International Eradication of Illiteracy Day

This stamp marks Oman's participation in the UNESCO-sponsored International Eradication of Illiteracy Day on September 8, 1974, highlighting the young administration's intense structural focus on public instruction and social reform. The design centers on an open book illuminated by a radiant, stylized sun, with the pages creatively framing a geographic map of the Arabian Peninsula and the Sultanate's strategic coastline. Inscribed on the pages is the profound Arabic maxim "Al-Ilmu Nur" (Knowledge is Light), carrying a powerful message of intellectual rebirth and national development.