STAMP NOTES

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 234, 1 September 1938, Page 7

STAMP NOTES

The news announcement that the eldest sister of young King Farouk of Egypt is to soon marry the son of the Shah of Persia, brings the stamps of that remote country in western Asia to the'attention of philatelists, for a wedding stamp may be expected from both Egypt and Persia, now officially known as Iran, its ancient name. Iran has been issuing stamps since 1870, when the first issue featured the coat-of-arms, a lion holding a sword with a. rising sun in background. Those early stamps are scarce. The shahs appeared on stamps of Iran in 1870, and have been featured on postal paper since. Iran early began issuing overprints and surcharges on its stamps. These have been more numerous probably than from any other country, and appeal 1 as late as 1935, when the name of the country was changed to Iran, and all stamps were overprinted with “Poste lranicnnes.”

The first -pictorial stamps appeared in 1915 featuring ruins, and were issued as a commemorative for the coronation of Shah Ahmed, who was deposed in 1925, when the present ruler, Riza Khan Pahlavi, a former stable boy, led the revolt and became dictator. Previous issues were overprinted to commemorate the event, and in 192 G the new ruler was-pictured on a new issue. A new set portraying the ruler has been issued nearly every year. In 1935, on the tenth anniversary of his rule, Riza Khan Pahlavi issued the first long pictorial set, showing new developments in the country since he seized power, featuring also Iran’s air forces and small navy. During the World War, British forces occupied part of Persia, and stamps of the country were overprinted “Bushire Under British Occupation.” These 1915 issues are the scarcest of all the country’s stamps. Air mail stamps have been issued since 1927, revenue and regular postage stamps being surcharged. In 1930 the first air mail stamp appeared with Pahlavi and an eagle flying over mountainous country being featured. There has also been newspaper, parcel post and official stamps. RECENT ISSUES.

Three values of the new Bahamas George VI issue are to be released soon, the 4, 6 and 8 penny values . . . Liberia, independent African republic, issued a new air mail set early in August . . . Brazil has issued a stamp to mark the centenary of the National Archives Building . . . Because of a change in currency valuation, several changes have been made and new values created in Indo-Ghina’s postage.

air mail and postage due stamps . . . France has issued a stamp featuring a girl of the Champagne country in ceremonial dress to advertise champagne wine and mark the 300th anniversary of the inventor of the process, Dom Perignon. The stamp to mark the visit of King George and Queen Elizabeth features clasped hands in the centre, with the London Parliament Buildings on left and Paris Arc de Triomphe at right . . . Liechtenstein, the small European principality, issued a souvenir sheet to mark the third Liechtenstein stamp exhibition. Two surcharged Spanish stamps were issued to mark the festival of Trabajo on May 1. the stamps surcharged being the 1905 l)on Quixote issue . . . The United States issued on July 11 the 4-J----cent ebony grey White House stamp and on July 21 the five-cent blue James Monroe stamp of the new Presidential series . . . Rumania’s 11 value commemorative set to King Carol’s Bth year of rule was issued June 8, and features nine men and two women in Rumania’s history, including King Carol . . . Plans are now being prepared to have the British Post Office issue a commemorative one-penny stamp in May, 1940, to mark one hundred years of postage stamp use, the first stamp in the world having been issued in England on May 6, 1810. Other countries are expected to celebrato the occasion similarly.

Portugal issued this stamp in If to commemorate the fifth ccnten;' of the death of the celebrated Pori gucso warrior, Ntmo Alvares Perei

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’ It is reported that Giuseppe Caratozvolo a 78-venr-old postman of the small town of Soil la, near the Straits ot Messina has to his credit the feat of having walked about 125,000 miles during a “career extending uninterruptedly over 53 years. The old man is a highly popular figure with his fellow townsmen.

The Kaid Ali-el-Ayaslii, one of the great Berber chiefs of Northern Morocco, has died in "Fez at the age of 49. He submitted to the French in 1912. and in 1925 during the Riff War and in 1937 rendered great services to them by restraining the Berber tribes! round Fez. Ho was a; Commander of the Legion of Honour.