Guides at the Shahyad monument
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1978.IRN.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 23rd WAGGGS World Conference
1978.IRN.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Iran (IRN)- Year / date
- 1978-09-02
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 5 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
- Designer
- Mahravan
- Printer
- Iranian Printing Press
- Process
- Offset lithography
- Paper
- Watermarked Persian inscription and coat of arms in circle
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Line 10½
- Panes
- 50
- Quantity printed
- 1,000,000
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 978.30
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- IR 1990
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- IR 1924
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- IR 1737
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- IR 2088
Notes
Landscape. Guides in uniform before the Shahyad monument, some with red flowers; a green WAGGGS trefoil on a globe. Lettered IRAN, 5 R., 23rd W.A.G.G.G.S. WORLD CONFERENCE TEHRAN – SEPT. 1978, پست ایران and ۵ ریال. Offset lithography, line 10½.
Series history
Iran issued a 5 rial commemorative at Tehran on 2 September 1978 for the 23rd World Conference of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. The stamp is lettered IRAN, 5 R., 23rd W.A.G.G.G.S. WORLD CONFERENCE TEHRAN – SEPT. 1978, پست ایران and ۵ ریال. The purple band at the foot carries a Persian inscription and the year ۲۵۳۷.
Guides in pale uniforms stand before the Shahyad monument, some holding red flowers. A green WAGGGS trefoil sits on a globe at upper left.
Mahravan designed the stamp from material supplied by the Scout Association of Iran. The Iranian Printing Press lithographed it in panes of 50, line perforated 10½, 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.