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Syria 1930 - Local Motifs - Damas - 4 piastres. French Mandate. Used NG

Syria 1930 - Local Motifs - Damas - 4 piastres. French Mandate. Used NG

$ 1.05

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Denomination: 4 piastres
  • Type: Postage
  • Cancellation Type: Handstamped
  • Color: Orange
  • Place of Origin: Syria
  • Certification: Uncertified
  • Topic: City of Damas
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Year of Issue: 1921-1930
  • Grade: Ungraded
  • Quality: Used

    Description

    The Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon (Mandat français pour la Syrie et le Liban in French and الانتداب الفرنسي على سوريا ولبنان‎‎ — al-intidāb al-fransi ‘ala suriya wa-lubnān in Arabic) was a League of Nations mandate from 1923-1946, founded after the First World War and the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire concerning Syria and the Lebanon. The mandate system was supposed to differ from colonialism, with the governing country acting as a trustee until the inhabitants would be able to stand on their own. At that point, the mandate would terminate and an independent state would be born.