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Wood turner

Country : Tunisie

Continent : Afrique

Issued on : 30/12/1961

Age : 65 years

Michel Reference
TN 525
Stanley Reference
TN 487a
Yvert Reference
TN 479A
Themes
Art
Description
This stamp highlights the importance of traditional Tunisian trades, a theme frequently celebrated in the country's philately. The image depicts an artisan at work in a richly detailed workshop, evoking the ancestral heritage of manual arts, notably weaving or the artisanal manufacture of utilitarian objects. These professions are an integral part of Tunisia's living heritage, transmitted from generation to generation and strongly anchored in the national cultural identity. Tunisian broadcasts dedicated to crafts underline the country's desire to preserve this know-how and recall its role in daily life, the local economy and artistic expression. This theme remains present until today in modern series dedicated to traditional Tunisian crafts.
Size
22x36 mm
Colors
Polychrome
Designer
Jalel Ben Abdallah
Printers
Robert Cami
Perforation
13
Print
Taille-douce
Face Value
0,12 DT
Mint Value
Used Value
Print Run
550 000 exemplaires
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