Syria French Mandate. Proof of 1942 Syria President Taj al-Din al-Hasani 15 Piastres on an un-adopted* design in red-orange color printed by I. C. Beyrouth on ivory cardboard (S.G. n 365), on block of six without the background color. Printing stamps measuring 21 x 34½ mm, therefore its smaller than the 15 Piastres in blue and pale blue stamp issued which measures 21 x 36¾ mm (*the image of the President in the oval is different, in the issued stamps the left hand is clearly visible while in this proof it is cut by the oval). Unrecorded in the specialized philatelic literature. B. Longo Photoexpertise. RARE.
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