Lot 152
Iraq revenue 1972 Tower of Samarra and Lion of Babylon proof card




Revenue & Telegraph Stamps of the World | S25005
Auction: 29 July 2025 at 14:00 BST
£480
Description
1972 Tower of Samarra and Lion of Babylon, 30f to 5d (7 values) IMPERFORATE DIE PROOFS in issued colours gummed to two presentation cards (208x149mm), with DLR die number in ms under each impression, each signed and approved at foot in blue ink by 'D.G. of accounts', dated March 13th (30f) and 6th May. Unique and highly attractive, prepared for the 1972 DLR printings which were not used until a decade later according to Ross & Powell. Ex Springbett




