Page 115 - 148 Years of the Royal Philatelic Society London

In 1980: Iran hostage rescue goes wrong; Ronald Reagan elected U.S. President; Voyager 1

reaches Saturn; CNN launched; John Lennon shot dead in NYC; Jean-Paul Sartre died.

At the RPSL: Hon Secretary reported that sending the London Philatelist to Chicago takes 11

days. He had a cover from the first year of the Society, 1869, that only took two days more.

RPSL President was A. Ronald Butler. Patron H.M. Queen Elizabeth II. Membership 1503.

AFTER THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION

From the collection of Nigel Gooch FRPSL.

Member since 2003. Lives in England.

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Instead of de-monetising the remaining stock, stamps bearing the head of the fallen Shah continued

to be used but were often defaced. It was obligatory for all registered mail to be additionally franked

with a charity stamp, costing 50 dinars. It is interesting to note that although the design of the

charity stamp incorporates a lion, the symbol of Iran under the Shah, that in this case it has not been

similarly obliterated. This 20 gram registered airmail letter left Teheran on 10 February 1980 arriving

in Dubbo nine days later.