Morocco Post Group and CTT Correios de Portugal announce the launch of a joint issue of two postage stamps, on the occasion of the 250th anniversary.y Thirtieth anniversary of the peace treatyy Anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Friendship, Good Neighborliness and Cooperation between Morocco and Portugal.
The unveiling ceremony for this special program was held on Monday, October 7, 2024, at the Moroccan Postal Museum in Rabat, in the presence of Messrs. Carlos Pereira Márquez, Ambassador of the Portuguese Republic to the Kingdom of Morocco, Amine Benjelloun Touimi. General Manager of Barada Morocco Group, in addition to other personalities.
This joint issue consists of two postage stamps illustrating two artworks symbolizing the historical ties that unite the two countries.
The first work, on the Moroccan side, is an illustration of the scaffold of the port of Essaouira, an 18th-century monumenty It was founded by Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdallah, signatory of the peace treaty in 1774. This site is an essential element of the defensive architecture of Essaouira, classified as World Heritage by UNESCO since 2001.
The second work, on the Portuguese side, depicts Lisbon's Trade Square, a symbolic site that once served as the city's gateway to maritime trade. It houses the equestrian statue of King Joseph IanyHe also signed a peace treaty in 1774 with Sultan Sidi Muhammad bin Abdullah.
This issue of postage stamps, which was launched and put into circulation on the same day in Morocco and Portugal, enriches the series of joint issues carried out with other countries, including the most recent issue, issued respectively in 2024 with Romania and the Sultanate of Oman, in 2022 with Serbia. , and in 2021 respectively with the Dominican Republic and Tunisia and many other joint achievements in the field of stamps including those issued with Monaco in 2014, Ukraine in 2013, Qatar in 2012, Belgium and France in 2001 and the first with the United States of America in 1987.
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