1969.IRN.01Philia — outdoor course for patrol leaders
Iran·1969
Philia, outdoor course for Boy Scout patrol leaders, Tehran, 9 July 1969
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1969.IRN.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Iran (IRN)
- Year
- 1969-07-09
- Event
- Philia, outdoor course for Boy Scout patrol leaders, Tehran, 9 July 1969
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Abotalebi
- Printer
- Parliament Printing Office
- Process
- Lithography
- Paper
- Watermarked Persian inscription and coat of arms in circle
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Line 10½
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 969.13
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- IR 1512
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- IR 1424
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- IR 1291A
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- IR 1577
History
Iran issued a 6 rial commemorative at Tehran on 9 July 1969 for Philia, an outdoor course for Boy Scout patrol leaders. The stamp is inscribed OUTDOOR COURSE FOR PATROL LEADERS and Philia, with IRAN and پست ایران down the left and the Persian year 1348. Abotalebi of the Iranian Boy Scouts designed a campsite of yellow tents beneath a mountain at upper right, a stylized split face bound by a rope that spreads into roots, and a gold fleur-de-lis. The Parliament Printing Office lithographed the stamp in panes of 50 on paper watermarked with a Persian inscription and the coat of arms in a circle, line perforated 10½. Three hundred thousand were issued; the stamp remained valid until 1 April 1979.