Takiyya al-Sulaymaniyya, Damascus Mosque

Year

1925

Face Value

Mint Value

0.88 €

Used Value

0.29 €

Print Run

Themes

Sites and landscapes

Catalogs References

Michel

SY 267

Yvert & Tellier

FR-SY 158

Stanley Gibbons

SY 179

Technical Details

Colors

Magenta red

Size

25x40 mm

Perforation

Printing

Photogravure

Designer

Joseph de La Nézière

Printers

Hélio-Vaugirard, Paris

This vertical stamp features the Takiyya al-Sulaymaniyya Mosque in Damascus, commissioned by Suleiman the Magnificent. The design highlights the mosque’s distinctive twin minarets and central dome, framed by a lush garden and highly decorative floral borders.