Italian North Africa [1909–1951] Africa • Northern Africa


Timeline of stamp issuing entities of Italian North Africa and connected areas

Italian Tripolitania 1909–1938
Italian Libya 1920–1942
Italian Cyrenaica 1923–1934
British Occupation of Italian Tripolitania 1948–1951
Emirate of Cyrenaica 1950
Kingdom of Libya 1951–1969
Libyan Arab Republic 1969–1977
Libya 1977–today
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Stamp issuing entities of Italian North Africa and connected areas

Name Issued
stamps 		Bird
stamps
1909–1938 Italian Tripolitania ≈ 300 ≈ 2
1920–1942 Italian Libya ≈ 200
1923–1934 Italian Cyrenaica ≈ 100
1948–1951 British Occupation of Italian Tripolitania ≈ 40
1950 Emirate of Cyrenaica

The Emirate of Cyrenaica, or “Principality of Cyrenaica”, came into existence when Sayyid Idris unilaterally proclaimed Cyrenaica an independent Senussi emirate on 1 March 1949, backed by the United Kingdom.

→ see under Cyrenaica 		≈ 20
1951–1969 Kingdom of Libya
→ see under Libya 		≈ 300
1969–1977 Libyan Arab Republic
→ see under Libya 		≈ 300
1977–today Libya
→ see under Libya 		≈ 2 Thousand ≈ 45
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