Dubai: «The Gulf»
Iraq participates in its well-known and ancient history in Expo 2020 through the Iraqi Postal Exhibition and the first postage stamps of Iraq, and is witnessing a great and remarkable turnout of visitors who express their admiration for the displayed stamps, as they contain rich details and information, and some important stations in the history of Iraq are reflected through temporal and political stages. different.
Among the stamps is the series that appeared in 1923, where the collection of 12 stamps, which includes eight different designs, depicts scenes and images from ancient, modern and contemporary history.
One of the most prominent and most important stamps is the one on which a picture of the King of Iraq, Faisal I, appears, and its price value was one rupee, and it was issued in 1921, followed by the issuance of a series of 13 different price values, in the year 1931, and it is considered one of the most expensive Iraqi stamps, as The King Ghazi I stamp, which was issued in 1934, is one of the important stamps, and is also considered one of the most expensive Iraqi stamps. King Ghazi I issued 18 stamps.
There is also in the pavilion, a postage stamp dating back to the period of the founder of the Iraqi Republic, President Abdul Karim Qasim, which was issued in 1960. The number of stamps issued by President Abdul Karim Qasim was 26, and it is also one of the most expensive Iraqi stamps.
The origin of the beginning of the emergence and presence of mail in Iraq goes back to the Ottoman era, and in the year 1868 Britain opened two post offices in Iraq, and interest in modern mail began after the issuance of the Ottoman postal system in the year 1869, and it began to develop in terms of transportation, management and treatment, and the authorities in Iraq began to establish post offices It established many postal departments and modern postal lines, and the Iraqi Postal Law was enacted in the year 1930.
Alaa Al-Taei, Deputy Director General of the General Company for Iraqi Post, head of the Iraqi delegation to the Dubai Expo, said, “We are pleased to be at Expo 2020, this important international event, and we witness daily the turnout of many visitors who express their great interest in the displayed collections, where each of them Stories and a rich and ancient history that indicates the depth and stock of the Iraqi heritage, to constitute an important opportunity to tell its treasures in front of all visitors to the Dubai Expo from different countries of the world, noting that these stamps were designed by the creative designer Saad Ghazi Lafta, who is known worldwide.
He pointed out that such an event provides a platform to enhance images of cultural and civilizational exchange between peoples and consolidate strategic partnerships that will enrich postage stamps in the region, and provide a unique experience of collecting postage stamps in order to preserve the cultural and civilizational heritage, and because we are an essential part in this scene we look forward to During it, to strengthen cooperation between Iraq Post, participating postal institutions and various sponsors in the service of the public interest.