Birds of Tunisia - North African chaffinch

TN 641

TN 603

TN PA29

Animals

This airmail stamp highlights the North African Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs spodiogenys), illustrating the splendor and specificity of the Tunisian avian fauna. The refined illustration by artist Jalal Ben Abdallah, representing the bird on a flowering branch, carries a message of celebration of the biodiversity and harmony of the country's natural ecosystems. In the context of the young Republic, this program reflects a desire to promote natural heritage as an inseparable element of national identity, while raising awareness of the beauty of regional species. By anchoring the subject in an aesthetic that is both naturalist and poetic, Tunisia reaffirms its attachment to the preservation of its environment, making this postal figurine a witness to the Mediterranean biological wealth and the vitality of its territory.

23x32,5 mm

Polychrome

Jalel Ben Abdallah

Courvoisier S.A

12¼ x 12½

Photogravure

1,00 DT

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500 000 exemplaires