By
the nature of the profession the early Libyan post offices were built near foreign
consulates and companies at the major seaports, where people are most likely
to use the service. These offices continued to operate until the Italians established
their first post office to guarantee contact between the various colonies. Among
the early overprints found on Italian stamps are "Tripoli
di Barbaria" and "Libia",
and after the independence of 1951 "The United Kingdom of Libya", "The
Kingdom of Libya", and "Libya".
Some of these stamps are included in this page for historical reasons and are
no longer effective. Then after September 1969 the overprint "The
Libyan Arab Jamhuriyah" appeared
at the top of the stamp; followed by "The Socialist People’s
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya", then by "The Great
Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya". The Libyan GPTC (General
Posts and Telecommunications Company) was established in 1984 to operate and
maintain the Libyan postal system, the internal wire and wireless telecommunication
systems, and the international communication system.
Goddess Libya (Sibyl) Stamp.
The prophesy of Libyan Sibyl was simple:
"coming of the day when that which is hidden shall be revealed."
The following is a postal stamp commemorating the inauguration
of the first petrol pipe line in libya, dated to the 25th of October 1961. The
first line that kept wealth pumping into the heart of the Libyan economy. The
two round pipes show the oil well at Zelten and the sea port of Marsa Brega.
Zueitina
Oil Terminal Postal Stamp.
Kingdom-flag-coloured oil flowing from Libya; on one hand
growing as trees nurturing the economy, and on the other pumped to feed the world.
In between the Nomad Tuareg lead their camels across the Sahara's sands, as usual;
all for 60 pence!
The Libyan Boy
Scouts Stamps
An envelope with postal stamps commemorating the Third Philia For
The Mediterranean Boy Scouts, held in Juddaiem between the 13th and the
20th of July 1962. The actual envelop stamp shows that the letter was sent on
the opening day, the 13th.
Libyan Boy Scouts' Website
Three stamps commemorating the Third Philia of 1962.
The 7th Arab Boy Scouts Camp,
12th of August 1966, Juddaiem.
A collection of Libyan stamps from 1960s and 1970s.
Libya's 10th anniversary Independence: 24 December 1961.
The Arch of Trajan in Berber Leptis Magna
Libyan Folklore Stamps
Unesco's Save The Nubian Antiquities Postal Stamp.
The Burnt Algerian Library
A Libyan stamp commemorating the Algerian burnt library, 1965.
On the 7th of June 1962 the OAS set fire to the University
of Algiers' library, destroying a total of 112500 books. In case you are wondering
what sort of organisation is this OAS, it is a militant underground group opposed
to the movement of the Algerian independence. As a result, the event triggered
a series of commemorative postal stamps from various countries including Libya,
where the event became a symbol of Algerian wars for freedom and independence.
The Libyan stamp is remarkably similar to the stamp issued by Yemen in the same
year.
The International Meteorological Day, 23rd March 1965.
4th Tripoli International Fair:
28th of February to 20th of March 1965.
Libyan Birds.
African-European
Union Third Summit (29-30/11/2010)
The communication board issued
a new stamp commemorating the African-European Union Third Summit in Libya.
Libyan traditional leather shows & boots.
Dinosaurs Libyan Stamps
The Scott Stamp Catalogue
The Scott catalogue of postage stamps lists all the stamps
of the world. The catalogue began as a 21-page pamphlet of American and
Foreign Postage Stamps, Issued from 1840 to date, and was published in September
1868 by the New York stamp dealer John Walter Scott. The catalogue contained
both information as well as the prices of the stamps.
1867 - first J.W. Scott & Co. Monthly Price List
1868 - first bound and illustrated edition of the Descriptive Catalogue of American and Foreign Postage Stamps
1888 - 46th Edition of the Scott catalogue assigns a number to each stamp listed.
As of 2006, and despite annual changes to save space, the catalog was more than 5,000 pages.
