Tunisia

Recorded history in Tunisia begins with the arrival of Phoenicians, who founded Carthage and other North African settlements in the 8th century B.C. Carthage became a major sea power, clashing with Rome for control of the Mediterranean until it was defeated and captured by the Romans in 146 B.C. The Romans ruled and settled in North Africa until the 5th century, when the Roman Empire fell and Tunisia was invaded by European tribes, including the Vandals. The Muslim conquest in the 7th century transformed Tunisia and the make-up of its population, with subsequent waves of migration from around the Arab and Ottoman world, including significant numbers of Spanish Muslims and Jews at the end of the 15th century. Tunisia became a centre of Arab culture and learning and was assimilated into the Turkish Ottoman Empire in the 16th century. It was a French protectorate from 1881 until independence in 1956, and retains close political, economic, and cultural ties with France.

President Bourguiba, who had been the leader of the independence movement, declared Tunisia a republic in 1957, ending the nominal rule of the Ottoman Beys. In June 1959, Tunisia adopted a constitution modelled on the French system, which established the basic outline of the highly centralized presidential system that continues today. The military was given a defined defensive role, which excluded participation in politics. Starting from independence, President Bourguiba placed strong emphasis on economic and social development, especially education, the status of women, and the creation of jobs, policies that continued under the Ben Ali administration.

President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali has been in office since 1987, when he deposed Habib Bourguiba. The ruling party, the Democratic Constitutional Rally (RCD), was the sole legal party for 25 years, including when it was known as the Socialist Destourian Party (PSD), and still dominates political life. The president is elected to 5-year terms, with virtually no opposition, and appoints a prime minister and cabinet, who play a strong role in the execution of policy.

Capital: Tunis

Government: Republic

Area: 163.610 km²

Population: 10.102.000 (July 2005)

Currency: Tunisian dinar (1000 Milimes); until 1 November 1958: 1 Franc (100 centimes)

Internet TLD: .tn

Dialling code: +216

Member of: United Nations and all specialized organizations

Links

Tunisia in Wikipedia.

Flag of Tunisia in Flags of the World.

The website of the Philatelic Service.

Country description from the BBC.

Country description from the CIA.

Official website of the government of Tunisia (in French).

Permanent Mission of Tunisia at the United Nations.

Stamp catalogue

UPU 75th anniversary

date: 24 October 1949

designer: Besson, Charles-Paul Dufresne (engraver)

printer: Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste, Paris

perforated: 13

remark: nr. 3 airmail

1 5 F airplane, minaret, post rider, globe, text "UNION POSTALE UNIVERSELLE / 1874-1949"

green on blue

(cat. Michel 360/SG 323/Yvert 331)

2 15 F airplane, minaret, post rider, globe, text "UNION POSTALE UNIVERSELLE / 1874-1949"

brown on blue

(cat. Michel 361/SG 324/Yvert 332)

3 25 F airplane, minaret, post rider, globe, text "UNION POSTALE UNIVERSELLE / 1874-1949"

blue on blue

(cat. Michel 362/SG 325/Yvert PA 16)

Inauguration of UNESCO Headquarters, Paris

date: 3 November 1958

designer: Hatem El Mekki, Jacques Combet (engraver)

printer: Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste, Paris

perforated: 13

4 25 F UNESCO Headquarters, peace dove, text "3 NOV 58 INAUGURATION / DE LA MAISON DE L'UNESCO"

(also in Arabic)

myrtle

(cat. Michel 509/SG 472/Yvert 464)

United Nations Day

date: 24 October 1959

designer: Hatem El Mekki, Roger Fenneteaux (engraver)

printer: Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste, Paris

perforated: 13

5 80 M hands holding each other, UNO and Tunisia emblems, text "24 OCT JOURNEE DES NATIONS UNIES"

(also in Arabic)

brown, blue, purple

(cat. Michel 546/SG 508/Yvert 499)

World Refugee Year

date: 7 April 1960

designer: Hatem El Mekki

printer: Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste, Paris

perforated: 13

6 20 M uprooted tree (WRY emblem), text "AIDEZ LES REFUGIES" (also in Arabic)

blue

(cat. Michel 549/SG 511/Yvert 502)

7 80 M peace dove, uprooted tree (WRY emblem), text "1959-1960 / ANNÉE MONDIALE / DES RÉFUGIES"

(also in Arabic)

black, purple

(cat. Michel 550/SG 512/Yvert 503)

5th World Forestry Congress, Seattle

date: 29 August 1960

designers: 8: Abdelaziz Gorgi, Robert Cami (engraver)

9: Jalel Ben Abdallah, Jacques Combet (engraver)

10: Ali Bellagha, Gilbert Aufschneider (engraver)

11: Hatem El Mekki, Jacques Combet (engraver)

printer: Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste, Paris

perforated: 13

8 8 M garden in bloom, birds, palm trees, text "5E CONGRES MONDIALE DES FORETS 29 AOUT 1960"

(also in Arabic)

lake, green, blue

(cat. Michel 567/SG 529/Yvert 520)

9 15 M forest worker collecting bark of an oak tree, text "5E CONGRES MONDIALE DES FORETS · 29 AOUT

1960" (also in Arabic)

green

(cat. Michel 568/SG 530/Yvert 521)

10 25 M tree, leaf with veins, text "5E CONGRES MONDIALE DES FORETS · 29 AOUT 1960" (also in Arabic)

red, green, violet

(cat. Michel 569/SG 531/Yvert 522)

11 30 M fir trees, bird on palm tree, text "5E CONGRES MONDIALE DES FORETS 29 8 60" (also in Arabic)

turquoise, brown, green

(cat. Michel 570/SG 532/Yvert 523)

United Nations Day

date: 24 October 1960

designer: Hatem El Mekki, Claude Durrens (engraver)

printer: Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste, Paris

perforated: 13

12 40 M hands holding the UNO emblem, flower, text "24 OCT. JOURNÉE DES NATIONS UNIES" (also in Arabic)

blue, red, black

(cat. Michel 571/SG 533/Yvert 524)

United Nations Day / Dag Hammarskjöld

date: 24 October 1961

designer: Hatem El Mekki

printer: I.P.S., Rome

perforated: 14

13 40 MILLIMES portrait, UNO emblem, text "DAG HAMMARSKJÖLD / 1905-1961" and "24 OCT-JOURNEE DES NATIONS UNIES"

(also in Arabic)

blue

(cat. Michel 587/SG 549/Yvert 540)

The World United Against Malaria

date: 7 April 1962

designers: 14: Tijani Ellouze, Jean Miermont (engraver)

15: Abdelaziz Gorgi, Pierre Béquet (engraver)

16: Hatem El Mekki, André Frères (engraver)

printer: Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste, Paris

perforated: 13

14 20 m man opening curtains, mosquito in net, arrows, campaign emblem, text "LE MONDE UNI CONTRE LE

PALUDISME" (also in Arabic)

brown

(cat. Michel 592/SG 554/Yvert 545)

15 30 m two-faced horseman killing mosquito with spear, campaign emblem, text "LE MONDE UNI CONTRE LE

PALUDISME" (also in Arabic)

brown, green, chocolate

(cat. Michel 593/SG 555/Yvert 546)

16 40 M hands strangling mosquito, campaign emblem, text "LE MONDE UNI CONTRE LE PALUDISME"

(also in Arabic)

red, green, brown

(cat. Michel 594/SG 556/Yvert 547)

United Nations Day

date: 24 October 1962

designers: 17: Burhan Ozak

18: Ryszard Dudzicki

19: Pascal Besson

printer: Courvoisier

perforated: 11¾

17 20 M UNO emblem, peace dove, Tunisian flag, text "JOURNEE DES NATIONS UNIES 1962" (also in Arabic)

red, black, grey

(cat. Michel 606/SG 572/Yvert 559)

18 30 M olive branch, globe, text "JOURNEE DES / NATIONS UNIES 1962" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 607/SG 573/Yvert 560)

19 40 M peace dove on globe, text "JOURNEE DES NATIONS UNIES / 1962" (also in Arabic)

blue, black, brown

(cat. Michel 608/SG 574/Yvert 561)

Freedom from Hunger Campaign

date: 21 March 1963

designers: 20: Jalel Ben Abdallah, Pierre Béquet (engraver)

21: Hatem El Mekki, André Frères (engraver)

printer: Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste, Paris

perforated: 13

20 20 M peace dove with ear flying over globe, campaign emblem, text "CONTRE LA FAIM" (also in Arabic)

blue, brown

(cat. Michel 620/SG 586/Yvert 573)

21 40 M person eating from spoon, campaign emblem, text "CONTRE LA FAIM" (also in Arabic)

purple, brown

(cat. Michel 621/SG 587/Yvert 574)

United Nations Day

date: 24 October 1963

designer: -

printer: Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste, Paris

perforated: 13

remark: overprint on stamps 'Stamp Day' from 1961

22 12 + 4 M overprint text "1963 / O.N.U" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured, overprint in black

(cat. Michel 627/SG 589/Yvert 576)

23 15 + 5 M overprint text "1963 / O.N.U" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured, overprint in black

(cat. Michel 628/SG 590/Yvert 577)

24 20 + 6 M overprint text "1963 / O.N.U" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured, overprint in black

(cat. Michel 629/SG 591/Yvert 578)

25 50 + 5 M overprint text "1963 / O.N.U" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured, overprint in black

(cat. Michel 630/SG 592/Yvert 579)

Universal Declaration of Human Rights 15th anniversary

date: 10 December 1963

designer: Hatem El Mekki, André Frères (engraver)

printer: Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste, Paris

perforated: 13

26 30 M woman's face made up of globe and scales with UNO and UNESCO emblems, text "XVe ANNIVERSAIRE DE LA

DECLARATION UNIVERSELLE DES DROITS DE L'HOMME" (also in Arabic)

brown, green

(cat. Michel 631/SG 593/Yvert 580)

Save the Monuments of Nubia

date: 8 March 1964

designer: Hatem El Mekki, Roger Fenneteaux (engraver)

printer: Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste, Paris

perforated: 13

27 50 M arm of a goddess rescuing the Nubian temples from the water, text "SAUVEGARDE DES MONUMENTS DE

NUBIE" (also in Arabic)

ochre, brown, blue

(cat. Michel 632/SG 594/Yvert 581)

World Meteorological Day

date: 23 March 1964

designer: Hatem El Mekki, Jean Miermont (engraver)

printer: Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste, Paris

perforated: 13

28 50 M laughing sun, sad face made up of umbrella and boot, barometer, text "4e JOURNEE METEOROLOGIQUE

MONDIALE 23-3-1964" (also in Arabic)

mauve, blue, brown

(cat. Michel 633/SG 595/Yvert 582)

ITU Centenary

date: 17 May 1965

designer: Hatem El Mekki

printer: Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste, Paris

perforated: 13

29 55 telegraph operator and "1865", radio telescope and "1965", ITU emblem, text "Centenaire de l'Union

Internationale des TELECOMMUNICATIONS" (also in Arabic)

blue, black

(cat. Michel 643/SG 609/Yvert 588)

International Co-operation Year

date: 24 October 1965

designer: Hatem El Mekki, Roger Fenneteaux (engraver)

printer: Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste, Paris

perforated: 13

30 40 two hooks depicting co-operation, ICY emblem, text "1965 ANNÉE DE LA COOPÉRATION INTERNATIONALE"

(also in Arabic)

blue, purple, black

(cat. Michel 650/SG 617/Yvert 595)

United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for Africa

date: 12 September 1966

designer: Hatem El Mekki, André Frères (engraver)

printer: Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste, Paris

perforated: 13, nr. 35 imperforated

31 15 map of Africa, compass, airplane, UNO emblem, text "2e CONFERENCE CARTOGRAPHIQUE REGIONALE DE

L'O.N.U POUR L'AFRIQUE / TUNIS 12-24/9/1966" (also in Arabic)

purple, multicoloured

(cat. Michel 664/SG 627/Yvert 605)

32 35 map of Africa, compass, airplane, UNO emblem, text "2e CONFERENCE CARTOGRAPHIQUE REGIONALE DE

L'O.N.U POUR L'AFRIQUE / TUNIS 12-24/9/1966" (also in Arabic)

blue, multicoloured

(cat. Michel 665/SG 628/Yvert 606)

33 40 map of Africa, compass, airplane, UNO emblem, text "2e CONFERENCE CARTOGRAPHIQUE REGIONALE DE

L'O.N.U POUR L'AFRIQUE / TUNIS 12-24/9/1966" (also in Arabic)

red, multicoloured

(cat. Michel 666/SG 629/Yvert 607)

34 souvenir sheet with stamps 31-33, text "Prix de vente: 150 M / IMPRIMERIE des TIMBRES-POSTE - PARIS"

(also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel block 2A/SG MS 630/Yvert BF 2)

35 souvenir sheet with imperforated stamps 31-33, text "Prix de vente: 150 M / IMPRIMERIE des

TIMBRES-POSTE - PARIS" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel block 2B/SG MS 630/Yvert BF 2a)

UNESCO 20th anniversary

date: 4 November 1966

designer: Hatem El Mekki, Claude Durrens (engraver)

printer: Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste, Paris

perforated: 13

36 100 UNESCO emblem with faces depicting education, science and culture, curtains, text "1946-1966"

brown, black

(cat. Michel 667/SG 631/Yvert 608)

International Year for Human Rights

date: 18 January 1968

designer: Hedi Selmi, René Cottet (engraver)

printer: Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste, Paris

perforated: 13

37 25 symbolic representation of human rights and freedom, IHRY emblem, text "ANNEE INTERNATIONALE des

DROITS de L'HOMME" (also in Arabic) and "1948 / 1968"

red

(cat. Michel 692/SG 656/Yvert 633)

38 60 symbolic representation of human rights and freedom, IHRY emblem, text "ANNEE INTERNATIONALE des

DROITS de L'HOMME" (also in Arabic) and "1948 / 1968"

blue

(cat. Michel 693/SG 657/Yvert 634)

WHO 20th anniversary

date: 7 April 1968

designer: Hatem El Mekki, Claude Jumelet (engraver)

printer: Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste, Paris

perforated: 13

39 25 doctor examining patient, WHO emblem, text "ORGANISATION / MONDIALE / DE LA SANTÉ" (also in Arabic)

and "1948 / 1968"

green, turquoise

(cat. Michel 697/SG 661/Yvert 638)

40 60 doctor examining patient, WHO emblem, text "ORGANISATION / MONDIALE / DE LA SANTÉ" (also in Arabic)

and "1948 / 1968"

red, lake

(cat. Michel 698/SG 662/Yvert 639)

ILO 50th anniversary

date: 1 May 1969

designer: Hatem El Mekki, Roger Fenneteaux (engraver)

printer: Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste, Paris

perforated: 13

41 25 workers pulling ropes, ILO emblem, text "1919-1969 / ORGANISATION / INTERNATIONALE / DU

TRAVAIL" (also in Arabic)

blue, multicoloured

(cat. Michel 722/SG 686/Yvert 663)

42 60 man and woman holding banner with "MAI 1", ILO emblem, text "1919-1969 / ORGANISATION /

INTERNATIONALE / DU TRAVAIL" (also in Arabic)

pink, multicoloured

(cat. Michel 723/SG 687/Yvert 664)

Inauguration of UPU Headquarters, Berne

date: 20 May 1970

designer: Hatem El Mekki

printer: Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste, Paris

perforated: 13

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

43 25 UPU Headquarters (aerial view), UPU emblem, text "NOUVEAU BATIMENT DU SIEGE DE L'U.P.U." (also

in Arabic)

brown, red

(cat. Michel 735/SG 699/Yvert 676)

UNO 25th anniversary

date: 24 October 1970

designer: Hatem El Mekki

printer: Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste, Paris

perforated: 13:12¾

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

44 25 olive branches, text "1945-1970 / XXVe ANNIVERSAIRE DE L' / ONU" (O as UNO emblem, U as peace dove)

and "PAIX ET PROGRES" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 738/SG 702/Yvert 679)

International Year for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination

date: 10 May 1971

designer: Habib Hatira

printer: Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste, Paris

perforated: 12½:13

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

45 80 UNO Headquarters, flower in different colours, year emblem, text "1971 ANNEE INTERNATIONALE DE LA

LUTTE / CONTRE LE RACISME ET LA DISCRIMINATION RACIALE" (also in Arabic)

purple, black, yellow

(cat. Michel 746/SG 711/Yvert 687)

World Telecommunication Day

date: 17 May 1971

designer: Hedi Selmi

printer: Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste, Paris

perforated: 13:12½

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

46 70 symbolic representation of earth and communication satellites, text "3e JOURNEE MONDIALE / DES

TELECOMMUNICATIONS" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 747/SG 712/Yvert 688)

UNICEF 25th anniversary

date: 11 December 1971

designer: Habib Hatira

printer: Courvoisier

perforated: 11½

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

47 110 mother and child, UNO emblem, text "25ème Anniversaire de l'UNICEF / 1946-1971" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 769/SG 737/Yvert 710)

Save Venice

date: 7 February 1972

designer: Hatem El Mekki

printer: Courvoisier

perforated: 11½

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

48 25 gondolier, lion of Venice, text "POUR VENISE-UNESCO" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 770/SG 738/Yvert 712)

49 30 Doge palace, lion of Venice, De Medici standing in water, text "POUR VENISE / UNESCO" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 771/SG 739/Yvert 713)

50 50 gondola, skyline of Venice, water, text "Pour Venise. UNESCO" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 772/SG 740/Yvert 714)

51 80 Bridge of Sighs, gondolier's hat, text "POUR VENISE UNESCO" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 773/SG 741/Yvert 715)

International Book Year

date: 26 March 1972

designer: Abdelaziz Gorgi

printer: Courvoisier

perforated: 11½

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

52 90 Tunisian man reading book, IBY emblem, text "ANNEE INTERNATIONALE DU LIVRE" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 775/SG 743/Yvert 716)

World Health Day 1972 - Your heart is your health

date: 7 April 1972

designer: Hatem El Mekki

printer: -

perforated: 14

53 25 person with heart, roots, flower, text "LE COEUR / AU COEUR / DE LA SANTE" and "O.M.S JOURNEE

MONDIALE DE LA SANTE 1972" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 776/SG 744/Yvert 717)

54 60 person with heart, health emblems, text "LE COEUR / AU COEUR DE LA SANTE" and "O.M.S JOURNEE

MONDIALE DE LA SANTE 1972" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 777/SG 745/Yvert 718)

United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, Stockholm

date: 5 June 1972

designer: Hedi Selmi

printer: Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste, Paris

perforated: 14

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

55 60 woman with food, crop, UNEP emblem, text "UNE SEULE TERRE" (also in Arabic)

green, brown

(cat. Michel 780/SG 748/Yvert 721)

World Food Programme 10th anniversary

date: 26 April 1973

designer: Hatem El Mekki

printer: Courvoisier

perforated: 12

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

56 25 bird feeding her young, number "10" (0 is globe), text "10 / ans au service du progrès" and "ONU-FAO

Programme Alimentaire Mondial" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 800/SG 770/Yvert 741)

57 60 number "10" (1 is wheat, 0 is bread and cogwheel), hand with spoon, text "10 / ANS AU SERVICE DU

PROGRÈS" and "ONU-FAO PROGRAMME ALIMENTAIRE MONDIAL" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 801/SG 771/Yvert 742)

Save Carthage

date: 6 May 1973

designer: Hatem El Mekki

printer: Courvoisier

perforated: 12, nr. 64 imperforated

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

58 5 head of a statue, Phoenician ship, pair of compasses, text "UNESCO" and "SAUVEGARDE DE CARTHAGE"

(also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 802/SG 772/Yvert 743)

59 25 ostrich, camel, agricultural tools, text "UNESCO" and "SAUVEGARDE DE CARTHAGE" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 803/SG 773/Yvert 744)

60 30 mosaic, artefact, text "UNESCO" and "SAUVEGARDE DE CARTHAGE" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 804/SG 774/Yvert 745)

61 40 priest statue, object, text "UNESCO" and "SAUVEGARDE DE CARTHAGE" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 805/SG 775/Yvert 746)

62 60 symbols of the four evangelists, machine for electronic archaeological research, text "UNESCO" and

"SAUVEGARDE DE CARTHAGE" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 806/SG 776/Yvert 747)

63 75 17th century chip, car, text "UNESCO" and "SAUVEGARDE DE CARTHAGE" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 807/SG 777/Yvert 748)

64 souvenir sheet with imperforated stamps 58-63

text "REPUBLIQUE TUNESIENNE", "SAUVEGARDE DE CARTHAGE" and "PRIX DE VENTE M 500" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel Block 9/SG MS 778/Yvert BF 9)

World Telecommunication Day

date: 17 May 1973

designer: Zeineb Ben Amor

printer: -

perforated: 14

65 60 symbolic representation of world wide communication, text "5e JOURNEE MONDIALE DES

TELECOMMUNICATIONS" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 810/SG 781/Yvert 751)

66 75 symbolic representation of world wide communication, text "5e JOURNEE MONDIALE DES

TELECOMMUNICATIONS" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 811/SG 782/Yvert 752)

Universal Declaration of Human Rights 25th anniversary

date: 10 December 1973

designer: Hatem El Mekki

printer: Courvoisier

perforated: 11½

remark: the hand and flower are a detail from the painting Portrait of Simon George of Quocote (1535)

by Hans Holbein the Younger, Städelsches Kunstinstitut Frankfurt; also issued as luxury edition

(épreuve de luxe)

67 60 globe, scales, peace dove, hand with red flower, text "XXV / ANNIVERSAIRE DE LA / DECLARATION

UNIVERSELLE / DES DROITS DE L'HOMME" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 810/SG 794/Yvert 764)

WMO Centenary

date: 24 December 1973

designer: Hedi Selmi

printer: Harrison & Sons

perforated: 14:15

68 25 Tunisian National Institute of Meteorology, WMO emblem, text "centenaire / omi-omm" (also in

Arabic) and "1873 1973"

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 824/SG 795/Yvert 765)

69 60 globe with compass bearings, sculpture, barometer, WMO emblem, text "CENTENAIRE / OMI-OMM" (also

in Arabic) and "1873 1973"

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 825/SG 796/Yvert 766)

World Population Year

date: 19 August 1974

designer: Amor Ben Mahmoud

printer: Courvoisier

perforated: 11½

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

70 110 symbolic representation of a globe, people, arrow, WPY emblem, text "ANNEE MONDIALE DE LA

/ POPULATION" (also in Arabic) and "1974"

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 836/SG 808/Yvert 775)

UPU Centenary

date: 9 October 1974

designer: Hatem El Mekki

printer: -

perforated: 14

71 25 five carrier pigeons and globes, text "UNION POSTALE UNIVERSELLE" (also in

Arabic) and "1874-1974"

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 840/SG 814/Yvert 782)

72 60 joining hands with letter and stamp, UPU emblem, text "UNION POSTALE UNIVERSELLE" (also in

Arabic) and "1874-1974"

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 841/SG 815/Yvert 783)

World Telecommunication Day

date: 17 May 1975

designer: Amor Ben Mahmoud

printer: Courvoisier

perforated: 11¾

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

73 50 face made up of rain cloud and lines on a weather map, weather symbols, weather satellites,

text "JOURNEE MONDIALE DES TELECOMMUNICATIONS" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 860/SG 834/Yvert 801)

International Women's Year

date: 19 June 1975

designer: Ali Bellagha

printer: -

perforated: 14:13½

74 110 Tunisian woman holding a twig and a dish with the IWY emblem, dish with flower bulbs, text "ANNÉE

INTERNATIONALE DE LA FEMME" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 863/SG 837/Yvert 811)

World Health Day 1976 - Foresight prevents blindness

date: 7 April 1976

designer: Hatem El Mekki, Eugène Lacaque (engraver)

printer: Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste, Paris

perforated: 13

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

75 100 blind person with cane, text "JOURNEE MONDIALE DE LA SANTE 1976" and "PREVOIR & PREVENIR LA

CECITE" (also in Arabic)

black, red

(cat. Michel 888/SG 861/Yvert 826)

United Nations Conference on Human Settlements, Vancouver

date: 31 May 1976

designer: Hatem El Mekki

printer: Courvoisier

perforated: 11¾

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

76 40 street musician, family, houses, street plan, text "CONFERENCE DE L'O.N.U: "ETABLISSEMENTS

HUMAINS." VANCOUVER: 31/5·11/6, 1976" and "ASSOCIATION / SAUVEGARDE / DE LA MEDINA /

DE TUNIS" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 890/SG 863/Yvert 828)

UNPA 25th anniversary

date: 24 December 1976

designer: Hedi Selmi

printer: -

perforated: 13¼:14½

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

77 150 globe, artefact (post horn), text "25ème ANNIVERSAIRE DE L'ADMINISTRATION / POSTALE DES

NATIONS-UNIES" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 906/SG 879/Yvert 843)

World Telecommunication Day

date: 17 May 1977

designer: UIT

printer: -

perforated: 13¾:14½

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

78 150 electronic scheme forming tree, ITU emblem, text "9e JOURNEE MONDIALE DES

TELECOMMUNICATIONS" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 908/SG 881/Yvert 845)

World Rheumatism Year

date: 26 September 1977

designer: Mohamed Sammoud

printer: -

perforated: 14:13¾

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

79 120 joints with partially broken cogwheels, fire, globe, text "ANNEE MONDIALE DE RHUMATISME" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 921/SG 895/Yvert 858)

International Anti-Apartheid Year

date: 30 August 1978

designer: Hatem El Mekki

printer: -

perforated: 13½:14

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

80 50 hammer (representing the UNO) and chisel hacking into the apartheid in South Africa, text

"CONTRE / L'APARTHEID / AFRIQUE DU SUD" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 932/SG 906/Yvert 869)

81 100 black and white birds flying in a coloured sky, text "CONTRE L'APARTHEID" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 933/SG 907/Yvert 870)

Global Eradication of Smallpox

date: 16 October 1978

designer: Mohamed Sammoud

printer: -

perforated: 12¾

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

82 150 smallpox lifted from the earth, red crescent, arrows, text "L'ERADICATION / MONDIALE / DE LA

VARIOLE" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 937/SG 911/Yvert 874)

Telecom 79, Geneva

date: 20 September 1979

designer: Ali Bellagha

printer: Courvoisier

perforated: 11¾

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

83 150 satellite, ship, antennae, ITU emblem, text "TELECOM 79" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 957/SG 931/Yvert 894)

International Year of the Child

date: 16 October 1979

designer: Aicha Filali (84) and Abdelaziz Gorgi (85)

printer: -

perforated: 14

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

84 50 children crossing the road, traffic sign, car, IYC emblem, text "ANNEE INTERNATIONALE DE L'ENFANT"

(also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 959/SG 933/Yvert 896)

85 100 child with book and orange, birds, tree, IYC emblem, text "ANNEE INTERNATIONALE DE L'ENFANT"

(also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 959/SG 934/Yvert 897)

World Health Day 1980 - Smoking or health - the choice is yours

date: 7 April 1980

designer: Hatem El Mekki

printer: -

perforated: 14

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

86 150 mouth with cigarette, smoke, face of a smoker with death in his eyes, text "LE TABAC OU LA SANTE

A VOUS DE CHOISIR" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 968/SG 942/Yvert 905)

World Tourism Conference, Manila

date: 27 September 1980

designer: Hatem El Mekki

printer: Harrison & Sons

perforated: 14¼

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

87 150 tourists, suitcase, plane, conference emblem, text "CONFERENCE MONDIALE SUR LE TOURISME

1980 MANILLE" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 979/SG 953/Yvert 916)

Heinrich von Stephan 150th anniversary

date: 27 September 1981

designer: Hatem El Mekki

printer: Harrison & Sons

perforated: 14¼

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

88 150 portrait, UPU emblem, text "1831-1981 / HEINRICH VON STEPHAN / 150e ANNIVERSAIRE DE LA

NAISSANCE DU FONDATEUR DE L'U.G.P." (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 991/SG 965/Yvert 928)

World Telecommunication Day

date: 17 May 1981

designer: UIT

printer: -

perforated: 14½:15

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

89 150 special WTD design with ITU and WHO emblems as caduceus, text "13e Journée Mondiale des

Télécommunications / Télécommunications et Santé" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 1003/SG 978/Yvert 940)

International Year of Disabled Persons

date: 21 September 1981

designer: Ali Bellagha

printer: -

perforated: 13¾

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

90 250 orange tree with broken branch, IYDP emblem, text "année internationale des personnes handicapées"

and "PLEINE PARTICIPATION ET EGALITE" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 1010/SG 985/Yvert 947)

World Food Day

date: 16 October 1981

designer: Ali Bellagha

printer: Courvoisier

perforated: 11¾

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

91 200 landscape with plants, bird, fish, FAO-WFD emblem, text "JOURNEE MONDIALE DE L'ALIMENTATION"

(also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 1012/SG 987/Yvert 949)

International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

date: 29 November 1981

designer: Diapos

printer: -

perforated: 13½

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

92 50 + 5 Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem, text "PALESTINE" and "AU PROFIT DES FAMILLES DES MARTYRS ET

COMBATTANTS PALESTINIENS" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured, yellow frame

(cat. Michel 1013/SG 988/Yvert 950)

93 150 + 5 Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem, text "PALESTINE" and "AU PROFIT DES FAMILLES DES MARTYRS ET

COMBATTANTS PALESTINIENS" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured, green frame

(cat. Michel 1014/SG 989/Yvert 951)

94 200 + 5 Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem, text "PALESTINE" and "AU PROFIT DES FAMILLES DES MARTYRS ET

COMBATTANTS PALESTINIENS" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured, purple frame

(cat. Michel 1015/SG 990/Yvert 952)

ITU Plenipotentiary Conference, Nairobi

date: 1 October 1982

designer: Aïcha Filali

printer: Courvoisier

perforated: 11¾

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

95 200 ITU emblem, conference centre Nairobi, Tunisian necklace, text "Conférence de Plénipotentiaires

Nairobi 82" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 1036/SG 1012/Yvert 973)

Flag of the United Nations

date: 8 October 1982

designer: Safia Farhat

printer: Harrison & Sons

perforated: 14:14¼

remark: issued with the subject 'Tunisia, land of congresses'; also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

96 200 conference hall, buildings, woman releasing a peace dove, flags of UNO and different countries,

text "TUNISIE TERRE DES CONGRES" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 1037/SG 1013/Yvert 974)

World Food Day

date: 16 October 1982

designer: Hatem El Mekki

printer: -

perforated: 13:12¾

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

97 200 globe as person being fed with a spoon, FAO emblem, text "OCT. 16 / JOURNEE MONDIALE /

DE L'ALIMENTATION" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 1038/SG 1014/Yvert 975)

International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

date: 29 November 1982

designer: Hatem El Mekki

printer: -

perforated: 12¾:12¼

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

98 80 Palestinian headscarf, hands, Palestinian flag, text "JOURNEE MONDIALE DE SOLIDARITE AVEC

LE PEUPLE PALESTINIEN" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 1047/SG 1023/Yvert 984)

World Communications Year

date: 17 May 1983

designer: Mohamed Sammoud

printer: -

perforated: 13½:14

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

99 200 arrows depicting communication, peace dove, WCY emblem, text "ANNEE MONDIALE DES

COMMUNICATIONS" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 1052/SG 1028/Yvert 989)

International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

date: 19 September 1983

designer: Aïcha Filali

printer: -

perforated: 13

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

100 80 + 5 broken barbed wire, flying bird in the colours of the Palestinian flag, Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jeruzalem,

text "LA PALESTINE / sabra et chatila"

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 1062/SG 1038/Yvert 999)

Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage

date: 14 September 1984

designer: Hatem El Mekki

printer: -

perforated: 14

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

101 100 minaret, building, woman and man forming hand, text "Convention sur la protection du patrimoine

mondial culturel & naturel" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 1083/SG 1060/Yvert 1020)

ICAO 40th anniversary

date: 25 October 1984

designer: Ali Bellagha

printer: Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste, Paris

perforated: 13

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

102 200 rear of a plane, peace dove, ICAO jubilee emblem, text "40eme ANNIVERSAIRE / ORGANISATION

AVIATION / CIVILE INTERNATIONALE" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 1085/SG 1062/Yvert 1022)

International Youth Year

date: 30 September 1985

designer: Ali Bellagha

printer: -

perforated: 14¼:13¼

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

103 250 heart, peace dove, kite, IYY emblem, text "ANNEE INTERNATIONALE DE LA JEUNESSE" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 1101/SG 1079/Yvert 1038)

UNO 40th anniversary

date: 24 October 1985

designer: Rachida Manai

printer: -

perforated: 14:13¼

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

104 250 people waking towards the UNO emblem, text "40e anniversaire de L'O.N.U." (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 1106/SG 1084/Yvert 1043)

International Year of Peace

date: 24 November 1986

designer: Larbi Bouarrouj

printer: -

perforated: 13

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

105 300 globe, peace doves, IYP emblem, text "Année internationale de la paix" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 1132/SG 1111/Yvert 1069)

FAO 40th anniversary

date: 27 November 1986

designer: Sadok Ben Yacoub

printer: -

perforated: 12¾:13

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

106 280 globe, ears of wheat, FAO emblem, text "40e ANNIVERSAIRE DE LA FONDATION DE LA F.A.O" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 1133/SG 1112/Yvert 1070)

Child Survival and Development Revolution

date: 22 December 1986

designer: Safia Farhat

printer: -

perforated: 14

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

107 120 mother breast feeding a baby, text "L'alaitement maternel" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 1135/SG 1114/Yvert 1072)

UNICEF 40th anniversary

date: 14 September 1987

designer: Larbi Bouarrouj

printer: -

perforated: 11¾

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

108 250 peace dove holding syringe, globe with baby getting injection, UNICEF emblem, text "1946-1996 /

UNICEF" and "Vaccination universelle d'ici à 1990" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 1147/SG 1127/Yvert 1084)

Consultative Council for Postal Studies 30th anniversary

date: 9 October 1987

designer: Hatem El Mekki

printer: -

perforated: 14

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

109 150 peace dove holding parcel with "E.M.S / RAPID-POST" (also in Arabic), arrow with text "30e ANNIVERSAIRE

DU CONSEIL CONSULTATIF DES ETUDES POSTALES" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 1150/SG 1130/Yvert 1087)

110 350 postman, letters with text "CODE POSTAL" (also in Arabic), arrows with numbers, computer screen, UPU

emblem, text "1957 / 1987 / ANNIVERSAIRE / DU CONSEIL CONSULTATIF / DES ETUDES POSTALES" and

"POUR L'AMELIORATION DES SERVICES" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 1151/SG 1131/Yvert 1088)

Pasteur Institute, Paris

date: 21 December 1987

designer: Moncef Mansi, Eugène Lacaque (engraver)

printer: -

perforated: 13:12½

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

111 250 portrait of Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), building of Pasteur Institute, Tunis, text "INSTITUT PASTEUR DE

TUNIS / CENTENAIRE DE L'INSTITUT PASTEUR DE PARIS" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 1156/SG 1136/Yvert 1100)

Save Sana'a

date: 21 September 1988

designer: Moncef Mansi

printer: -

perforated: 13½

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

112 200 ancient city of Sana'a, Yemen, eye, text "Sauvegarde De La Ville De Sana'a - Yemen" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 1176/SG 1157/Yvert 1113)

Universal Declaration of Human Rights 40th anniversary

date: 10 December 1988

designer: Hatem El Mekki

printer: Courvoisier

perforated: 12:11¾

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

113 370 man with stone tablet with text "XL ANNIVERSAIRE / DECLARATION / UNIVERSELLE / DES / DROITS

DE / L'HOMME / 1948 1988" and HR emblem, text "L.T.D.H" (all text also in Arabic)

black

(cat. Michel 1180/SG 1161/Yvert 1117)

Jawaharlal Nehru

date: 29 November 1989

designer: Hedi Turki, Claude Jumelet (engraver)

printer: -

perforated: 13

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

114 300 portrait, text "Centenaire / Jawaharlal / Nehru" (also in Arabic)

brown

(cat. Michel 1201/SG 1182/Yvert 1138)

World Environment Day

date: 5 June 1990

designer: Taha Houcine

printer: -

perforated: 14

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

115 150 children's drawing of trees, birds, sun, text "L'enfant et l'environnement" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 1210/SG 1192/Yvert 1147)

International Literacy Year

date: 8 September 1990

designer: Yosr Jamoussi

printer: Courvoisier

perforated: 11¾:11½

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

116 120 people reading, writing education, emblem, text "ANNEE MONDIALE DE L'ALPHABETISATION" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 1214/SG 1196/Yvert 1150)

Convention on the Rights of the Child

date: 29 September 1991

designer: Taieb Khlif (age 13)

printer: -

perforated: 14

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

117 450 vase with flowers, text "DROIT DE L'ENFANT AU BIEN-ÊTRE" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 1230/SG 1212/Yvert 1166 A)

Human Rights Day

date: 10 December 1991

designer: Hatem El Mekki

printer: -

perforated: 14

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

118 450 globe as cage with escaping bird, text "JOURNÉE MONDIALE DES DROITS DE L'HOMME" and "LE DROIT

A LA LIBERTE" (also in Arabic)

blue

(cat. Michel 1238/SG 1220/Yvert 1174)

Convention on the Rights of the Child

date: 21 October 1992

designer: Ahmed Fekih

printer: Courvoisier

perforated: 11½:11¾

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

119 180 president Ben Ali with boy on his arm, children, text "Convention des Nations Unies sur les Droits

de l'Enfant" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 1250/SG 1233/Yvert 1186)

Regional Meeting for Africa of the World Conference on Human Rights

date: 2 November 1992

designer: Hatem El Mekki

printer: Courvoisier

perforated: 11¾

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

120 480 African woman with bottle, Arab woman with pencil, open book, sword with map of Africa, scales, text

"CONFERENCE / REGIONALE / AFRICAINE / SUR LES / DROITS / DE / L'HOMME" and "2-6-XI-1992" (also

in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 1251/SG 1234/Yvert 1187)

International Conference on Nutrition, Rome

date: 15 December 1992

designer: Hatem El Mekki

printer: -

perforated: 13¼

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

121 450 person eating from spoon, eyes with WHO and FAO emblems, bib with conference emblem, chemical

symbols, text "CONFÉRENCE INTERNATIONALE / SUR LA NUTRITION - ROME - DEC. - 1992" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 1255/SG 1238/Yvert 1191)

World Conference on Human Rights, Vienna

date: 8 June 1993

designer: Hatem El Mekki

printer: -

perforated: 13¼:13½

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

122 450 computer with on screen world map and graphics, hand with stick, arrows, quill, paper, books, text

"CONFERENCE MONDIALE / SUR LES DROITS DE L'HOMME / VIENNE JUIN 1993" and "LE DROIT AU /

DEVELOPPEMENT" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 1264/SG 1247/Yvert 1200)

Pasteur Institute of Tunis, Tunis

date: 12 October 1993

designer: Hatem El Mekki

printer: -

perforated: 13¾

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

123 450 portrait of Charles Nicolle (1866-1936), researcher, DNA and molecule models, microscope, text "CENTENAIRE

DE L'INSTITUT / PASTEUR DE TUNIS / UN SIECLE AU SERVICE DE LA SCIENCE" and "CH. NICOLLE / 1866-1936

/ PRIX NOBEL 1928" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 1269/SG 1252/Yvert 1205)

ILO 75th anniversary

date: 12 May 1994

designer: Yosr Jamoussi

printer: -

perforated: 13¾

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

124 350 workers in industry, agriculture, science, handicrafts, textile, number '75', ILO emblem, text "75e

ANNIVERSAIRE DE L'ORGANISATION INTERNATIONALE DU TRAVAIL / 1919 1994" (also in Arabic)

multicoloured

(cat. Michel 1284/SG 1265/Yvert 1221)

International Year of the Family

date: 14 May 1994

designer: Insaf Guezguez Jellazi

printer: -

perforated: 13¾:13¼

remark: also issued as luxury edition (épreuve de luxe)

125 180