Palestine Day Commemorative (UAR Era)

Issued in 1961 by the United Arab Republic (UAR), this striking purple stamp commemorates Palestine Day (يوم فلسطين). The top panel features the intense, sorrowful faces of a Palestinian mother and her child peering out from behind a heavy strand of barbed wire, beneath the symbolic national declaration "We shall return" (عائدون). The lower section contains a map silhouette of historic Palestine overlaid with the bilingual country name. This issue was specifically designed and printed with the integrated "PALESTINE / فلسطين" inscription for distribution within the Gaza Strip to focus regional and international attention on the political status and collective memory of the displaced population.