Michel Reference
TN 754
Stanley Reference
TN 719
Yvert Reference
TN 695
Themes
Events
Description
This stamp commemorates the eighth congress of the Destourian Socialist Party, a major political event in post-independence Tunisia which is part of the phase of ideological and institutional structuring of the State. The illustration favors an abstract graphic language based on concentric circular shapes and contrasting colors, suggesting at the same time organization, cohesion and collective movement, symbols of a party conceived as the driving center of political life and the national project. This composition refers to the idea of unity around a common base and the desire to channel social forces towards a shared objective of development and modernization. In the Tunisian context of the 1970s, this stamp reflects the central role of political congresses as spaces for defining economic, social and institutional orientations, while affirming a national identity structured around a party-state seeking to reconcile sovereignty, reform and stability.
Size
23x39 mm
Colors
Polychrome
Designer
Hatem El Mekki
Perforation
14 x 13½
Print
Photogravure
Face Value
0,25 DT
Mint Value
—
Used Value
—
Print Run
1 000 000 exemplaires
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