LIBYA

LIBYA / ليبيا.

10th anniversary of September Revolution.
Simplified and illustrated map of Libya.
Stamp issued in a block o 4, issued on 01.09.1979.
Face value: 70 Libyan dirham.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Size: 36 x 48 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 747.
- Scott No. 824b.
- StampWorld No. 757.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 919.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 789.

Revolution of September 1 is the official name of the military coup committed on September 1, 1969 in Libya against King Idris I (who was receiving medical treatment in Turkey at that time), led by Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, who later he ruled the country until his assassination on October 20, 2011. The coup responded to popular discontent over the accumulation of wealth, thanks to the sale of oil, in the hands of the monarch. Seventy officers of the Libyan Army, known as the Free Officers Movement, took control of the government by force from the city of Benghazi and abolished the monarchy in a few hours. On the same day, the new Revolutionary Command Council proclaimed the Libyan Arab Republic. Diplomatic recognition of the new government came quickly from countries around the world.