Flowers on a map of Asia
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1977.IRN.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 2nd Asia-Pacific Scout Jamboree
1977.IRN.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Iran (IRN)- Year / date
- 1977-08-05
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 10 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
- Photogravure
- Paper
- Watermarked Persian inscription and coat of arms in circle
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13
- Panes
- 50
- Quantity printed
- 1,000,000
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 977.26
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- IR 1949
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- IR 1878
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- IR 1708
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- IR 2034
Notes
Upright. Two stemmed flower-heads, each with a Scout fleur-de-lis, rise from a yellow map of Asia on a purple-blue field. Lettered IRAN, 10R., 2ND ASIA-PACIFIC JAMBOREE IRAN 1977, پست ایران and ۱۰ ریال. Persian heading names Nishapur and the year ۲۵۳۶.
Series history
Iran issued a 10 rial commemorative on 5 August 1977 for the 2nd Asia-Pacific Scout Jamboree, held that summer at Omar Khayyám Scout Park in Nishapur. The stamp is lettered 2ND ASIA-PACIFIC JAMBOREE IRAN 1977, IRAN and 10R., with پست ایران and ۱۰ ریال. The Persian heading names Nishapur and the year ۲۵۳۶.
Two stemmed flower-heads rise from a yellow map of Asia on a purple-blue field. Each bloom carries a Scout fleur-de-lis over water and a radiating sun — the taller red flower from the Iranian plateau, the shorter orange flower from the east of the map.
The Government Press printed it in panes of 50, comb perforated 13, 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. Sources differ on whether the process was photogravure or lithography, and give no designer.