Conference emblem
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1976.IRN.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 10th Asia-Pacific Scout Conference, Tehran
1976.IRN.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Iran (IRN)- Year / date
- 1976-10-02
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 2 r
- 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.
- ✓ In collection
Production
- Printer
- Government Press
- Process
- Offset lithography
- Paper
- Watermarked Persian inscription and coat of arms in circle, upright
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Line 10½
- Panes
- 100
- Quantity printed
- 1,500,000
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 976.27
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- IR 1912
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- IR 1840
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- IR 1671
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- IR 1996
Notes
Upright commemorative. A twelve-petal yellow flower holds a Scout fleur-de-lis over wavy water and a rising sun; a gold circular seal sits at upper left. Lettered IRAN, 2R., 10th Asia Pacific scout Conference Tehran 1976, and ۲ ریال پست ایران. Persian heading with the year ۲۵۳۵.
Series history
Iran issued a 2 rial commemorative at Tehran on 2 October 1976 for the 10th Asia-Pacific Scout Conference. The stamp is lettered 10th Asia Pacific scout Conference Tehran 1976, IRAN and 2R., with ۲ ریال پست ایران and a Persian heading that includes the year ۲۵۳۵. A twelve-petal yellow flower fills the field; at its centre a Scout fleur-de-lis stands over wavy water and a rising sun. A gold circular seal sits at upper left.
The Government Press printed it in offset lithography in panes of 100, line perforated 10½, on paper watermarked with a Persian inscription and the coat of arms in a circle, upright. One million five hundred thousand copies were printed. Validity ended on 1 April 1979. Sources give no designer.