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Euro-Arab Chambers of Commerce


Chapter overview
  • Franco-Arab Chamber of Commerce
  • Arab-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Ghorfa)
  • Arab-Italian Chamber of Commerce
  • Arab-Swiss Chamber of Commerce and Industry


Acknowledgments

Clive Akerman and Richard Barnes, 'Notes & Queries: German-Arab Chamber of Trade & Industry', The Revenue Journal, vol XIX 2 (September 2008), page 70

Franco-Arab Chamber of Commerce
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F1/4 and F11
1976.  21 x 21 mm.  Circular seal inscribed Chambre de Commerce Franco-Arabe Paris in French and Arabic.  Roulette 6½.  No watermark.

  F1. [No value] black and blue
  F2. GRATUIT (=free of charge) black, red and blue
  F3. 15f black and blue
  F4. 30f black and red



1978.  As above with Gratuit obliterated and surcharged in manuscript in red pen.

  F11. 30f on GRATUIT black, red and blue



Recorded usage: F4 April 1976, F3 April 1977, F11 February 1978.

Arab-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Ghorfa)
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G1/2 with 1990 cancel on G1 (earliest recorded usage)
1990 (recorded usage).  Self-adhesive labels featuring the Ghorfa logo, inscribed Arabisch-Deutsche Vereinigung für Handel und Industrie e.V. in Arabic and German and denominated in German currency.  Inscriptions in black, with security serial number at foot.

  G1. 3DM silver and green
  G2. 7DM green and silver

Recorded usage: G1/2 September 1990.
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G6/8
1986 (recorded usage).  Similar labels but with the Chamber inscription in Arabic only (at top), and with the city name Bonn printed in the centre of the stamp at foot.

  G6. 3DM green and yellow

  G7. 5DM yellow and green
  G8. 7DM yellow and green

​Notes:
​1. G6 and G8 were reported in 2008 by Akerman and Barnes.  It is possible that they were issued prior to G1/2, or at the same time as them for a different purpose.

2. Recorded usage: G7 July 1986.

Arab-Italian Chamber of Commerce
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I1/2
1986-92 (recorded usage).  Dimensions unknown.  United Nations symbol.  Inscribed Arab-Italian Chamber of Commerce in both Arabic and Italian.  Currency not specified but presumed to be Italian lire.  Perforation and watermark unknown.  Printed by the IPZS in Rome and bearing their imprint at foot.

  I1. 2000l yellow and black
  I2. 4000l green and black

Notes:
1. I1 is additionally inscribed Copia (=Copy) in Italian only at top right.  The only example I have seen to date has a thick red line diagonally across the figures of value.
2. Recorded usage: I1 May 1987, I2 February to December 1986.
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I11/12
1987-92 (recorded usage).  27½ x 27½ mm.  Geometric figure surrounded by Arabic inscription Arab-Italian Chamber of Commerce.  Currency not specified but presumed to be Italian lire.  Roulette 6½.  No watermark.

  I11. 7500l yellow and black
  I12. 15000l blue-green and black

Notes:
1. I11 is additionally inscribed Copia (=Copy) in Italian only at top left.
2. Recorded usage: I11 January 1991, I12 June 1987 to November 1992.

Arab-Swiss Chamber of Commerce and Industry
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S1 and S3
1979-89 (recorded usage).  Inscribed Chambre Arabo-Suisse du Commerce et de l'Industrie in French and Arabic and denominated in Swiss currency.

  S1. 5f bright green
  S3. 20f brown and green

Recorded usage: S1 1979, S3 July 1989.

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