I came across these stamps on eBay which were described as unofficial so that’s a good start but the buyer is implying that some were used as real postage on covers, well there is absolutely no proof of that.
After the occupation of 2003 a lot of these fake overprints turned up but were quickly rejected as fakes. These are examples of this.
 
 Don’t get me wrong, I like these stamps, I think they can be considered as work of art, but as always, I do not like it when sellers make out as if they are selling something which it isn’t.
A set of eight definitive stamps, the first six are smaller in size than the other two. The stamps have different colours and values from 250 Dinar to 7500 Dinar.
All the stamps have the Iraqi coat of arms in the center of the stamp. The Coat of arms of Iraq includes the golden Eagle of Saladin with a shield of the Iraqi flag, and holding a scroll below with the Arabic words الجمهورية العراقية (al-Jumhuriya al-`Iraqiya or “The Iraqi Republic)”. The original Coat of arms in 1965, did not have the kufic script between the stars and the flag was placed vertically. This version remained in use until replaced by the present version in 2004.
A set of eight stamps in different values and colours. The message behind this set is to show the views of the majority of the Iraqi population and their rejection to occupation and terrorism and destruction.
Here are the stamp values and themes.
1000 – No to Terrorism
1500 – No to Occupation
2000 – No to Dividing Iraq
2500 – No to Killing the Innocent
3000 – No to Sectarianism
3500 – No to Militias
4000 – No To Baathism
5000 -Â No god but Allah
This is a set of 5 stamps in values of 1000,2000, 3000, 4000 and 5000 Dinars. The stamps commemorate Nouri Al-Maliki who has been and still is the prime minister of Iraq since 20/5/2006 . His term is suppose to finish in 2010.
Nouri Kamel al-Malaki was born in Abu Gharaq, a central Iraqi town lying between Karbala and Al Hillah, in 20 July 1950.
In 1980, the Saddam Hussein government sentenced al-Maliki to death for his active role in the Dawa party and thereafter he lived in exile, first in Iran[4] and later in Syria.
On December 30, 2006, Maliki signed the death warrant of Saddam Hussein and declined a stay of execution, saying there would be “no review or delay†in the event.
This is a new set of stamps which is dedicated to Baghdad. The set consists of four stamps of values, 1000, 2000, 3000, and 5000 Dinars. The stamps each contain a verse from a poem by Kareem Al-Iraqi and sang by Kathem Al-saher which is dedicated to the hard times that Baghdad has endured in the last few years from terrorism and war.
This is the whole poem in Arabic.
تعالي Ø£Ùقبّل٠وجهك٠.. تعالي Ø£Ùضمّد٠جرØÙƒÙ .. تعالي أشرب دمعك٠..
تعالي Ø£Ùقبّل٠وجهك٠.. تعالي أضمد جرØÙƒÙ ..
تعالي أمشط شعرك٠.. تعاالي أشرب دمعك Ù..
دعينا Ù†Øلم تØت الرصاص .. دعينا نعيش بإذن الله ..
ÙØب العراقيين عجيب.. يذلل Ùعل Ø§Ù„Ø³Ù„Ø§Ø Ø§Ù„Ø±Ù‡ÙŠØ¨..
تعالي لماذا الجمال كئيب .. تعالي Øبيبة عمري إلي .. تعالي أعز وأغلى Øبيب
بغدآآد .. بغدآآد
بغدآآد
ليس لنا سواك يا الله .. ليس لنا سواك يا الله ارØمنا .. ارØمنا .. من الذين دمروا بلادنا ..
ليس لنا سواك يا الله .. ليس لنا سواك يا الله .. ارØمنا ارØمنا من الذين دمروا بلادنا ..
يكرهون الØب.. يكرهون الØياة ..
يكرهون الورد .. يكرهون النساء ..
يكرهون النور .. يكرهون السلام ..
تعالي أقبل وجهك .. تعالي أضمد جرØÙƒ ..
تعالي أمشط شعرك.. تعالي أشرب دمعك ..
دعينا Ù†Øلم تØت الرصاص .. دعينا نعيش بإذن الله..
ÙØب العراقيين عجيب .. يذلل Ùعلا Ø§Ù„Ø³Ù„Ø§Ø Ø§Ù„Ø±Ù‡ÙŠØ¨ ..
تعالي لماذا الجمال كئيب.. تعالي Øبيبة عمري إلي تعالي أعز وأغلى Øبيبيه..
بغدآآد .. بغدآآد
I’ve just been checking out eBay for some Iraq items and I came across a person selling what he is calling FDCs but they are not First Day Covers, they are just an envelope which have mint stamps stuck on them (various years) post marked with a bogus postmark which doesn’t even tell you the date, also some of the FDCs do not contain one issue but a mixture of issues or part of sets. If he didn’t write FDC on them and explained this fact I would have no problem with it but he is trying to con people and he is selling them for a lot of money so be aware, here are a few examples:
I regularly check the website logs (the website statistics, things like how many visitors, who visits the site, what people look at) and I came across a search engine which I never heard of, that a few people are coming to this site through.
I searched for ‘iraq stamps’ in that search engine and found a few sites, the usual once you find on google, but also came across this site.
I was interested to read about what the site offers, I like to think there are people like me trying to promote the Iraqi stamps, and I read the ‘about us’ section of this site and I thought its interesting that the person who set up the site is trying to have a dig at www.iraq-stamps.com, or I think he is. He says he offers information about Iraq stamps for free rather than charge for it like some other sites.
I have a couple of things to say about this.. Firstly good luck trying to scan the whole Iraq collection and putting it on your site, it took me months, as I can see you have a few scans there but hopefully you will get there eventually, and secondly I would like to help you get more hits to the site so here is a free advert
Visit stampsofIraq.com , the website which offers free Iraq stamps information
Oh and a note on buying from the owner’s ebay shop… his ebay id is iraq-stamps which is in no way affiliated to this site, and the items are a bit out of my price range.
