page_title: Postage stamps and postal history of Syria
section_title: Syrian Arab Kingdom
hierarchical_section_title: Postage stamps and postal history of Syria / Syrian Arab Kingdom
caption_attribution_description: English: Syrian 2-piastre overprint stamp of 1921
context_page_description: This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Syria.
  Syria, is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest. The French were awarded a mandate to govern Syria at the Paris Peace conference of 1918 and Syria attained independence in April 1946, as a parliamentary republic.
context_section_description: In 1920 Emir Faisal of the Hejaz organised an Arab Kingdom in central Syria in rebellion against French control. On 8 March 1920 Faisal was proclaimed King of Syria. During this period stamps of Turkey from 1913-1919 were overprinted in Damascus with the Arabic seal Al Hukuma Al Arabia 'Arab Government' and some of the stamps surcharged in Egyptian currency. After Faisal was proclaimed King, a set of stamps was issued by the Arabian Government of Syria, and one of the set, the 5 milliemes, pink, overprinted in Arabic with green ink, "In commemoration of the independence of Syria. Adar (March) 8th 1920." The overprinted Turkish provisionals continued in use for about two months and were used conjunctively with stamps of the E.E.F. and regular Syrian issues.
caption: A French Merson type stamp overprinted O.M.F. for use during the French military occupation of Syria and Lebanon
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