2800th anniversary of Carthage
Michel Reference
TN 1124
Stanley Reference
TN 1102
Yvert Reference
TN 1061
Themes
Sites and landscapes
Description
This large format stamp celebrates 2,800 years since the founding of Carthage (814 BC - 1986), one of the most powerful cities of Mediterranean Antiquity. The illustration offers a reconstructed historical panoramic view, showing the famous Punic ports (the commercial port and the circular military port) as well as the dense urban fabric of Hannibal's city. This program highlights the historical depth of Tunisia as a crossroads of civilizations and recalls the Punic heritage which forged the maritime and commercial destiny of the country, placing Carthage in the universal heritage of humanity.
Size
48x27 mm
Colors
Polychrome
Designer
Hatem El Mekki
Printers
Adolphe Eugène Lacaque
Perforation
13
Print
Taille-douce
Face Value
2,00 DT
Mint Value
9,28 $
Used Value
2,90 $
Print Run
508 000 exemplaires
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