1977.IRN.012nd Asia-Pacific Scout Jamboree
Iran·1977
2nd Asia-Pacific Scout Jamboree, Omar Khayyám Scout Park, Nishapur
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1977.IRN.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Iran (IRN)
- Year
- 1977-08-05
- Event
- 2nd Asia-Pacific Scout Jamboree, Omar Khayyám Scout Park, Nishapur
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
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 stamps
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
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.