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Monday, December 29, 2025

Celebrating 75 Years of Qatar Post: Commemorative Stamp & Gold Medal

 



 A remarkable milestone—75 years of  QatarPost! To celebrate this journey since 1950, Qatar Post has released a special commemorative stamp.

Collectors and enthusiasts can get the stamp and a gold medal at the Philatelists Office in the General Post Office or conveniently online through the Qatar Post Souq website: qatarpostsouq.com

Don’t miss this chance to own a piece of Qatar’s postal history!

Thursday, October 04, 2012

Vintage Middle Eastern Images

These are reprints on postcards from Zazzle . Click on the image and you can see the details .


Street scene from Istanbul with barbers and their clients a from the 19th century . They are wearing red hat the fez .The richly colored image looks like photograph but it is actually a photochrom print an ink-based photolithographs . Courtesy of Library of Congress .




Street cook in Istanbul from the 19th century .




Vintage Istanbul cityscape with moonlight .It features a mosque - the sea and some boats . The moon is half covered by the clouds . It has some exotic real Middle Eastern feel . It is courtesy of Library of Congress .The richly colored image looks like photograph but it is actually a photochrom print an ink-based photolithographs .
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