Friday, April 18, 2008

5 dinars King Feisal I Revenue ( Fiscal ) stamp

This is the highest face value stamp among other values of Iraqi revenue stamps set (15 values) which were issued in 1932. This is the only value in collection without Arabic overprint ( " Al-Maliyyah" = " Revenue" ) because it was inscribed at both upper corners in Arabic and English " IRAQ REVENUE" .The design of this stamp was taken from a painting by Mr. P. A. De Laszlo, which was the same design of the 1 Rupee (brown-coloured) postage stamp of 1927