The stamp issued in September 1936 when the National Bloc signed a treaty with the French government The stamp issued in September 1936 when the National Bloc signed a treaty with the French government in Paris, promising Syria indpendence over a 25-year period. The stamp shows the National Bloc signing the treaty in Paris at the Quai d'Orsay. The stamp became very rare later on, because when France refused to ratify the treaty, Prime Minister gathered all the stamps stored at the Syrian Post Office, and burned them.
The stamp issued by President Taj al-Din al-Hasani on September 27, 1941 on the occasion of a declar The stamp issued by President Taj al-Din al-Hasani on September 27, 1941 on the occasion of a declaration, made by General Charles de Gaulle, declaring Syria independent from the French Mandate. This independence would be conditional, de Gaulle added, to the end of World War II, and French troops would remain in Syria until the war in Europe came to an end.
