MOROCCO - 1963 March 3: An 20 centimes sepia postage stamp depicting King Moulay Ismail. Tercentenary of Meknes as Ismaili capital. Meknes is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco, located in northern central Morocco and the sixth largest city by population in the kingdom. Founded in the 11th century by the Almoravids as a military settlement, Meknes became the capital of Morocco under the reign of Sultan Moulay Ismaïl (1672–1727), son of the founder of the Alaouite dynasty. Moulay Ismaïl created a massive imperial palace complex and endowed the city with extensive fortifications

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Morocco was a powerful kingdom from the 8th century, during the Middle Ages, Morocco ruled large areas of northwest Africa and Spain. By the turn of the 20th century, it had contracted to roughly its present borders and was the focus of an intense rivalry between France and Germany, who actively competed for control of the country. In 1912 most of Morocco became a French protectorate, with Spain acting as protector of zones in the extreme northern and southern parts of the country. Tangier was designated an international zone, administered by France, Spain, Britain and, later, Italy. In 1956 the three zones of Morocco, French, Spanish and Tangier, were united to form an independent nation. This postage stamp, as a physical objects, is part of a private collection owned by the author of the image

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Size: 3300px × 5000px
Location: Morocco
Photo credit: © World of Stamp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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