http://www.stampandcoin.co.uk FEBRUARY 2016 91066For daily stamp updates, and to sign up for our e-newsletter, visit the Stamp & Coin Mart website: http://www.stampandcoin.co.uk054 Tunisian Personalities, four values
Issue date: October 16, 2012; Designs:
drawings by Mohammed Tahar; Printer: Post
Printer, Tunis; Perforations: 12.6 x 12.9
250m – Cheikh Salem Bouhajeb, 1827-
1926, writer, Muslim theologian
and teacher. Portrait with
Zaytuna mosque
250m – Hamda Ben Tijani, 1901-1983,
actor and playwright. Multiple
portraits, role-playing
390m – Mohamed Bechrouch, 1911-1944,
teacher, writer, journalist. Portrait
and document with pen
600m – Salah Khemissi, 1912-1958,
comedian, popular singer
and songwriter. Portrait and in
musical group
900m – Cheikh Mohammed El Fadhel
Ben Achour, 1909-1970, writer,
historian, Chief Justice. Portait, and
mosque, stack of books
1350m – Tawhida Ben Cheikh, 1909-2010,
first woman doctor Tunisia; founder-
President of Tunisian Association for
Children in Need. Portrait with baby055 International Day against Corruption,
one value
Issue date: December 9, 2012; Design:
Mohamed Takar Ben Dkhil; Printer: Post Printer,
Tunis, offset; Perforations: 13 x 13
700m – Hand applying ‘approved’ rubber
stamp to a document whilst also
holding a roll of banknotes056 World Water Day, and United Nations
Year of Fresh Water, one value
Issue date: March 22, 2013; Design: Sihem
Chaabene; Printer: Post Printer, Tunis, offset;
Perforations: 12.8 x 12.6
2350m – Hands catching a water droplet
falling from date ‘2013’057 Typical Buildings of Tozeur (oasis city
in south-west of Tunisia), one value
Issue date: April 25, 2013; Printer: Post Printer,
Tunis; Perforations: 12.5 x 12.8, or 12.8 x 12.6
(600m)
250m – Railway station
600m – Arch over alleyway
Notes: City is notable for its clay
or mud (abobe) buildings058 Kûfi Kairouan Arabic Calligraphy,
one value
Issue date: May 18, 2013; Design: Mohamed
Tahar Ben Dkhil; Printer: Post Printer, Tunis,
offset; Perforations: 13 x 13
250m – Verse from the holy city incalligraphic style of 7th century AD
(1st century hejira)059 50th anniversary of the African Union,
one value
Issue date: May 25, 2013; Printer: Post Printer,
Tunis, offset; Perforations: 13 x 13
1100m -– AU 50th anniversary emblem060 Traditional Craft Objects made of
Wood, four values
Issue date: June 28, 2013; Design: Hela Ben
Chaikh; Printer: Post Printer, Tunis, offset;
Perforations 13 x 13
250m – Wardrobe with storage shelf
250m – Olive-wood shelf unit with wooden
storage containers
600m – Mortars and pestles
900m – Clothes chest with coloured fretwork
Objects appear to be modern. Issue notes
Tourism Day061 Road Safety. ‘Safe Driving’, one value
Issue date: August 7, 2013; Design: Sihem
Chaabene; Printer: Post Printer, Tunis, offset;
Perforations: 13 x 13
1350m – Seat belt buckled across map of
Tunisia, pedestrians & traffic signals,
speed limit sign, signs for ‘no
overtaking’ and ‘no using mobilesVATICAN CITY
(previously listed in November 2015 issue)062 Bicentenary of the Birth of Saint John
Bosco (Don Bosco), 1815-1888, one value
Issue date: May 19, 2015; Printer: Cartor,
France, offset; Perforations: 13.25 x 13.25
€0.80 – Portrait of the Italian founder of the
Society of St Francis de Sales (the
Salesian Congregation), the Salesian
Sisters, and educator. Shown with
cheering young people
Notes: printed in sheetlet of six stamps, with
border depicting the basilica built upon his
birthplace at Castelnuovo063 Centenary of the ITU (International
Telecommunications Union), one value in a
miniature sheet
Issue date: May 19, 2015; Printer: Printex Ltd,
Malta; Perforations:13.6 x 13.7.
Miniature sheet €2.15 – Two hands with
pointed forefingers (based upon Michaelangelo’s
Finger of God) in false colour, displayed on a
computer monitor
Border: detail (in true colour) of the Creation of
Adam by Michaelangelo, in the Sistine Chapel064 70th anniversaries of the ending of
World War II and of the founding of the
United Nations Organisation, two values in a
miniature sheet
Issue date: May 19, 2015; Design: Marco
Ventura; Printer: Cartor, France, offset;
Perforations: 13.5 x 14
Miniature sheet: contains
€2.00 – Ending of World War Two: bandaged
hand raised in peace gesture, war-damaged city
€2.00 – Founding of United Nations: three
raised hands holding a globe, model of UN
Building in New York City, olive branch, set
against blue sky065 Europa 2015. Old Toys, two values
Issue date: May 19, 2015; Printer: Printex Ltd,
Malta; Perforations: 13.6 x 13.7.
€0.80 – Toys in playroom: toy train, teddy
bear, and model soldiers in (old)
uniform of the Papal Gendarmerie
€0.95 – Terrace in Rome with view of St
Peter’s Basilica, with display of toys:
glass marble, model soldiers in
uniform of Swiss Guard (playing
drum and carrying halberd), pair of
dice showing Papal Arms and initials
of Swiss Guard (G.S.P.)066 8th World Meeting of Families,
Philadelphia, one value
Issue date: September 2, 2015; Design:
Chiara Principe; Printer: Printex Ltd, Malta;
Perforations: 13.65 x 13.75
€2.30 – Philadelphia buildings and the Liberty
Bell; families of three continents atop a globe067 Travels of Pope Francis in 2014, four
values and a miniature sheet
Issue date: September 2, 2015;
Designs: from photographs of Pope Francis, and
of significant buildings; Printer: BDT, Ireland;
Perforations: 13.75 x 13.75
€0.95 – Papal Visit to Albania, September
2014: the Presidential Palace in Tirana
€0.95 – Papal Visit to the European Parliament
in Strasbourg, November 25, 2014: the Louise
Weiss Building (co-seat of the Parliament)
€0.95 – Papal Visit to Turkey, November 28 to
30, 2014: the Blue Mosque in Istanbul
€2.30 – Papal Visit to the Republic of Korea
(South Korea) – the Presidential residence,
known as the Blue House
Miniature sheet €3.00 – Papal Visit to Israel
and Palestine, May 2014: Church of the Holy
Sepulchre in East Jerusalem
Miniature sheet border depicts walls of Old City
of Jerusalem on the east side, with Church of
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