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List (111 ref.)

Stamp #00091

Issue date:
1894
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: R155

Stamp #00086

Issue date:
1909
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: O173

Stamp #00088

Issue date:
1909
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: P173/81

Stamp #00092

Issue date:
1928
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: N192

Stamp #00089

Issue date:
1928
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: P188/93

Stamp #00090

Issue date:
1930
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: P214/15

Stamp #00087

Issue date:
1939
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 0281/82

Stamp #00084

Issue date:
1939
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: N259/60

Stamp #01779

Issue date:
1951
Face:
125 pul
Subject:
Obligatory tax. Pashtunistan day
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 347
Remarks:
Afridi tribesman

Stamp #00051

Issue date:
1951
Face:
35 pul
Subject:
Obligatory tax. Pashtunistan day
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 346
Flags shown:
Pashtunistan

Stamp #01469

Issue date:
1951
Face:
70 pul
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 332
Flags shown:
Afghanistan (1931-1973)
On line:
image

Stamp #01438

Issue date:
1952
Face:
125 pul
Subject:
Obligatory tax. Pashtunistan day
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 363
Remarks:
Soldier and flag of Pashtunistan
Flags shown:
Pashtunistan

Stamp #01733

Issue date:
1952
Face:
35 pul
Subject:
Obligatory tax. Pashtunistan day
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 362
Remarks:
Soldier and flag of Pashtunistan
Flags shown:
Pashtunistan

Stamp #01605

Issue date:
1953
Face:
125 pul
Subject:
Obligatory tax. Pashtunistan day
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 376
Remarks:
Inscribed "1953". Badge of Pashtunistan

Stamp #00052

Issue date:
1953
Face:
35 pul
Subject:
Obligatory tax. Pashtunistan day
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 375; Scott: 412
Remarks:
Flags of Afghanistan and Pashtunistan
Flags shown:
Pashtunistan | Afghanistan (1931-1973)
On line:
image

Stamp #01373

Issue date:
1953
Face:
۳۵پول
Subject:
35th. year of independence (١٣٣٣)
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 373
Remarks:
Mohamed Nadir Shah & flag-bearer
Flags shown:
unidentified flag
On line:
image

Stamp #01556

Issue date:
1954
Face:
125 pul
Subject:
Obligatory tax. Pashtunistan day
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 386
Remarks:
Hoisting the flag

Stamp #01523

Issue date:
1954
Face:
125 pul
Subject:
United Nations day and 9th. anniversary of UNO
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 389
Remarks:
UN flag and Afghan national emblem (plum)
Flags shown:
United Nations
On line:
image

Stamp #01674

Issue date:
1954
Face:
35 pul
Subject:
Obligatory tax. Pashtunistan day
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 385
Remarks:
Hoisting the flag

Stamp #01561

Issue date:
1954
Face:
35 pul
Subject:
United Nations day and 9th. anniversary of UNO
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 388
Remarks:
UN flag and Afghan national emblem (pink)
Flags shown:
United Nations
On line:
image

Stamp #01763

Issue date:
1955
Face:
125 pul
Subject:
10th. anniversary of signing of UN charter
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 391
Remarks:
UN emblem and flags

Stamp #01452

Issue date:
1955
Face:
125 pul
Subject:
Obligatory tax. Pashtunistan day
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 401

Stamp #01731

Issue date:
1955
Face:
125 pul
Subject:
Obligatory tax. 10th. anniversary of United Nations
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 404
Remarks:
UN flag

Stamp #01411

Issue date:
1955
Face:
35 pul
Subject:
10th. anniversary of signing of UN charter
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 390
Remarks:
Globe and clasped hands

Stamp #00053

Issue date:
1955
Face:
35 pul
Subject:
Obligatory tax. Pashtunistan day
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 400
Flags shown:
Pashtunistan

Stamp #01401

Issue date:
1955
Face:
35 pul
Subject:
Obligatory tax. 10th. anniversary of United Nations
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 403
Remarks:
UN flag

Stamp #01629

Issue date:
1956
Face:
140+15 pul
Subject:
Pashtunistan Day
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 412

Stamp #00055

Issue date:
1956
Face:
35+15 pul
Subject:
Pashtunistan Day
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 411
Flags shown:
Pashtunistan

Stamp #00054

Issue date:
1956
Face:
50 pul
Subject:
International exhibition, Kabul
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 409
Remarks:
Flag over Kabul
Flags shown:
Afghanistan (1931-1973)

Stamp #01514

Issue date:
1956
Face:
50 pul
Subject:
International exhibition, Kabul
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 410
Remarks:
Flag over Kabul

Stamp #01663

Issue date:
1957
Face:
135 pul
Subject:
Pashtunistan Day
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 421
Remarks:
lilac
Flags shown:
Pashtunistan
On line:
image

Stamp #01751

Issue date:
1957
Face:
50 pul
Subject:
Pashtunistan Day
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 420
Remarks:
fuchsia
Flags shown:
Pashtunistan
On line:
image

Stamp #01426

Issue date:
1958
Face:
100 pul
Subject:
United Nations day.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 440
Remarks:
Flags of UN and Afghanistan
Flags shown:
United Nations | Afghanistan (1931-1973)
On line:
image

Stamp #01568

Issue date:
1958
Face:
140 pul
Subject:
40th. independence day
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 429
Remarks:
Mohamed Nadir Shah & old soldier (brown)
Flags shown:
unknown Afghani flag
On line:
image

Stamp #01580

Issue date:
1958
Face:
140+15 pul
Subject:
Pashtunistan day
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 433

Stamp #01502

Issue date:
1958
Face:
35 pul
Subject:
40th. independence day
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 428
Remarks:
Mohamed Nadir Shah & old soldier (green)
Flags shown:
unknown Afghani flag
On line:
image

Stamp #01485

Issue date:
1958
Face:
35+15 pul
Subject:
Pashtunistan day
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 432

Stamp #00056

Issue date:
1958
Face:
50 pul
Subject:
United Nations day.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 439
Remarks:
Flags of UN and Afghanistan
Flags shown:
United Nations | Afghanistan (1931-1973)
On line:
image

Stamp #01415

Issue date:
1959
Face:
165 pul
Subject:
41st. independence day.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 448
Remarks:
Mohamed Nadir Shah and flags

Stamp #01546

Issue date:
1959
Face:
165+15 pul
Subject:
United Nations day.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 453
Remarks:
Horseman

Stamp #00057

Issue date:
1959
Face:
35 pul
Subject:
41st. independence day.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 447
Remarks:
Mohamed Nadir Shah and flags
Flags shown:
Afghanistan (1931-1973)

Stamp #01701

Issue date:
1959
Face:
35+15 pul
Subject:
United Nations day.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 452
Remarks:
Horseman

Stamp #01709

Issue date:
1960
Face:
175 pul
Subject:
UN day.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 483
Remarks:
Globe and flags

Stamp #01749

Issue date:
1960
Face:
50 PS / ٥٠ پ
Subject:
UN day.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 482
Remarks:
Globe and flags
Flags shown:
Afghanistan (1931-1973)
On line:
image

Stamp #00058

Issue date:
1964
Face:
100 pul
Subject:
Pashtunistan day.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 533
Remarks:
Pashtu flag
Flags shown:
Pashtunistan

Stamp #01440

Issue date:
1964
Face:
25 pul
Subject:
Tourist publicity.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 524
Remarks:
Herat

Stamp #01677

Issue date:
1964
Face:
25 pul
Subject:
46th. independence day.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 531
Remarks:
Afghan flag
Flags shown:
Afghanistan (1931-1973)
On line:
image

Stamp #01517

Issue date:
1964
Face:
3 afghanis
Subject:
Tourist publicity.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 526
Remarks:
Map and flag
Flags shown:
Afghanistan (1931-1973, tricolor only)
On line:
image

Stamp #01509

Issue date:
1964
Face:
6 afghanis
Subject:
New York World's Fair.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 518
Remarks:
Unisphere and flags
Flags shown:
Afghanistan (1931-1973)
On line:
image

Stamp #01414

Issue date:
1964
Face:
75 pul
Subject:
Tourist publicity.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 525
Remarks:
Tomb of Gowhar Shad, Herat

Stamp #01608

Issue date:
1964
Face:
75 pul
Subject:
46th. independence day.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 532
Remarks:
Afghan flag
Flags shown:
Afghanistan (1931-1973)
On line:
image

Stamp #00059

Issue date:
1965
Face:
1 afghani
Subject:
Pashtunistan day.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 555
Remarks:
Pashtu flag
Flags shown:
Pashtunistan
On line:
image

Stamp #00060

Issue date:
1965
Face:
5 afghanis
Subject:
UN day.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 560
Remarks:
UN and Afghan flags
Flags shown:
United Nations | Afghanistan (1931-1973)
On line:
image

Stamp #01391

Issue date:
1966
Face:
1 afghani
Subject:
Pashtunistan day.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 572
Remarks:
Pashtu flag

Stamp #00061

Issue date:
1968
Face:
3 afghanis
Subject:
Pashtunistan day.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 636
Remarks:
Pashtu flag
Flags shown:
Pashtunistan

Stamp #01592

Issue date:
1969
Face:
2 afghanis
Subject:
Tourist publicity.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 657
Remarks:
Road map of Afghanistan

Stamp #01449

Issue date:
1969
Face:
4 afghanis
Subject:
Tourist publicity.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 658
Remarks:
Pamir landscape
Flags shown:
Afghanistan (1931-1973, tricolor only)
On line:
image

Stamp #00062

Issue date:
1969
Face:
5 afghanis
Subject:
United Nations Day.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 670
Remarks:
UN emblem, Afghan arms and flag
Flags shown:
Afghanistan (1931-1973)
On line:
image

Stamp #01619

Issue date:
1969
Face:
7 afghanis
Subject:
Tourist publicity.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 659
Remarks:
Mountain mule transport

Stamp #00085

Issue date:
1969
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: N652/53

Stamp #01777

Issue date:
1970
Face:
8 afghanis
Subject:
Independence day.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 695
Remarks:
Shah reviewing troops

Stamp #01817

Issue date:
1971
Face:
100 afghanis
Subject:
Air.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 715
Remarks:
King, airline emblem and Boeing 727 airplane

Stamp #01785

Issue date:
1971
Face:
5 afghanis
Subject:
Pashtunistan day.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 713
Remarks:
Pashtunistan Square, Kabul
Flags shown:
Pashtunistan
On line:
image

Stamp #01583

Issue date:
1971
Face:
50 afghanis
Subject:
Air.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 714
Remarks:
Mohamed Zahir Shah and Kabul airport

Stamp #01595

Issue date:
1972
Face:
7 afghanis
Subject:
Red Crescent day.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 739
Remarks:
Ruined town and refugees
Flags shown:
Red Crescent
On line:
image

Stamp #00063

Issue date:
1973
Face:
9 afghanis
Subject:
Pashtunistan day.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 756
Remarks:
Landscape and flag
Flags shown:
Pashtunistan
On line:
image

Stamp #01660

Issue date:
1974
Face:
15 afghanis
Subject:
1st. anniversary of republic.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 772
Remarks:
Soldiers and arms

Stamp #01548

Issue date:
1974
Face:
4 afghanis
Subject:
1st. anniversary of republic.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 769
Remarks:
Arms of Afghanistan and hands clasping seedling

Stamp #01518

Issue date:
1974
Face:
5 afghanis
Subject:
1st. anniversary of republic.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 770
Remarks:
Republican flag

Stamp #00064

Issue date:
1974
Face:
5 afghanis
Subject:
Pashtunistan day.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 777
Remarks:
Flags of Pashtunistan and Afghanistan
Flags shown:
Pashtunistan | Afghanistan (1974-1978)
On line:
image

Stamp #01669

Issue date:
1974
Face:
7 afghanis
Subject:
1st. anniversary of republic.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 771
Remarks:
General Mohammed Daoud

Stamp #00066

Issue date:
1975
Face:
10 afghanis
Subject:
Pashtunistan day.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 797
Remarks:
Rising sun and flag
Flags shown:
Pashtunistan
On line:
image

Stamp #00065

Issue date:
1975
Face:
16 afghanis
Subject:
Independence day.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 793
Remarks:
Afghan flag
Flags shown:
Afghanistan (1974-1978)
On line:
image

Stamp #01565

Issue date:
1976
Face:
30 afghanis
Subject:
3rd. anniversary of republic.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 800
Remarks:
President Daoud raising flag
Flags shown:
Afghanistan (1974-1978)
On line:
image

Stamp #00067

Issue date:
1977
Face:
20 afghanis
Subject:
Independence day.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 805
Remarks:
Flag and monuments on open book

Stamp #01386

Issue date:
1977
Face:
20 afghanis
Subject:
Republic day.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 812
Remarks:
Crowd with Afghan flag
Flags shown:
Afghanistan (1974-1978)
On line:
image

Stamp #00068

Issue date:
1977
Face:
30 afghanis
Subject:
Pashtunistan day.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 813
Remarks:
Dancers around fountain
Flags shown:
Pashtunistan

Stamp #00069

Issue date:
1978
Face:
7 afghanis
Subject:
Pashtunistan day.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 825
Remarks:
Afghans with flag
Flags shown:
Pashtunistan
On line:
image

Stamp #00070

Issue date:
1978
Face:
8 afghanis
Subject:
"The mail is in the service of the people."
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 827; Scott: 953 A355
Remarks:
Flag
Flags shown:
Afghanistan (1978-1980)
On line:
image

Stamp #01550

Issue date:
1978
Face:
9 afghanis
Subject:
"The mail is in the service of the people."
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 828
Remarks:
Flag
Flags shown:
Afghanistan (1978-1980)
On line:
image

Stamp #01428

Issue date:
1979
Face:
12 afghanis
Subject:
1st. anniversary of Sawr revolution (2nd. issue)
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 839
Remarks:
House where first Khalq party congress was held

Stamp #00071

Issue date:
1979
Face:
16 afghanis
Subject:
International Year of the Child.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 841
Remarks:
Children on map of Afghanistan
Flags shown:
Afghanistan (1978-1980)

Stamp #01755

Issue date:
1979
Face:
4 afghanis
Subject:
1st. anniversary of Sawr revolution (2nd. issue)
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 836
Remarks:
President Taraki

Stamp #01448

Issue date:
1979
Face:
5 afghanis
Subject:
1st. anniversary of Sawr revolution (2nd. issue)
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 837
Remarks:
Revolutionary HQ and tank monument, Kabul
Flags shown:
Afghanistan (1978-1980)
On line:
image

Stamp #01464

Issue date:
1979
Face:
6 afghanis
Subject:
1st. anniversary of Sawr revolution (2nd. issue)
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 838
Remarks:
Command room, revolutionary HQ

Stamp #00072

Issue date:
1979
Face:
9 afghanis
Subject:
Pashtunistan day.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 843
Remarks:
Afghans and flags
Flags shown:
Pashtunistan
On line:
image

Stamp #01617

Issue date:
1980
Face:
12 afghanis
Subject:
110th. birth anniversary of Lenin.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 849
Remarks:
Lenin speaking from tribune

Stamp #00073

Issue date:
1980
Face:
25 afghanis
Subject:
Pashtunistan day.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 857
Remarks:
Pashtus with flag
Flags shown:
Pashtunistan

Stamp #00074

Issue date:
1981
Face:
2 afghanis
Subject:
Pashtunistan day.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 871
Remarks:
Pashtus around flag
Flags shown:
Pashtunistan

Stamp #00075

Issue date:
1982
Face:
1 afghani
Subject:
4th. anniversary of Sawr revolution.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 883
Remarks:
Hands holding flags and tulip
Flags shown:
Afghanistan (1980-1987) | Afghanistan (1978-1980)

Stamp #00076

Issue date:
1982
Face:
32 afghanis
Subject:
Pashtunistan day.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 891
Remarks:
Pashtus and flag
Flags shown:
Pashtunistan

Stamp #01395

Issue date:
1983
Face:
1 afghani
Subject:
2nd. anniversary of National Fatherland Front.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 910
Remarks:
Arms and map of Afghanistan

Stamp #00077

Issue date:
1983
Face:
15 afghanis
Subject:
5th. anniversary of Sawr revolution.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 905
Remarks:
Revolution monument
Flags shown:
Afghanistan (1978-1980)

Stamp #01387

Issue date:
1983
Face:
3 afghanis
Subject:
Pashtunistan day.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 916
Remarks:
Pashtus with flag

Stamp #00078

Issue date:
1984
Face:
3 afghanis
Subject:
6th. anniversary of Sawr revolution.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 958
Remarks:
Flags, soldier and workers
Flags shown:
Afghanistan (1980-1987)
On line:
image

Stamp #01573

Issue date:
1985
Face:
10 afghanis
Subject:
40th. anniversary of end of WW II.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 1023
Remarks:
Cecilienhof Castle, Potsdam, and flags of UK, USSR and USA
Flags shown:
United States | Soviet Union | Britain
On line:
image

Stamp #00079

Issue date:
1985
Face:
21 afghans
Subject:
7th. anniversary of Sawr revolution
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 1016
Remarks:
Revolutionaries with flags
Flags shown:
Afghanistan (1980-1987) | Afghanistan (1978-1980)

Stamp #01488

Issue date:
1985
Face:
22 afghanis
Subject:
40th. anniversary of United Nations Organisation.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 1061
Remarks:
Flags and UN building, New York

Stamp #01744

Issue date:
1985
Face:
25 afghanis
Subject:
Pashtunistan day.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 1045
Remarks:
Dancers in Pashtunistan square, Kabul
Flags shown:
Pashtunistan
On line:
image

Stamp #01679

Issue date:
1985
Face:
6 afghanis
Subject:
40th. anniversary of end of WW II.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 1021
Remarks:
Soviet memorial, Berlin-Treptow and tank before Reichstag
Flags shown:
red flag of socialism
On line:
image

Stamp #01540

Issue date:
1985
Face:
9 afghanis
Subject:
40th. anniversary of end of WW II.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 1022
Remarks:
Mother Homeland was memorial, Volgograd and fireworks over Moscow Kremlin
Flags shown:
red flag of socialism
On line:
image

Stamp #01543

Issue date:
1986
Face:
10 afghanis
Subject:
Independence day.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 1136
Remarks:
National monuments

Stamp #01766

Issue date:
1986
Face:
2 afghanis
Subject:
21st. anniversary of People's Democratic Party.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 1082
Remarks:
Crowd with flags
Flags shown:
Afghanistan (1978-1980)
On line:
image

Stamp #00080

Issue date:
1986
Face:
8 afghanis
Subject:
8th. anniversary of Sawr revolution.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 1101
Remarks:
Flags and crowd
Flags shown:
Afghanistan (1980-1987) | Afghanistan (1978-1980)

Stamp #00081

Issue date:
1987
Face:
3 afghanis
Subject:
9th. anniversary of Sawr revolution.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 1150
Remarks:
Crowd with flags
Flags shown:
Afghanistan (1987-1992) | Afghanistan (1978-1980)

Stamp #01610

Issue date:
1987
Face:
42 afghanis
Subject:
United Nations Day.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 1170
Remarks:
Communications

Stamp #00082

Issue date:
1988
Face:
10 afghanis
Subject:
10th. anniversary of Sawr revolution.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 1197
Remarks:
Tank museum, Kabul and flags
Flags shown:
Afghanistan (1987-1992)

Stamp #01531

Issue date:
1988
Face:
32 afghanis
Subject:
Afghan-Soviet space flight.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 1214
Remarks:
Flags and globe

Stamp #01588

Issue date:
1988
Face:
40 afghanis
Subject:
Birth centenary of Jawaharlal Nehru (Indian statesman)
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 1226
Remarks:
Indian flag and Nehru
Flags shown:
India

Stamp #01665

Issue date:
1989
Face:
20 afghanis
Subject:
11th. anniversary of Sawr revolution.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 1264
Remarks:
Rejoicing crowd

Stamp #01421

Issue date:
1989
Face:
25 afghanis
Subject:
Independence day.
Catalogues:
Stanley Gibbons: 1269
Remarks:
National monuments

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