Cyrenaica Postage Stamps

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My entire collection of 2 stamps.
Senussi Warrior. 1950 Sc#65 and 67

Nice stamps Rod.

It's interesting to see the Arabic word "mujahid" in this context.

Hi Nigel,
sorry, that is lost on me, cursory reading failed to understand, the politics at this time appear to me very complex.
I am aware of the "struggle" sense but around 1950 they were achieving independence.

Context? What has become the usual meaning: he's off to armed jihad ...

... which, of course, once meant a spiritual struggle with yourself.

Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey

I acquired these a little while ago as part of a Libyan collection. 16/1/1950, recess by Waterlow. The warrior illustrations are likely to reflect the part played by Libyans in the fight against the Italians (which for them had been going on for decades).



(Sorry about the marks - scanner obviously needs a clean!)

The stamps were then overprinted for use in different areas of Libya once it became independent in 1951. I don't have a full run of these (and none of those overprinted for use in the former French-controlled area of Fezzan).

The Sanusiyya were members of a Sufist order established in Cyrenaica in the 1840s by an expatriate Algerian. They became the chief opponents of the Italian efforts to conquer Libya. The leader of the resistance, Omar al-Mukhtar, who was hanged by the Italians in 1931, was a member of the order, and the independent Libya's first and only king, Idris, was the head of the order.

Geoff,
Thanks for contributing, lovely collection there.

Is that your handscript? It is quite engaging,
Our son was brought up in Thailand in the main, then began schooling in Australia around 5, out of nowhere, by the time he left Primary school, his hand writing showed similar style, just beautiful.
I very much envy that ability.

My natural handscript looks like a dog's breakfast, never been able to conquer that one.

Your 1951 appear to be CTO?

Thanks, Rod - this is the neater end, I'm afraid. A scrawl that developed over the years. I can, given the right nib, knock out italic in the manner taught us in our first year at grammar school by our English teacher, "Donkey" Derby, who'd cut his chalk into an italic nib-shape with his penknife, before demonstrating the style on the blackboard.

CTO? Wouldn't surprise me!

Thread Bumped, last post 3 years ago.

The Savings Bank of Cirenaica
Allegato = Attachment.
(Italian Libya)

Venus Anadyomene, Venus rising from the sea, an old Roman sculpture found in Cyrenaica, Libya, issued for use in Italian Cyrenaica on October 16, 1934 to publicize the 2nd international exhibition of colonial art in Naples:

"Zeppelin Cruise", airmail stamps issued for use in Italian Cyrenaica (Libya) on May 5, 1933:

Wow, lovely stamps Eli,
thanks for sharing.
I would have immediately thought these designs by Corrado Mezzana
I am a fan of his work.
Know nothing about Rondini

Giuseppe Rondini (1885-1955)

"Rondini was a painter, printmaker, illustrator, and graphic designer who worked frequently in the 1930s for the Italian Institute for Africa and the East, producing book covers and illustrations for schoolbooks for colonial children, as well as posters for the colonial museum in Rome. Despite developing a specialty in colonial art, Rondini allegedly never visited any of the outlying Italian possessions.

Rondini designed all the Italian Colonies stamps for the Seconda Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Coloniale in 1934: for Tripolitania (Scott 73-76 and C43-C48), for Cyrenaica (59-64 and C24-C29), and for Italian Somalia (164-169 and C1-C6)."

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Am I seeing things?
Behind the 3 Lire and the 15 Lire, in the clouds,
is there a hint of a rearing winged Equus ?

Not aware of the significance, but what drew me to this magnificent design.
PEGASUS ? sprung from the beheaded Medusa.





There's a modern parallel in existence.

I'd bet that the Pegasus is intentional. I don't think you're seeing things.

I note Pegasus appears on a few "Express" stamps
always wondered the significance.
Perhaps "Air Post" because he could fly.

All indications he wasn't that fast
carried Bellerophon into battle, then retired into the skies

Bellerophon on Pegasus

Pegasus