File:SYR 1964 MiNr0873 pm B002.jpg

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Stamp of Syria; 1964; airmail stamp of the issue "Mosaic of Shahba"; stamp motive with the head of the Tethys as detail of an unearthed Roman mosaic from Shahba (the antique "Phillippopolis"); The Roman "Tethys" is a goddess of the Sea and as such the Roman variant of the Greek female titan "Thalassa" (daughter of the Uranos and the Gaia and sister of the Okeanos) which was a Pre-Greek goddess of the Sea too. The mosaic dates back to the 4th century A.D..; stamp postmarked
Stamp: Michel: No. 873; Yvert & Tellier: No. PA240; Scott: No. C316
Color: grey brown
Watermark: none
Nominal value: 45 P (Piasters)
Postage validity: from 15 July 1964 until ?

Stamp picture size (printed area of a single stamp): 38.0 x 26.0 mm
Date (first issue day of the stamp)
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Author General Post Corporation of Syria
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  • An other view to the head of the Tethys in the mosaic of Shahba
    An other view to the head of the Tethys in the mosaic of Shahba
Picture description Head of the Tethys (Thalassa) in the mosaic of Shahba (Phillippopolis)
First day of issue
Publisher General Post Corporation of Syria
Design Unknown authorUnknown author
Printer State Printing Works, Damascus
Printing technique Offset printing
Circulation ?
Perforation Comb perforation, K 11½ : 12
MICHEL Nr. Syrien, Nr. 873
SCOTT Nr. Syria, No. C316

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