Stamps of the Fallen (Part 1): List of Figures

Click on the images to see each reproduction in high resolution. All stamps are taken from the personal collection of Adam Gaiser. “Scott #” refers to the stamp’s assigned number in the Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue.


	Figure 1 Iran, 1973, souvenir sheet, 20 riyals, from the “Introduction of the King’s socioeconomic reforms, 10th anniv.” series (Scott #1696). The sheet shows Mohammed Reza Shah surrounded by the twelve symbols of the “White Revolution,” a series of reforms begun in 1963. The symbols represent the land reform bill; the nationalization of forests; the sale of state-owned factories to finance land reform; workers’ sharing in industrial profits; female suffrage; the literacy corps; the health corps; the reconstruction and development corps; the houses of justice; the nationalization of water resources; rural and urban reconstruction; and the decentralization of administration.
	Figure 2 Iran, 1971, commemorative stamp, 2 riyals, from the “2500th anniversary of the founding of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great” series (Scott #1590). The stamp depicts the Sasanian king Shapūr II on a coin.
	Figure 3 Islamic Republic of Iran, 1980, commemorative stamp, 5 riyals, marking the one-year death anniversary of Maḥmūd Ṭāliqānī (Scott #2061).
	Figure 4 Islamic Republic of Iran, 1980, commemorative stamp, 10 riyals, marking the one-year death anniversary of Murtażā Muṭahharī (Scott #2053).
	Figure 5 Islamic Republic of Iran, 1980, commemorative stamp, 5 riyals, marking the one-year death anniversary of ʿAlī Sharīʿatī (Scott #2059).
	Figure 6 Ottoman Empire, 1914, definitive stamp, 2 ½ piasters, showing the Martyrs of Liberty monument in Istanbul (Scott #261).
	Figure 7 People’s Republic of Southern Yemen, 1968, commemorative stamp, 30 fils, from the “Revolution Day 14 October, 63” series (Scott #23) showing where the “first martyr” fell in Radfān.
	Figure 8 People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen, 1988, commemorative stamp, 75 fils, from the “14th October Revolution’s—Silver Jubilee” series (Scott #411), re-creating the 1968 Revolution Day stamp.
	Figure 9 People’s Republic of Southern Yemen, 1969, commemorative stamp, 35 fils, from the “Martyr Day” series (Scott #30), depicting the Martyrs’ Monument in Aden.
	Figure 10 Bangladesh, 1998-1999, commemorative stamps, 2 takas (each), from the “Shaheed Intellectuals” series: M.D. Taslim Uddin (Scott #568e); S.M. Faziul Hoque (569c); S.K. Abdus Salam (569f); Dr. Mohammad Shafi (595a); Quazi Ali Imam (595c); Sultanuddin Ahmed (595d); Dr. Capt. A.K.M. Farooq (595g); Ram Rajan Bhattacharjya (596a); Abani Mohan Dutta (596b).
	Figure 11 Iraq, 1981, commemorative stamp, 45 fils, from the “Martyrs’ Day” series (Scott #1057).
	Figures 12a-b Iraq, 1984, commemorative stamps, 50 fils, 60 fils, from the “Martyrs’ Day” series (Scott #1154, 1155).
	Figure 13 Iraq, 1985, commemorative stamp, 10 fils, from the “Martyrs’ Day” series (Scott #1210).
	Figure 14 Iraq, 1988, commemorative stamp, 100 fils, from the “Martyrs’ Day” series (Scott #1375).
	Figure 15 Iraq, 1989, commemorative stamp, 100 fils, from the “Martyrs’ Day” series (Scott #1442).
	Figure 16 Iraq, 1995, souvenir sheet, 100 dinars, anniversary of and honoring the dead from the Umm al-Maʿārik ("Mother of All Battles") (Scott #1491).
	Figure 17 Iraq, 1997, commemorative stamp, 100 dinars, from the set commemorating the Umm al–Maʽārik ("Mother of All Battles") (Scott #1521).
	Figure 18 Iraq, 1998, commemorative stamp, 100 dinars, from the “Martyr’s Day” series (Scott #1549).
	Figure 19 Iraq, 2001, souvenir sheet, 150 dinars, from the series commemorating the 10th anniversary of the bombing of the al-‘Āmiriyyah Shelter (Scott #1606).