International Year of the Child - 1979

Date of Issue: October 22, 1979
Size of stamps: 52.00 x 41.00 mm
Perforation: 13C
Sheet Contents: (4 x 10) 40 stamps
Denominations: 40p, 75p, Re. 1/- & Rs. 1.50/-
Printing Process: Litho Offset
Quantity: 5,00,000 each denomination
Designer: Adil Salahuddin
Printer: Pakistan Security Printing Corporation, Karachi

Date of Issue: October 22, 1979
Size of souvenir sheet: 80.00 x 64.00 mm
Denomination: Rs. 2/-
Printing Process: Litho Offset
Quantity: 50,000
Designer: Adil Salahuddin
Printer: Pakistan Security Printing Corporation, Karachi

Note: The Government of Pakistan celebrated the International Year of the Child in a befitting manner. The National Organizing Committee formed under the direction of the President Zia-ul-Haq, who was Patron-in-Chief for the IYC-1979. First time in Pakistan Post Office, a painting competition was held of school going children at Karachi, Quetta, Lahore, Islamabad and Peshawar for the selection of designs for the Commemoratives in collaboration with the Art Council of Pakistan. Paintings of the following five children were selected for reproduction on four commemorative postage stamps and souvenir sheet.

Postage Stamps

40p - Zaeem Maloof (aged 13 years from Tameer-e-Nau High School,  Quetta)

75p - Roohi Akbar (aged 13 years from Lower Secondary Grade of Queen's Marry College, Lahore)

Re.1 - Mohammad Azam (aged 13 years from Crescent Model School, Lahore)

Rs.1.50 - Mohammad Tayyab (aged 10 years from Crescent Model School, Lahore)

Souvenir Sheet

Rs.2 - Nighat Mumtaz (aged 12 years from Lower Secondary Grade of P.A.F. Intermediate College, Peshawar)