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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



Note: the above dates are based on the earliest recorded usage, which is April 1976 (F4), April 1977 (F3) and February 1978 (F11).

Arab-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Ghorfa)
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G1/2 with 1990 cancel on G1 (earliest recorded usage)
1990 (earliest 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
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G6/7 (black and white images from Akerman and Barnes)
2000s?  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. 7DM yellow and green

​Notes:
​1. G6/7 are known only from the report 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. I have not been able to confirm the colours of G6/7 personally, but Akerman and Barnes seem to imply that the stamps can be found in both green/yellow and green/white combinations.  Also their green/white pair of stamps seem to have security numbers which are absent from the others.  I would be very pleased to hear from any reader who can provide further information on these issues.

Arab-Italian Chamber of Commerce
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I1-2
_1991 (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.

  I1. 7500l yellow and black
  I2. 15000l blue-green and black

Note: I1 is additionally inscribed Copia (=Copy) in Italian only at top left.


Arab-Swiss Chamber of Commerce and Industry
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S1
1979 (earliest 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

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