9th World Telecommunications Day

Issued to commemorate the 9th World Telecommunications Day, this stamp symbolizes the rapid expansion and modernization of communications networks in Tunisia during the 1970s. The stylized tree in the form of printed circuits illustrates the convergence between the organic growth of the nation and the technological progress of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), affirming the country's desire to position itself as a crossroads of information exchange and global connectivity within the information society nascent.