1949 Ain Al-Arous, Raqqa Stamp Sheet Framed Reprint Size:11″×14″ now damaged

now damaged

This is a beautiful postcard reprint of the Khalid ibn Al-Walid Mosque (مسجد خالد إبن الوليد) in the Khalidiya neighborhood of Homs

Rep your hometown with a Damascene spin on the vintage baseball raglan

Every inch of this lithograph provides delightful detail and surprises from a past long forgotten

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1949 Ain Al-Arous, Raqqa Stamp Sheet Framed Reprint Size:11″×14″ now damagedThis 1949 Stamp has many layers to its story. It is part of a commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Postal Union (UPU). The fully independent Syrian Republic (the official name of the country until 1958) joined the Universal Postal Service a month into its independence in 1946. Interestingly, this stamp features an illustration of the French 'Armee Du Levant' Fort in Ain Al Arous (Spring of the Bride ), in the Tal Abyad district ( )