The Stamps Of Syria.

Expect Huge gaps and voids in this challenging discipline.
Scans welcomed, and pages if any.
A work in progress.

1919
Steiner Page 1 (part)



1920
Steiner Page 2 (part)



1920
Steiner Page 3



1920
Steiner Page 3A

"Back of Book"
Postal Tax Stamps
Steiner Page 88



Revenues, Military Stamps Sundries.

With ID appreciation of the "Revenue Reverend"
http://www.revrevd.com/syria.html

1931
Air Post
Steiner Page 25.

1937
Steiner Page 27 cropped.



1938
Steiner Page 28.

Rod
May I venture a comment on the 1 piastre on 20c lilac-brown? I think that for this issue, as for many of the overprinted French stamps, GC paper is actually the norm. Hence this is Maury 74/Yvert 60', whilst the overprint on normal paper is a variant (Maury 74a), and slightly less common.
Regards.
Geoff

Hi Geoff,



By all means, I am always eager to learn.
I'll have to take your word, I am a beginner with Syria, I do recall seeing the GC paper information when mounting France.

What I'll do, is print your comments, and place on my Album Page.
Many Thanks

1945
Steiner Page 31 cropped.



1946
Steiner Page 32



1948
Steiner Page 39.



1951
Steiner Page 41.

1953 (Air)
Steiner Page 42.



1954 (Air)
Steiner Page 43.

I mentioned in a post on Rod's Turkey thread that I'd acquired a group of Syria-related material, including a number of covers. Here are the two most interesting. The first is a cover from Beirut (18/2/1919), in what was then the French area of occupation within Syria, to St Croix, franked with a 1 piastre Egyptian Expeditionary Force and, to the rear, with a French censor's marking, a further Beirut cancellation of 21/2/1919 and a third cancellation that I haven't yet deciphered:




The second is from Faisal's short-lived Arab kingdom, based in Damascus, whose destruction in July 1920 was a key moment in the disastrous post-war Anglo-French policy in Syria. The cover is franked with three 5 millieme stamps of the Arab kingdom, postmarked Aleppo (18/5/1920) and sent to Kropitz in Czechoslovakia.

Geoff,
that would be La Sagne.

I wonder if Karl Borromaeus was the entomologist ?

Thanks, Rod! More stuff to follow.

The Anglo-French carve-up of Greater Syria was formalised under League of Nations mandates in 1922. France had already sub-divided its part of Syria into "Syria" and "Lebanon". The first mandate issues were used in both territories. This registered cover was sent from Aleppo (8/12/1923) to Vienna.




From January 1924, France issued separate stamps for Syria and Lebanon. This registered cover was sent by air-mail from Damascus (13/3/1925) via Baghdad (14/3/1925) to Cairo (two cancellations, one of 21/3/1925).




Registered, philatelic cover from a stamp dealer in Beirut from Damascus (1/4/1930) to Baghdad (2/4/1930) to mark a new air postal service.




Registered cover Damascus (30/6/1933)to Komatau (?/7/1936 (sic) via Prague (5/7/1933).




The French mandate had failed to provide the anticipated peaceful enjoyment of riches, and had been marked by, inter alia, a Druze rebellion in 1925-27. In 1934, France established a local republic under the mandate. Registered cover of 19/6/1937 from Damascus to Dresden (24/6/1937).




Cover of 20/7/1935 from Aleppo to Dresden.



Registered cover of 13/1/1938 from Damascus to Dresden (20/1/1938), with an additional Aleppo back-stamp.

I recently picked up a range of WWII ephemera through a casual auction bid. Not a particular interest, and I've now moved most of it on via ebay (paying for my train fare to Brussels and back in the process). One item I shall keep is this tourist map of Syria and Lebanon, two parts of the disastrous Anglo-French post-WWI mandates. Dated October 1941, not long after the defeat of Vichy forces, and reduced to 8 Fr from the previous 10.

Once again very nice pages rod

Dianne

Very nice @GeoffHa. I have a particular interest in both old maps and Middle Eastern history so thanks for sharing.

Very nice covers and maps GeoffHa

Thanks for sharing.

Dianne