World Refugee Year Palestine Map - 10 piastre

World Refugee Year Palestine Map - 10 piastre

Year
1960
Face Value
10
Mint Value
-
Used Value
-
Print Run
-
Themes
solidarity

Catalogs References

Michel
SA 70
Yvert & Tellier
SA 161
Stanley Gibbons
SA 395

Technical Details

Colors
Green
Perforation
13
Printing
Lithography
This stamp commemorates the international World Refugee Year (1960), explicitly highlighting Saudi Arabia's solidarity with Palestinian refugees. The powerful composition features a map of historic Palestine on the left, which gives way to a symbolic scene where a dark cloud breaks to pour rain onto a desert landscape, transforming traditional nomadic refugee tents into a thriving orchard of cultivated trees. Anchored by a decorative border of the national palm-and-swords motif and an emblem of a deeply rooted tree, the illustration conveys a poignant message of hope, relief, and national commitment to regional humanitarian causes. The imagery frames the Saudi state's institutional support not just as charity, but as a vital effort to bring growth, stability, and restoration to displaced people within the broader Arab family.