value in Arabic)"; allegorical drawing of a sitting woman ("Type Merson") with light-blue underpress; stamp postmarked
Stamp: Michel: No. 240II (= France No. 96x from 1900 with overprint); Yvert et Tellier: No. 135 (= France No. 119 from 1900 with overprint)
Color: red with light blue underpress and black overprint
Watermark: none
Nominal value: 2 (Piasters)

Postage validity: from 17 July 1924 until 17 April 1946
date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1924-07-17T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1946-04-17T00:00:00Z/11

Stamp picture size (printed area): 36.0 x 20.5 mm
Date (first issue day of the stamp)
Source scan of original
Author Postal administration of the French mandate government for Syria and Lebanon
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Picture description Allegory with a sitting women ("Type Merson")
First day of issue
Publisher Postal administration of the French mandate government for Syria and Lebanon
Design Luc-Olivier Merson (1846-1920) (designer of the original stamp)

M. Thévenin (engraver of the original stamp)

Printer "Imprimerie de Timbres-Poste, Paris" (...?, probably)
Printing technique Letterpress printing
Circulation ?
Perforation Comb perforation, K 13¼ : 14 (this stamp, but also other variants are known)
MICHEL Nr. Syrien, Nr. 240II

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current09:23, 25 February 2018Thumbnail for version as of 09:23, 25 February 2018967 × 592 (371 KB)Katharinaiv{{Information |Description=Stamp of Syria; 1924; overprint stamp of the French definitive stamp of the "Type Merson"; four-lines, bilingual, black overprint "SYRIE / 2 Piastres / ("Syrie" in Arabic) / (value in Arabic)"; allegorical drawing of a sitting woman ("Type Merson") with light-blue underpress; stamp postmarked<br /> '''Stamp''': Michel: No. 240II (= France No. 96x from 1900 with overprint); Yvert et Tellier: No. 135 (= France No. 119 from 1900 with overprint)<br /> '''Color''': red with light blue underpress and black overprint<br /> '''Watermark''': none<br /> '''Nominal value''': 2 (Piasters)<br /> '''Postage validity''': {{other date|-|1924-07-17|1946-04-17}}<br /> '''Stamp picture size''' (printed area): 36.0 x 20.5 mm |Source=scan of original |Date={{other date|2=1924-07-17}} ''(first issue day of the stamp)'' |Author=Postal Administration of the French mandate government for Syria and Lebanon |Permission={{PD-Syria}} |other_versions= }} {{Philately |MOTIV=Allegory wit...
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