Libya 1951 Definitive Issue - King Idris I
Libya · 1951 · 1m
This definitive stamp features a portrait of King Idris I, the first and only king of Libya. The design is simple and elegant, focusing on the monarch's profile, typical for definitive issues of the era which were used for everyday postage.
Issued in 1951, this stamp marks the year Libya gained independence and became a constitutional monarchy under King Idris I, unifying the regions of Tripolitania, Cyrenaica, and Fezzan.
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Photogravure
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