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4th June 1993
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Unissued "Missing" 1 ID value discovered?
Over 20 years ago a member of a trade delegation to Iraqi Kurdistan was presented with a folder of the new postage stamps recently printed in Erbil. The stamps were as a minor reward for certain services rendered to a member of the Kurdish parliament. This folder has remained untended and neglected until a few weeks ago when the owner contacted me to enquire about the stamps and whether they had any value and I was very surprised and excited to see a 1 ID value, thus completing a set of 1,2, and 3 ID values. The Blue 2 ID and Green 3 ID. I have a grey 1ID on ungummed paper.
Information obtained from Erbil now confirms that the original set was to be of three values, the 1 ID mauve, 2ID blue, and 3ID green but a decision was made to not issue the 1 ID because of the unsuitable colour.
Obviously some 1 ID sheets were printed but this is the first time I have received evidence of this.
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4th June 1993
1993
National Assembly of Kurdistan Building
A single marginal 2 ID value.
Peelable backing paper
sold
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4th June 1993
1993
National Assembly of Kurdistan Building
Ungummed stamps on white paper.
A rare 1 ID [Iraqi Dinar] value has been added to the series
and the year 1993 is shown at the top and bottom of this stamp.
The date at the bottom of the blue 2 ID stamp has been corrected to 1993,
but the green 3 ID still shows 1993 at the top and 1992 at the botton.
The value of the 2 ID now shows "2 ID" and not "ID 2" as on the shiny stamps.
The 1 ID value is a rare item and was not issued in shiny self-adhesive form.
sold out
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4th June 1993
1993
National Assembly of Kurdistan Building
Ungummed stamp on white paper. A single 3 ID value.
£7.00
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4th June 1993
Overprint on SG1891 [15th Oct. 1989] Iraq Tourism issue
showing Erbil a and Kurdish girls in colourful Kurdish dresses.
Overprints are applied either horizontally [left stamp]
or vertically and are usually are very faint.
sold out
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14th March 1997
Serok Barzani [1903 - 1979] the Kurdish leader.
Set of 3 identical stamps with different values.
Rough perfs.throughout the sheet.
All values were printed within one sheet, but with very few 5 ID values.
A scarce set
sold out
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14th March 1997
Serok Barzani [1903 - 1979] set of 3.
The 1 ID and 5 ID values as a vertical se-tenant pair
This set as shown - sold
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14th March 1997
Serok Barzani [1903 - 1979] set of 3.
The 1 ID and 5 ID values as a vertical se-tenant pair
This set as shown - (set 3) sold
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14th March 1997
Serok Barzani [1903 - 1979] row from bottom of page.
with central gutter
2 ID on left, and 3 x 1 ID stamps on right.
As shown - £20.00
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14th March 1997
Serok Barzani [1903 - 1979] marginal block of 6
4 X 1 ID stamps and 2 X 2 ID stamps
Vertical perf. error
£25.00
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14th March 1997
Serok Barzani [1903 - 1979] marginal block of 4
4 X 1 ID stamps
£15.00
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14th March 1997
Serok Barzani [1903 - 1979] corner block of 4
4 X 1 ID stamps - darker blue
£15.00
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14th March 1997
Serok Barzani [1903 - 1979] single 1 ID stamp
sold
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11 September 1997
Hawler [Erbil], declared the Capital of Kurdistan.
The yellow 5 ID was described as being very rare by my supplier,
and this could be true, as sets from another source did not
include the yellow 5 ID value.
The black 5 ID is printed on gummed paper but the
other 3 values
seem to have gum brushed onto them . Perf. 10.5
Sold out
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11 September 1997
Hawler [Erbil], declared the Capital of Kurdistan.
The black 5 ID is printed on gummed paper but the other 2 values
seem to have gum brushed onto them . Perf. 10.5
£12.00
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21 March 1999
Nawrooz - Spring Festival.
One mulicoloured stamp, value 2 ID.
NB. Stamps have rough perfs., as in block 1 shown below
£6.50
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Notes on the Spring Festival (Nawrooz) issue
There appears to have been at least two printings of this issue as shown below.
The block on the left has very rough perforations and the stamps
are printed on gummed paper.
The block on the right has clean perforations and the gum appears
to have been has been applied by hand,
as on earlier issues
Perhaps this block is from the centre of the sheet
with both vertical and horizontal central gutters.
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21 March 1999
Spring Festival.(Blk.1)
Block of four as shown above.
Sold
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21 March 1999
Spring Festival. (Blk.2)
Block of four as shown above.
Sold
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April 1998
Muqdad Beder Khan Anniversary.
Again, rough perfs around 11 X 11 & brushed gum
sold out
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April 1998
Kurdish Nature
set of four values
sold
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April 1998
Tree - single 5 ID stamp from 'Nature' set.
£4.50
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April 1998
Fish - single 3 ID stamp from 'Nature' set.
As with so many other sheets, the perforation width was set
incorrectly thus reducing the width of this stamp.
sold out
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April 1998
Kurdish Settlements/Cities Through the Ages
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April 1998
Kurdish Settlements/Cities Through the Ages
2 ID single value
£4.00
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April 1998
Kurdish Settlements/Cities Through the Ages
3 ID single value
£4.00
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April 1998
Kurdish Settlements/Cities Through the Ages
Shanidar Cave in the Rowanduz Mountains
5 ID single value
£4.00
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December 1998
Kurdish Historic Sites
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April 1998
Historic Sites
1 ID value single stamp
£4.00
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April 1998
Historic Sites
3 ID value single stamp
£4.00
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April 1998
Historic Sites
5 ID value single stamp
£7.50
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21st April 1999
Second Computer & Communications Conference.
This stamp was printed in the same sheet as the 5 ID value
of the Kurdish Tourism set
£5.00
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21 April 1999
"Second Computer & Communications Conference" se-tenant with
the 3 ID value of the Kurdish Tourism set
£15.00
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1999
Kurdish National Costumes
Set #1
£7.50
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1999
Kurdish National Costumes
Set #2
£7.50
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1999
Kurdish Scenes 1 ID
Mountain Resort
Sold out
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1999
Kurdish Scenes 2 ID
Refugees fleeing
Sold out
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1999
Kurdish Scenes 2 ID
Smoking building
sold out
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1999
Kurdish Scenes 3 ID
Sherwana Castle, Kalar
£3.50
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1999
Kurdish Scenes set 3 ID
Monument
(printed with Computers & Communications stamp)
£3.50
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1999
Kurdish Scenes 5 ID
Erbil
£3.50
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1999
Kurdish Scenes set 5 ID
Lakeside Resort
£3.50
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15 November 1999
KURDSAT - Kurdish TV Satellite set of 4
£15.00
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1999
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Set of 21 Flowers + two buildings
Large sets of stamps began to appear in 1999, starting with a set of 21 Flowers + 2 Buildings.
These were printed se-tenant within sheets of different values
[1ID, 2ID, 3ID, 5ID]. Most peculiarly, 2 of the 3ID se-tenant pairs were of a flower and a building! .
A few flowers were also issued imperforate - flowers M, N, and S .
These were probably printed after the perforation machine had broken down - see elsewhere on pages.
All the stamps had the date '1999' in English printed on them,
and the 5 ID values had the word 'POSTAGE' printed as 'POTAGE'.
These are being sold as errors on auction sites but all 5 ID stamps had the word mis-spelt.
Flowers shown below are offered as single stamps - unfortunately no complete set is available.
Some sheets had perforations punched one or two perfs.narrower than others
so some stamps have narrow margins
[See 1 ID values, Flower 'B' and Flower 'E' below]
Images of flowers will not enlarge on desktop computers
Several 'Flowers' items are available from proof runs - see "Proofs & Errors" section when page is added.
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