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1973.IRQ.01National Defence postal tax
Iraq·1973
National Defence Fund postal tax
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Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1973.IRQ.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Iraq (IRQ)
- Year
- 1973-12
- Event
- National Defence Fund postal tax
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Postal Tax
Production
- Printer
- De La Rue
- Process
- Lithography; typographic overprint
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13
- Panes
- 50
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
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.