The history of fiscal stamps in Lebanon is closely tied to the region’s political and economic evolution, particularly during the late Ottoman period and the French Mandate. Prior to World War I, Lebanon then known as “the mountain,” was part of the Ottoman province of Syria, with a population split between the Maronites in the north, supported by the French, and the Druze in the south, aligned with the British. Civil unrest in 1860 led to French intervention, and the 1861 Statute of Beirut established autonomous rule under Ottoman supervision, supported by European powers. This arrangement lasted until 1920, when the French were officially given mandate control over Lebanon and Syria.