Arab League Centre  Cairo

Arab League Centre Cairo

Year
1960
Face Value
4
Mint Value
-
Used Value
-
Print Run
-
Themes
Sites and landscapes

Catalogs References

Michel
YE-AR 195
Yvert & Tellier
YE-K 81
Stanley Gibbons
YE-AR 123

Technical Details

Colors
Green
Perforation
13
Printing
Photogravure
Printers
This stamp commemorates the inauguration of the Arab League headquarters building in Cairo, dated 1960. The illustration depicts the newly completed, modernist architectural complex of the Arab League Centre alongside the royal coat of arms of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen. This imagery carries a powerful message of institutionalized pan-Arab solidarity and collective regional governance, presenting the modern facility as a monument to diplomatic unity and progress. Within the Yemeni context, the issue underscores the kingdom's active role as a founding member state of the Arab League, highlighting its ongoing engagement with regional politics and its formal commitment to the shared geopolitical and cultural frameworks of the Arab world during the mid-20th century.