FRENCH MOROCCO - 1917: An 20 centimes red-brown postage stamp depicting City Gate Chella, Morocco landmark. The Chellah or Shalla is a medieval fortified Muslim necropolis and ancient archeological site in Rabat, Morocco, located on the south Bou Regreg estuary. The earliest evidence of the site's occupation suggests that the Phoenicians established a trading emporium here in the first millennium BC. This was later the site of Sala Colonia, an ancient Roman colony in the province of Mauretania Tingitana, before it was abandoned in Late Antiquity
French Morocco is situated on the coast of West Africa, on the Northwest coast of Africa. Capital — Rabat. French Morocco was a French Protectorate from 1912 until 1956 when it, along with the Spanish and Tangier zones of Morocco, became the independent country, Morocco. This postage stamp, as a physical objects, is part of a private collection owned by the author of the image
Size: 3300px × 5300px
Location: Morocco
Photo credit: © World of Stamp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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