Emblem and salute
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1967.IRQ.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Scouts Spring Festivals
1967.IRQ.01· piece 1 of 5 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Iraq (IRQ)- Year / date
- 1967-12-15
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 2 f
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Multicoloured
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ✓ In collection
Production
- Printer
- De La Rue
- Process
- Lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13
- Panes
- 50
- Quantity printed
- 1,000,000
- Size
- 37 x 27 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 967.44
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- IQ 457
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- IQ 514A
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- IQ 501
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- IQ 787
Series history
Iraq issued four commemorative stamps and a souvenir sheet at Baghdad on 15 December 1967 for the Scouts Spring Festivals, honouring Iraqi Scouts and Guides. De La Rue printed the issue by lithography; the stamps are perforated 13 and were issued in panes of 50. The souvenir sheet carries the four designs with simulated perforations inside a decorative green border inscribed Scouts Spring Festivals 1967.
The 2 fils (orange) and 10 fils (green) share an emblem-and-salute design of twin medallions linked by a knotted rope — a Scout emblem in one circle and a three-finger salute in the other. The 5 fils shows Girl Guides cooking at a camp fire beside a tent. The 15 fils shows Scouts pitching camp.
Print quantities are recorded as 1,000,000 of the 2 fils, 1,500,000 each of the 5 and 10 fils, 2,500,000 of the 15 fils, and 25,000 of the 50 fils souvenir sheet.