This lot includes two typographed postage stamps from Syria issued during the French Mandate period, both derived from the iconic French Semeuse (Sower) design by Louis Oscar Roty and re-engraved by Louis-Eugène Mouchon. The first stamp, issued in October 1920, features a blue 2 Syrian piastres surcharge applied over a French definitive, enhanced with ornamental Syrian overprint. It reflects the transitional phase of administrative control following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire and the formalization of French governance in Greater Syria. The second stamp, released on January 13, 1924, bears a bluish-grey tone and shows a new face value of 2.50 Syrian piastres boldly overprinted with "SYRIE" and adjusted currency. This stamp typifies the continued adaptation of French philatelic imagery to local usage, integrating local currency and identifiers while maintaining the agrarian symbolism of the Semeuse figure—an allegory for hope, renewal, and labor. Both issues exhibit standard perforation 14 x 13½, and represent key pieces in Mandate-era postal history, illustrating Syria's complex colonial narrative and aesthetic blend of French classical design with Middle Eastern territorial identity. Estimate "$35 – 55".
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