Quince (Cydonia vulgaris)
Michel Reference
TN 765A
Stanley Reference
TN 732
Yvert Reference
TN 706
Themes
Flora
Description
This stamp highlights the quince tree, an ancient fruit tree widely present in Tunisian agricultural landscapes, and recognized for its place in traditional culinary uses. The illustration combines the fruit with a stylized representation from popular art, suggesting abundance, rusticity and the transformation of nature through human labor. This dialogue between botany and symbolism highlights the close relationship between agriculture, imagination and cultural transmission. In the Tunisian context, the stamp highlights the value of local fruit crops as essential components of the country's food, rural and identity heritage.
Size
36 x 31 mm
Colors
Polychrome
Designer
Hatem El Mekki
Perforation
13 x 13½
Print
Photogravure
Face Value
0,60 DT
Mint Value
—
Used Value
—
Print Run
1 000 000 exemplaires
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