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1993 to 1999 Click here to see issues 2000 - onwards or FDC's and covers This pages are constantly being updated These Iraqi Kurdistan pages will show as much information as possible about the issues and illustrations will remain on the pages for reference purposes even when the sets or individual items are not offered for sale. Feel free to use the scans and information for lawful purposes. More information will be added as it becomes available |
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Another set of stamps showing the Kurdistan National Assembly Building was issued simultaneously. The datestamps on FDC's for both issues show 4th June 1993. The margins of the sheets of 'Kurdish Assembly Building' set has, in English and in bold print, THE FIRST EVER KURDISH POSTAGE STAMP [picture] and each stamp value shows the date in English - 1993 at the top and 1992 at the bottom! Later issues showed 1993 at both top and bottom.[Strictly speaking the first Kurdish postage stamps were the 'Sheikh Mahmoud' issues of 1923] In the early months of the year 2000 the perforating machine in Erbil broke down and imperforate sets were offered for sale for a while, then stamps with terribly rough perforations appeared. Early information indicated that only the first two issues were actually officially valid for postage, but subsequent announcements in Kurdish newspapers and on Kurdish official websites gave details of later issues officially sanctioned by the Kurdish authorities. |
The very first stamp to appear in Iraqi Kurdistan. Iraq Dome of the Rock issue.SG1291 Dome of The Rock with a vertical, usually quite faint, 'One Dinar' overprint. There are 2 types of overprint - see illustration. £12.00 the pair |
National Assembly of Kurdistan Building. Stamps with Arabic and English script and inscribed National Assembly of Kurdistan 4/6/1992 on the bottom but with the date 1993 on the top. Both stamps are printed on shiny paper with peelable yellow backing. Rough perfs. 10.5 X 10.5 and printing faults. £10.00 |
National Assembly of Kurdistan Building A single marginal 2 ID value. Peelable backing paper sold |
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 |
National Assembly of Kurdistan Building Ungummed stamp on white paper. A single 3 ID value. £7.00 |
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 |
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 |
Serok Barzani [1903 - 1979] set of 3. The 1 ID and 5 ID values as a vertical se-tenant pair This set as shown - £25.00 |
Serok Barzani [1903 - 1979] set of 3. The 1 ID and 5 ID values as a vertical se-tenant pair This set as shown - £20.00 |
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 |
Serok Barzani [1903 - 1979] marginal block of 6 4 X 1 ID stamps and 2 X 2 ID stamps Vertical perf. error £25.00 |
Serok Barzani [1903 - 1979] marginal block of 4 4 X 1 ID stamps £15.00 |
Serok Barzani [1903 - 1979] corner block of 4 4 X 1 ID stamps - darker blue £15.00 |
Serok Barzani [1903 - 1979] single 1 ID stamp £3.50 |
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 £20.00 |
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 |
Nawrooz - Spring Festival. One mulicoloured stamp, value 2 ID. sold |
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. |
Spring Festival.(Blk.1) Block of four as shown above. £25.00 |
Spring Festival. (Blk.2) Block of four as shown above. £25.00 |
Muqdad Beder Khan Anniversary. Again, rough perfs around 11 X 11 & brushed gum £7.50 |
Kurdish Nature set of four values sold |
Tree - single 5 ID stamp from 'Nature' set. £4.50 |
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. £3.50 |
Kurdish Settlements/Cities Through the Ages |
Kurdish Settlements/Cities Through the Ages 2 ID single value £4.00 |
Kurdish Settlements/Cities Through the Ages 3 ID single value £4.00 |
Kurdish Settlements/Cities Through the Ages Shanidar Cave in the Rowanduz Mountains 5 ID single value £4.00 |
Kurdish Historic Sites |
Historic Sites 1 ID value single stamp £4.00 |
Historic Sites 3 ID value single stamp £4.00 |
Historic Sites 5 ID value single stamp £7.50 |
Second Computer & Communications Conference. This stamp was printed in the same sheet as the 5 ID value of the Kurdish Tourism set £5.00 |
"Second Computer & Communications Conference" se-tenant with the 3 ID value of the Kurdish Tourism set £15.00 |
Kurdish National Costumes Set #1 £7.50 |
Kurdish National Costumes Set #2 £7.50 |
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Tourism - Kurdish scenes These pictorial stamps appeared during 1999 and have been lumped into one 'set'  
 
 
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Kurdish Scenes 1 ID Mountain Resort £3.50 |
Kurdish Scenes 2 ID Refugees fleeing £3.50 |
Kurdish Scenes 2 ID Smoking building £3.50 |
Kurdish Scenes 3 ID Sherwana Castle, Kalar £3.50 |
Kurdish Scenes set 3 ID Monument (printed with Computers & Communications stamp) £3.50 |
Kurdish Scenes 5 ID Erbil £3.50 |
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Kurdish Scenes set 5 ID Lakeside Resort £3.50 |
KURDSAT - Kurdish TV Satellite set of 4 £15.00 |
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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. |
(printed with Flowers set) £3.50 |
(printed with Flowers set) £3.50 |
 1 ID Flower unavailable |
 1 ID Flower A £2.25 |
 1 ID Flower B (Only one available, as shown) £2.25 |
 1 ID Flower C £2.25 |
 1 ID Flower D £2.25 |
 1 ID Flower E £2.25 |
 2 ID Flower F £2.25 |
 2 ID Flower G £2.25 |
 2 ID Flower H £2.25 |
 2 ID Flower I £2.25 |
 2 ID Flower J £2.25 |
 2 ID Flower K £2.25 |
 3 ID Flower L £2.25 |
 3 ID Flower M £2.25 |
 3 ID Flower N £2.25 |
 3 ID Flower O £2.25 |
 5 ID Flower P £2.25 |
 5 ID Flower R £2.25 |
 5 ID Flower S £2.25 |
 5 ID Flower T £2.25 |
 5 ID Flower U £2.25 |
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Shaikh Mahmood Barzani [1881 - 1956] Leader of 1919 Kurdish Revolt A single 5 ID stamp with 'POSTAGE' printed as 'POTAGE', as on 5 ID values of the Flowers. |
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