Issue date:: 1955
Face:: 125 pul
Title:: 10^eme anv. des N.U.
Subject:: 10th. anniversary of signing of UN charter
Catalogues:: Stanley Gibbons: 391
Remarks:: UN emblem and flags draped around it, 11 on each side. Not in the YT catalogue.
Flags shown:: generic featureless flags
On line:: information information

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Stamp #00053

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

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Stamp #01401

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

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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
Flags shown:: flag(s) to be determinated; help welcome!

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Stamp #01629

Issue date:: 1956
Face:: 140+15 pul
Subject:: Pashtunistan Day
Catalogues:: Stanley Gibbons: 412
Flags shown:: flag(s) to be determinated; help welcome!

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Stamp #00055

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

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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) (+)

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Stamp #01514

Issue date:: 1956
Face:: 50 pul
Subject:: International exhibition, Kabul
Catalogues:: Stanley Gibbons: 410
Remarks:: Flag over Kabul
Flags shown:: flag(s) to be determinated; help welcome!

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Stamp #01663

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

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Stamp #01751

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

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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

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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

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Stamp #01580

Issue date:: 1958
Face:: 140+15 pul
Subject:: Pashtunistan day
Catalogues:: Stanley Gibbons: 433
Flags shown:: flag(s) to be determinated; help welcome!

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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

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Stamp #01485

Issue date:: 1958
Face:: 35+15 pul
Subject:: Pashtunistan day
Catalogues:: Stanley Gibbons: 432
Flags shown:: flag(s) to be determinated; help welcome!

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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

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Stamp #01415

Issue date:: 1959
Face:: 165 pul
Subject:: 41st. independence day.
Catalogues:: Stanley Gibbons: 448
Remarks:: Mohamed Nadir Shah and flags
Flags shown:: flag(s) to be determinated; help welcome!

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Stamp #01546

Issue date:: 1959
Face:: 165+15 pul
Subject:: United Nations day.
Catalogues:: Stanley Gibbons: 453
Remarks:: Horseman
Flags shown:: flag(s) to be determinated; help welcome!

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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) (+)

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Stamp #01701

Issue date:: 1959
Face:: 35+15 pul
Subject:: United Nations day.
Catalogues:: Stanley Gibbons: 452
Remarks:: Horseman
Flags shown:: flag(s) to be determinated; help welcome!

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Stamp #01709

Issue date:: 1960
Face:: 175 pul
Subject:: UN day.
Catalogues:: Stanley Gibbons: 483
Remarks:: Globe and flags
Flags shown:: flag(s) to be determinated; help welcome!

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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

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Stamp #03002

Issue date:: 1962.08.23
Face:: 25 pouls
Catalogues:: Scott: 575; Michel: 634; Yvert & Tellier: 363
Remarks:: Nadir Shah and sportsmen with (large, proeminent) national flag
Flags shown:: Afghanistan (1931-1973, tricolor only) (+)
On line:: information

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Stamp #00058

Issue date:: 1964
Face:: 100 pouls
Title:: Journée du Pashtunistan
Subject:: Pashtunistan day
Catalogues:: Stanley Gibbons: 533; Scott: 697; Michel: 929; Yvert & Tellier: 769
Remarks:: Pashtu flag
Flags shown:: Pashtunistan (+)
On line:: information information

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Stamp #01440

Issue date:: 1964
Face:: 25 pul
Subject:: Tourist publicity.
Catalogues:: Stanley Gibbons: 524
Remarks:: Herat
Flags shown:: flag(s) to be determinated; help welcome!

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Stamp #01517

Issue date:: 1964
Face:: 3 AFS
Title:: Visitez l’Afghanistan
Subject:: Tourist publicity.
Catalogues:: Stanley Gibbons: 526; Scott: 689; Michel: 922; Yvert & Tellier: 766
Remarks:: Map on flag background
Flags shown:: Afghanistan (1931-1973, tricolor only) (+)
On line:: information information image image

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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

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Stamp #01414

Issue date:: 1964
Face:: 75 pul
Subject:: Tourist publicity.
Catalogues:: Stanley Gibbons: 525
Remarks:: Tomb of Gowhar Shad, Herat
Flags shown:: flag(s) to be determinated; help welcome!

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Stamp #01677

Issue date:: 1964.08.23
Face:: 25 pul
Subject:: 46th. independence day.
Catalogues:: Stanley Gibbons: 531; Scott: 695; Michel: 927; Yvert & Tellier: 767
Remarks:: Afghan flag
Flags shown:: Afghanistan (1931-1973) (+)
On line:: information information image image

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Stamp #01608

Issue date:: 1964.08.23
Face:: 75 pul
Subject:: 46th. independence day.
Catalogues:: Stanley Gibbons: 532; Scott: 696; Michel: 928; Yvert & Tellier: 768
Remarks:: Afghan flag
Flags shown:: Afghanistan (1931-1973) (+)
On line:: information information image image

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Stamp #00059

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

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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

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Stamp #01391

Issue date:: 1966
Face:: 1 afghani
Subject:: Pashtunistan day.
Catalogues:: Stanley Gibbons: 572
Remarks:: Pashtu flag
Flags shown:: flag(s) to be determinated; help welcome!

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Stamp #00061

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

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Stamp #01592

Issue date:: 1969
Face:: 2 afghanis
Subject:: Tourist publicity.
Catalogues:: Stanley Gibbons: 657
Remarks:: Road map of Afghanistan
Flags shown:: flag(s) to be determinated; help welcome!

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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

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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

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Stamp #01619

Issue date:: 1969
Face:: 7 afghanis
Subject:: Tourist publicity.
Catalogues:: Stanley Gibbons: 659
Remarks:: Mountain mule transport
Flags shown:: flag(s) to be determinated; help welcome!

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Stamp #00085

Issue date:: 1969
Catalogues:: Stanley Gibbons: N652/53
Flags shown:: flag(s) to be determinated; help welcome!

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Stamp #01777

Issue date:: 1970
Face:: 8 afghanis
Subject:: Independence day.
Catalogues:: Stanley Gibbons: 695
Remarks:: Shah reviewing troops
Flags shown:: flag(s) to be determinated; help welcome!

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Stamp #01817

Issue date:: 1971
Face:: 100 afghanis
Subject:: Air.
Catalogues:: Stanley Gibbons: 715
Remarks:: King, airline emblem and Boeing 727 airplane
Flags shown:: flag(s) to be determinated; help welcome!

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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

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Stamp #01583

Issue date:: 1971
Face:: 50 afghanis
Subject:: Air.
Catalogues:: Stanley Gibbons: 714
Remarks:: Mohamed Zahir Shah and Kabul airport
Flags shown:: flag(s) to be determinated; help welcome!

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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

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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

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Stamp #01660

Issue date:: 1974
Face:: 15 afghanis
Subject:: 1st. anniversary of republic.
Catalogues:: Stanley Gibbons: 772
Remarks:: Soldiers and arms
Flags shown:: flag(s) to be determinated; help welcome!

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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
Flags shown:: flag(s) to be determinated; help welcome!

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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

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Stamp #01518

Issue date:: 1974
Face:: 5 afghanis
Subject:: 1st. anniversary of republic.
Catalogues:: Stanley Gibbons: 770
Remarks:: Republican flag
Flags shown:: flag(s) to be determinated; help welcome!

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Stamp #01669

Issue date:: 1974
Face:: 7 afghanis
Subject:: 1st. anniversary of republic.
Catalogues:: Stanley Gibbons: 771
Remarks:: General Mohammed Daoud
Flags shown:: flag(s) to be determinated; help welcome!

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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

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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

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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

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Stamp #00067

Issue date:: 1977
Face:: 20 afghanis
Subject:: Independence day.
Catalogues:: Stanley Gibbons: 805
Remarks:: Flag and monuments on open book
Flags shown:: flag(s) to be determinated; help welcome!

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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

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Stamp #00068

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

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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

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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

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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

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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
Flags shown:: flag(s) to be determinated; help welcome!

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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) (+)

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Stamp #01755

Issue date:: 1979
Face:: 4 afghanis
Subject:: 1st. anniversary of Sawr revolution (2nd. issue)
Catalogues:: Stanley Gibbons: 836
Remarks:: President Taraki
Flags shown:: flag(s) to be determinated; help welcome!

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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

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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
Flags shown:: flag(s) to be determinated; help welcome!

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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

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Stamp #01617

Issue date:: 1980
Face:: 12 afghanis
Subject:: 110th. birth anniversary of Lenin.
Catalogues:: Stanley Gibbons: 849
Remarks:: Lenin speaking from tribune
Flags shown:: flag(s) to be determinated; help welcome!

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Stamp #00073

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

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Stamp #00074

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

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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) (+)

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Stamp #00076

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

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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
Flags shown:: flag(s) to be determinated; help welcome!

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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) (+)

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Stamp #01387

Issue date:: 1983
Face:: 3 afghanis
Subject:: Pashtunistan day.
Catalogues:: Stanley Gibbons: 916
Remarks:: Pashtus with flag
Flags shown:: flag(s) to be determinated; help welcome!

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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

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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

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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) (+)

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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
Flags shown:: flag(s) to be determinated; help welcome!

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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

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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

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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