Living in the past: old names inscribed on new postage stamps – Linn’s Stamp News

Living in the past: old names inscribed on new postage stamps
Linn’s Stamp News
This 5-rial Iranian stamp was issued as part of a set of four stamps April 20, 1979, to commemorate the Islamic Revolution. The inscription on the stamp simply states “Iran” instead of the new official name for the country, the Islamic Republic of Iran

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