Sun and ears of wheat - 0.5 piastre

Sun and ears of wheat - 0.5 piastre

Year
1946
Face Value
0.5
Mint Value
-
Used Value
-
Print Run
-
Themes
agriculture

Catalogs References

Michel
SY 515
Yvert & Tellier
FR-SY 14
Stanley Gibbons
SY 420

Technical Details

Colors
Brown orange
Perforation
13½
Printing
Lithography
This definitive stamp celebrates Syria’s agricultural foundations and natural wealth by depicting a rising sun whose rays beam behind two prominent, curved ears of wheat cradling the horizon. The design carries a powerful message of renewal, fertile abundance, and economic self-sufficiency, highlighting wheat as an essential staple crop deeply tied to the country's rural identity and food security. Framed by highly detailed arabesque borders that mirror classical Syrian stone carving and decorative craftsmanship, the visual composition anchors a theme of natural prosperity within the state's official institutional framework, projecting a forward-looking message of growth and national resilience.