Well at Gorda - 8 franc

This definitive stamp celebrates the traditional desert engineering and vital water resource management of southern Libya under the post-war French military administration ("Territoire Militaire du Fezzan").The illustration features a detailed architectural view of a traditional balance-beam well at Gorda ("Puits à Gorda"), displaying the rustic wooden scaffolding, pulleys, and skin buckets used by native populations to draw water from the arid Saharan soil.