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| Quick Menu Catalogs | Aghanistan was formed in 1747 under Ahmed Shah Durrani. Britain tried and failed to gain control during a series of Afghan Wars through 1919. Independence was declared in 1919 after World War I. Postage stamps have been issued since 1871, which was the local year 1288. The government changed from a monarchy to a republic in July of 1973. Location: North and west of Pakistan, east of Iran and borders China, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. National holidays are Victory of the Muslim Nation, 28 April; Remembrance Day for Martyrs and Disabled, 4 May; Independence Day, 19 August 1919 (from UK control over Afghan foreign affairs). |
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Postal Data: Director of Posts, PhilatelicSection, Kabul, Afghanistan
View some Stamps From Afghanistan - More are here.
The SCV Stamp Identifier lists Afghan name styles (Post, Postes, Postage..) by years of use.
Literature from Philatelic Bibliopole
Major catalogs which include Afghanistan from Subway.
A collector's catalog conversion table between Scott, Michel, Gibbon, Yvert - covers Scott 483 - 1301 ... seeks help
See Also:
Online Concise "Encyclopedia"of Afghanistan; A Megellan Top 5% site with "The Original and MostUp-to-Date White Pages of Afghans on the Net"Asian StudiesWWW Virtual Library,
InteractiveCentral Asia Resource Project (ICARP)
Afghan Cultural Information Center
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