page_title: Postage stamps and postal history of Iraq
section_title: Republic
hierarchical_section_title: Postage stamps and postal history of Iraq / Republic
caption_attribution_description: English: Iraq 30-fils stamp Army Day 1960.العربية: .طابع بريدي عراقي فئة 30 فلس صدر عام 1960 في ذكرى تأسيس الجيش العراقي
context_page_description: This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Iraq. It includes special uses under the Ottoman Empire as well as occupation issues.
context_section_description: General Qassim's period was noted by the usual round of commemoratives, many featuring him as benevolent leader. Later presidents also appeared, though less frequently. Saddam Hussein, as vice-president, makes a first appearance in a souvenir sheet of 1976, and by the mid-1980s appeared on a great many Iraqi stamps.
caption: A 1960 stamp of Iraq depicting General Qassim
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