Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Definitive Issue
Iran · 1962 · 1 Rl
This definitive stamp features a portrait of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran. The design is simple and formal, focusing on the monarch's image, which was a common practice for definitive series of the era to assert national identity and leadership.
Issued during the Pahlavi dynasty, this stamp represents a period of modernization and Westernization in Iran, just before the social and political reforms of the White Revolution.
Printing Method
Photogravure
Catalog Numbers
Estimated Values by Condition
Perfectly centered, fresh, no faults
Well centered, fresh colors
Nicely centered, minor flaws
Average centering, acceptable
Off-center or visible wear
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