Concerning authorisation to overprint postage stamps of 1/4 and 1/2 piastre that have been withdrawn from use

Type

Decision

Number

1937

Date of the text

08/05/1928

Official Gazette

published in 1928

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

1

What it provides

This decree temporarily authorises overprinting a two-piastre surcharge on postage stamps of one piastre and a quarter piastre withdrawn from use in Syria and Lebanon. For Lebanon, the overprint replaces the words 'Greater Lebanon' with 'Lebanese Republic' in both languages.

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1928. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.