Empress Farah in Girl Guide uniform — 4 r
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1968.IRN.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Girl Guides National Jamboree — Empress Farah
1968.IRN.01· piece 1 of 2 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Iran (IRN)- Year / date
- 1968-06-24
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 4 r
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Bright violet and dark green-grey
- 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
- Parliament Printing Office
- Process
- Lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 10½
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 968.18
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- IR 1478
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- IR 1390
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- IR 1258
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- IR 1543
Notes
Portrait of Empress Farah Pahlavi in Girl Guide uniform with neckerchief; Girl Guide emblem at upper left; vertical English text Great Camp of Iranian Girl Guides, 1968; bilingual IRAN and 4 R.
Series history
Iran issued two commemoratives at Tehran on 24 June 1968 for the Great Camp of the Iranian Girl Guides, a national jamboree of the girls' movement. Both values show the same portrait of Empress Farah Pahlavi in Girl Guide uniform with neckerchief and woggle, a Girl Guide emblem at upper left, bilingual IRAN and face value at the foot, and vertical English and Persian text naming the Great Camp of Iranian Girl Guides, 1968. The 4 rial is bright violet and dark green-grey; the 6 rial is dark brown and red lilac. The Parliament Printing Office printed the set by lithography on paper watermarked with a Persian inscription and the coat of arms in a circle, perforated 10½. Each value was printed in 400,000 copies.