The Healing Mountain
Philatelic notes on Lebanese ant tuberculosis stamps
On the first of June 1971, Lebanon issued it’s only stamps referring to the ant tuberculosis fight. It honors the 50th anniversary of the founding of the nation’s Tuberculosis Association.
SANTELLI & MICCIARELLI
1846/1847 The Beirut-Jerusalem private postal service
A brief prologue: Tito Vespasiano Micciarelli was born in Senigallia in 1811, participated in the attempted revolution in central Italy in 1831 and was forced into exile in Belgium and France. Returning to Italy yielding to the government’s proposals became Pontifical’s secret informer. Read more →