Campsite, face and Scout emblem
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1969.IRN.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Philia — outdoor course for patrol leaders
1969.IRN.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Iran (IRN)- Year / date
- 1969-07-09
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 6 r
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Multicoloured (blue, yellow, bronze)
- 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
- Abotalebi
- Printer
- Parliament Printing Office
- Process
- Lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Line 10½
- Quantity printed
- 300,000
- Size
- 33 x 41 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 969.13
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- IR 1512
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- IR 1424
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- IR 1291A
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- IR 1577
Notes
Yellow tents beneath a mountain; stylized split face bound by a rope that spreads into roots; gold fleur-de-lis. Inscribed OUTDOOR COURSE FOR PATROL LEADERS and Philia. Quantity 300,000.
Series history
Iran issued a 6 rial commemorative at Tehran on 9 July 1969 for Philia, an outdoor course for Boy Scout patrol leaders. The stamp is inscribed OUTDOOR COURSE FOR PATROL LEADERS and Philia, with IRAN and پست ایران down the left and the Persian year 1348. Abotalebi of the Iranian Boy Scouts designed a campsite of yellow tents beneath a mountain at upper right, a stylized split face bound by a rope that spreads into roots, and a gold fleur-de-lis. The Parliament Printing Office lithographed the stamp in panes of 50 on paper watermarked with a Persian inscription and the coat of arms in a circle, line perforated 10½. Three hundred thousand were issued; the stamp remained valid until 1 April 1979.