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Iraq
formerly Mesopotamia
1st June 1923
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Middle East | 7, 7a |  |
perf 12, wmk multiple script "CA", engraved
| Description | Scott | SG ‡ | Mi | Y&T | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ½ anna olive green | 1 | 41 | ||||
| 1a brown | 2 | 42 | ||||
| 1½a carmine lake | 3 | 43 | ||||
| 2a brown orange | 4 | 44 | ||||
| 3a deep blue | 5 | 45 | ||||
| 4a dull violet | 6 | 46 | ||||
| 6a blue-green | 7 | 47 | ||||
| 8a olive bister | 8 | 48 | ||||
| 1 rupee green and brown | 9 | 49 | ||||
| 2r black | 10 | 50 | ||||
| 2r bister | 11 | 51 | issued 1925 | |||
| 5r orange | 12 | 52 | ||||
| 10r carmine | 13 | 53 |
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British Occupation, Issues for Baghdad |
British Occupation, Issues for Mosul |
British Occupation, Issues for Iraq |
| 1917 FICC #465 Mesopotamia Sc-N1 Iraq SG1 ◊ |
1919 Mesopotamia Sc-N42 Iraq SG1 |
1918 Mesopotamia Sc-N50 Iraq SG1 |
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League of Nations Mandate |
Independent Kingdom † |
Republic |
| 1923 Sc1 SG41 | 1932 Sc28§ SG106 | 1958 Sc188 SG418 |
| Gibbons | SG |
Date |
Scott | Sc |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | Mesopotamia | |||
| - British Occupation, Issues for Baghdad | 1-25 |
1917 |
- Baghdad Issue | N1-N27 |
| - British Occupation, Issues for Mosul | 1-8 |
1919 |
- Mosul Issue | N42-49 |
| - British Occupation, Issues for Iraq | 1-18 |
1918 |
- Iraq Issue | N28-N41, N50-53 |
| Iraq | ||||
| - League of Nations Mandate | 41-138 |
1923-32 |
- British Mandate | 1-27 |
| - Independent Kingdom † | 172-417 |
1934-58 |
- Kingdom (1932) | 28-187 |
| - Republic | 418+ |
1958+ |
- Republic | 188+ |
Walker (see Syria) writes, " IRAQ, ignoring Saddam Hussein, went from being a British mandate (#1) to a Kingdom (#28), to a Republic (#188). You might also want to include the Mesopotamia occupation issue (#N1) in the lraq section. "
‡Scott [1] begins Iraq in 1923 with the stamps issued under the League of Nations mandate of 1920. The separate listing for Mesopotamia are all treated as occupation issues with an "N" prefix. Gibbons [2] lists both phases under Iraq. † The catalogues also differ on the issue denoting the Independent Kingdom: Scott 1932 Sc28§ SG106; Gibbons 1934 Sc61 SG172, although Gibbons does note, "[the] British Mandate was given up on 3 October 1932 and Iraq became an independent Kingdom."
◊ The first issue of this set for both Scott and Gibbons is the ¼ anna on 2 piastres claret, a vertical stamp, not the horizontal ¼ anna on 5p violet-brown that seems to be much more readily available.
§ Sc28 is the 2 fils on ½ anna overprinted in red.
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The image of the Sc28 above was taken from this full set (excluding variants) of the overprints selling on ebay for $999. |
| 1932 Sc28-43 SG106-121 |