File:Stamp of Afghanistan - 1951 - Colnect 487673 - Buddha of Bamian.jpeg

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Description

English: Stamp

Expiry date

1968-12-31

Format

Stamp

Themes

Buddhism

Emission

Definitive

Issued on

1951-03-21

Size

48 x 40 mm

Print run

500,000

Series

1951_Monuments_and_King_Zahir_Shah_Issue

Perforation

comb12

Paper

fluorescent frame on each stamp

Colors

Black

Score

88% Accuracy: Medium

Related items

Stamp_(Similar):_Douglas_DC-3_over_Kabul_-_Blue_(Afghanistan)

Printing

Photogravure

Face value

20 ؋ - Afghan pul

Gum

Ordinary

Watermark

None

Catalog codes

Michel AF 345 · Stamp Number AF 371 · Yvert et Tellier AF 359 · Stanley Gibbons AF 324

Date

1951

Source

https://colnect.com/en/stamps/stamp/487673-Buddha_of_Bamian-1951_Monuments_and_King_Zahir_Shah_Issue-Afghanistan

Author

Post of Afghanistan

Permission
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