An Afghan citizen living in Iran has donated more than 500 historical Afghan postage stamps to the Imam Reza Museum in Mashhad.
Iran’s Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) reported on Thursday, September 10, that the collection of postage stamps covers more than half of the history of Afghanistan’s postal service.
According to the report, Abdolhossein Malek Jafarian, head of the Imam Reza Museum’s Treasures Department, said the oldest stamp in the valuable collection was issued in 1899 and was used for sending miscellaneous goods during the reign of Abdul Rahman Khan.
He added that the rare collection includes stamps featuring former Afghan kings Mohammad Nadir Khan and Mohammad Zahir Shah, as well as stamps used for official correspondence within Afghanistan.
According to him, the historical collection also includes stamps dedicated to Children’s Day, a stamp titled “Atoms for Peace” issued in 1958, the Children’s Welfare Fund, Agriculture Day, Teachers’ Day, the fight against hunger, a bird series, Afghanistan’s wildlife, the population census, the World Wildlife Fund, and several other subjects.
However, Iran’s IRIB did not provide information about the identity of the Afghan donor.
