Michel Reference
TN 598
Stanley Reference
TN 560
Yvert Reference
TN 551
Themes
Events
Description
This stamp celebrates the Ariana Flower Festival, an emblematic event highlighting the horticultural heritage of this Tunisian city historically nicknamed the “City of Roses”. The illustration, in a lively and modern graphic style, features an allegorical figure holding a flowering branch, symbolizing joy, spring rebirth and the fertility of the earth. In the context of the young Republic of 1962, this program underlines the desire to promote regional traditions and the local art of living as pillars of national identity. By highlighting horticulture and the cultural influence of Ariana, the message conveyed is that of a Tunisia in full bloom, harmonizing its natural heritage with renewed social and tourist vitality.
Size
21x36 mm
Colors
brun
Designer
Hatem El Mekki
Perforation
14½ x 14
Print
Typographie
Face Value
0,60 DT
Mint Value
—
Used Value
—
Print Run
250 000 exemplaires
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