Lebanon

Lebanon, or Liban is a country on the eastern Mediterranean coast.  File:Syria Lebanon surch.jpg|Syrie Grand Liban surcharge. File:Leb Grand Liban Merson.A.webp||French stamp with GRAND LIBAN surcharge. File:Lebanon Gd Liban.A.webp|1924 Gd Liban style of surcharge. File:Lebanon Republique ovpt.jpg|1928 bilingual republic overprint. File:Lebanon ari ovpt.jpg|1928 airmail. The airplane indicates this is an airmail. File:Lebanon president.jpg|1937 Pres. Eddé stamp with country names well disguised. File:Lebanon road.jpg|1947 5p airmail with "POSTE AERIENNE" in very small letters as was often done. File:Lebanon 1970 cover to US.jpg|Various issues on 1970 airmail cover to the US. File:Lebanon temple.jpg|1971 35p tourism airmail. File:Lebanon nature reserves.jpg|2010 Nature reserves stamp. 
 * Lebanon use Turkish stamps before 1917. In World War I, French forces captured Lebanon and Syria. In 1919, they issued French Levant stamps surcharged T.E.O. with new values.
 * Additionally, the British E.E.F. had occupied Palestine but also had post offices opened in several major towns and cities in Lebanon. See: E.E.F.
 * In 1920, French stamps surcharged O.M.F. with new values was released for both regions. A mandate was awarded to France at that time.
 * By November 1923, stamps surcharged Syrie / Grand Liban and new values were issued.
 * In January 1924, Lebanon was given its own issues, French stamps were surcharged with GRAND LIBAN or Gd. Liban with new values.
 * In January 1925, Lebanon got its own stamps, similarly inscribed.
 * Lebanon became a republic in 1926, overprinting older issues with Republique Libanaise, with and without equivalent Arabic changes.
 * In 1952, the inscription was changed to LIBAN with the name also in Arabic.