Quince (Cydonia vulgaris)

This stamp highlights the quince tree, an ancient fruit tree widely present in Tunisian agricultural landscapes, and recognized for its place in traditional culinary uses. The illustration combines the fruit with a stylized representation from popular art, suggesting abundance, rusticity and the transformation of nature through human labor. This dialogue between botany and symbolism highlights the close relationship between agriculture, imagination and cultural transmission. In the Tunisian context, the stamp highlights the value of local fruit crops as essential components of the country's food, rural and identity heritage.