LEBANON

LEBANON / لُبْنَان

Landscapes.
Tabarja.
Third stamp in a set of 5, issued on 29.07.1966.
Face value: 2.50 Lebanese piastre.
Printing: Photogravure.
Size: 34 x 27 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 948.
- Scott No. 445.
- StampWorld No. 946.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 920.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 261.

Tabarja (Arabic: طبرجا) is an ancient coastal village situated in Kesrouan district, on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, about 28 km (17 mi) north of Beirut. The main attraction of the town is its fishing port, where Saint Paul is said to have set sail on one of his missionary trips to Europe. The town has a long historical past, and there are remains of the Greek, Roman and Byzantine civilizations, the Crusades and the Ottoman Empire. It is currently a tourist and summer resort. Tabarja suffered severely from the effects of the Lebanese Civil War.