1978.IRN.0123rd WAGGGS World Conference
Iran·1978
23rd WAGGGS World Conference, Tehran
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1978.IRN.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Iran (IRN)
- Year
- 1978-09-02
- Event
- 23rd WAGGGS World Conference, Tehran
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Mahravan
- Printer
- Iranian Printing Press
- Process
- Offset lithography
- Paper
- Watermarked Persian inscription and coat of arms in circle
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Line 10½
- Panes
- 50 stamps
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 978.30
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- IR 1990
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- IR 1924
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- IR 1737
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- IR 2088
History
Iran issued a 5 rial commemorative at Tehran on 2 September 1978 for the 23rd World Conference of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. The stamp is lettered IRAN, 5 R., 23rd W.A.G.G.G.S. WORLD CONFERENCE TEHRAN – SEPT. 1978, پست ایران and ۵ ریال. The purple band at the foot carries a Persian inscription and the year ۲۵۳۷.
Guides in pale uniforms stand before the Shahyad monument, some holding red flowers. A green WAGGGS trefoil sits on a globe at upper left.
Mahravan designed the stamp from material supplied by the Scout Association of Iran. The Iranian Printing Press lithographed it in panes of 50, line perforated 10½, on paper watermarked with a Persian inscription and the coat of arms in a circle. One million copies were printed. Validity ended on 1 April 1979.