40th Anniversary of April 9, 1938 - 60 millimes

TN 927

TN 901

TN 864

Events

This stamp commemorates the fortieth anniversary of the tragic events of April 9, 1938, a founding date known as “Martyrs’ Day”. That day, massive demonstrations demanding a “Tunisian Parliament” and national sovereignty were violently repressed by the colonial authorities, leading to dozens of deaths and hundreds of arrests. By immortalizing this historic milestone, the Republic pays tribute to the sacrifice of nationalist activists whose blood irrigated the path to independence, transforming this ordeal into an indestructible symbol of popular resistance and the unity of the nation.
The symbolism of the flame springing from a torch and the profile of Habib Bourguiba remind us that this day marked a point of no return in the fight against the protectorate, imposing the Tunisian question on the international scene. The flame represents the sustainability of the fight and the awakening of political consciousness which ultimately triumphed in 1956. This 40 millime stamp acts as a paper monument, reminding generations born after independence that freedom was won at the cost of fierce struggles, making the memory of the martyrs the moral foundation of modern republican identity.

22x36 mm

Polychrome

Hatem El Mekki

Jacky Larrivière

13

Taille-douce

0,60 DT

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205 000 exemplaires