Guide and emblem
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1972.IRQ.02-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 4th Arab Guides Camp
1972.IRQ.02· piece 1 of 2 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Iraq (IRQ)- Year / date
- 1972-08-24
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 10 f
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Multicolour
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ◔ Purchased€4.50 for 2 pieces · Postbeeld · 2026-09-06
Production
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13½ × 14
- Quantity printed
- 50,000
- Printing
- Photogravure
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 972.43
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- IQ 666
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- IQ 745
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- IQ 694
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- IQ 1061
Notes
Two circular vignettes on yellow. Left: a Guide in a brown beret and uniform in profile, with tents and palms and a kneeling figure on the grass. Right: a chain-circle emblem with a map of the Arab world, a palm and a Guide trefoil. Inscribed IRAQ; POSTAGE 10 FILS; 4th ARAB GUIDES CAMP AND CONFERENCE; MOSUL 24th - 30th OF AUGUST 1972.
Series history
Iraq issued two commemorative stamps at Baghdad on 24 August 1972 for the 4th Arab Guides Camp and Conference at Mosul. The stamps themselves give the meeting dates as 24 to 30 August 1972. Younis Mohammed Al Abdulla designed the pair; the German Security Printing Office in West Germany printed it by photogravure in panes of 25, comb perforation 13½ × 14. Fifty thousand copies of each value were printed.
Both stamps show two circular vignettes. The left circle has a Guide in a brown beret and uniform in profile, with tents and palms and a kneeling figure on the grass. The right circle is a chain-bordered emblem with a map of the Arab world, a palm and a Guide trefoil. The 10 fils is on yellow; the 45 fils is on teal. Each is inscribed IRAQ, POSTAGE, and 4th ARAB GUIDES CAMP AND CONFERENCE.
