Emblem and salute
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1973.IRQ.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- National Defence postal tax
1973.IRQ.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Iraq (IRQ)- Year / date
- 1973-12
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 5 f on 2 f
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Postal Tax
- Colors
- Multicolour
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ◔ Purchased€6.00 · Postbeeld · 2026-09-06
Production
- Printer
- De La Rue
- Process
- Lithography; typographic overprint
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13
- Panes
- 50
- Size
- 37 x 27 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 973.94
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- IQ RA19
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- IQ Z24
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- IQ T1120
Notes
The 2 fils orange emblem-and-salute stamp of 15 December 1967, with two rope-linked medallions: a green Scout fleur-de-lis with a palm in the left circle and a three-finger salute in the right. Black typographic overprint دفاع وطني with floral corner ornaments and a 5 fils surcharge. Inscribed REPUBLIC OF IRAQ, POSTAGE, and FILS.
Series history
Iraq issued a 5 fils postal-tax stamp in December 1973 for the National Defence Fund. It is the 2 fils orange emblem-and-salute design of 15 December 1967, with two medallions linked by a knotted rope — a Scout fleur-de-lis with a palm in one circle and a three-finger salute in the other — overprinted in black typography دفاع وطني, with floral ornaments in the corners and a 5 fils surcharge. De La Rue had printed the underlying stamp by lithography, comb perforation 13, in panes of 50. The tax stamp was valid until 31 March 1974. It is the Scout design among a National Defence postal-tax series overprinted between 1967 and 1973.