4-story Ghorfas - Medenine
Michel Reference
TN 421
Stanley Reference
TN 384
Yvert Reference
TN 381
Themes
Sites and landscapes
Description
The ghorfa is the basic element of a ksar found in the Maghreb. A ghorfa is a kind of attic used to store foodstuffs: cereals in the lower part, olives and cheeses in the upper part. Ventilation is provided by two holes in the exterior and interior walls creating a draft. These vaulted cells have the shape of a half-cylinder closed on the exterior side of the ksar and provided with a door opening onto the courtyard. Each ksar can have from one to six floors with hundreds of ghorfas
Size
36 x 22 mm
Colors
Violet foncé
Designer
Albert Decaris
Printers
Albert Decaris
Perforation
13
Print
Taille-douce
Face Value
50,00 DT
Mint Value
—
Used Value
—
Print Run
1 605 000 exemplaires
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