12th Rabi-ul-Awwal, 1399 A.H.

Date of Issue: February 10, 1979
Size of stamp: 35.20 x 50.80 mm
Size of print: 32.20 x 47.80 mm
Perforation: 13C
Sheet Contents: (10 x 5) 50 stamps
Denomination: 20p
Printing Process: Litho Offset
Quantity: 10,00,000
Designer: Adil Salahuddin
Printer: Pakistan Security Printing Corporation, Karachi

Postal Envelope

Embossed envelope repeating Cotton Boll and stylised bird in new denomination. Produced by Pakistan Security Printing Corporation. Printing details same as 20 paisa value (without Bengali).

Date of Issue: 1979
Size of envelope: 121.00 x 96.00 mm
Size of impression: 29.00 x 21.00 mm
Denomination: 40p blue on cream/light yellow

The embossed design, figures and inscriptions appear in deep blue colour, 4.00 mm above its location, giving the impression of "double print". Notable colour variations, such as navy blue, dull blue and turquiose blue exist.

30 Years of APWA'S Services

Date of Issue: February 25, 1979
Size of stamp: 44.50 x 32.50 mm
Size of print: 41.50 x 29.50 mm
Perforation: 13C
Sheet Contents: (10 x 5) 50 stamps
Denomination: 50p
Printing Process: Litho Offset
Quantity: 10,00,000
Designer: Mian Muhammad Saeed
Printer: Pakistan Security Printing Corporation, Karachi

Definitive Series - Tractor

Date of Issue: March 15, 1979
Size of stamps: 29.00 x 24.50 mm
Perforation: 13.5 x 14 C
Sheet Contents: (10 x 20) 200 stamps
Denominations: 20p
Printing Process: Litho Offset
Designer: Adil Salahuddin
Printer: Pakistan Security Printing Corporation, Karachi

Pioneers of Freedom Series

Date of Issue: March 23, 1979
Size of stamps: 36.77 x 36.77 mm
Size of print: 33.77 x 33.77 mm
Perforation: 14C
Sheet Contents: 40 stamps (20 stamps of Rs. 10/- and 10 stamps of Rs. 15/- & Rs. 25)
Denominations: Rs. 10/-, Rs. 15/- & Rs. 25/-
Printing Process: Litho Offset
Quantity: 2,00,000 each denomination
Designer: Abdul Rauf
Printer: Pakistan Security Printing Corporation, Karachi

Definitive Stamps - Tractor

Date of Issue: March 25, 1979
Size of stamps: 29.00 x 24.50 mm
Perforation: 13.5 x 14 C
Sheet Contents: (10 x 20) 200 stamps
Denominations: 25p & 50p
Printing Process: Litho Offset
Designer: Adil Salahuddin
Printer: Pakistan Security Printing Corporation, Karachi

Registered Letter

New value, same features. Bracketed "(70 Paisa as Stationary Charges)" on reverse side measuring 38.00 mm. (Text in purple but impression in mauve).

Date of Issue: June 1979
Size of impression: 29.00 x 21.00 mm
Denomination: Rs. 1.10/- purple/mauve on white

Wildlife Series - Pheasants

Date of Issue: June 17, 1979
Size of stamps: 49.20 x 30.70 mm
Perforation: 13C
Sheet Contents: (5 x 10) 50 stamps
Denominations: 20p, 25p, 40p & Re. 1/-
Printing Process: Litho Offset
Quantity: 10,00,000 of 20p and 5,00,000 of 25p, 40p & Re. 1/-
Designer: Mukhtar Ahmed
Printer: Pakistan Security Printing Corporation, Karachi

15th Anniversary of Regional Co-operation for Development

Date of Issue: July 21, 1979
Size of stamps: 52.00 x 41.00 mm
Size of print: 49.00 x 38.00 mm
Perforation: 12.5 x 14 C
Sheet Contents: (5 x 9) 45 stamps
Denominations: 41p, 75p & Rs. 1.60/-
Printing Process: Litho Offset
Quantity: 20,00,000 each denomination
Designer: Abdul Rauf
Printer: Pakistan Security Printing Corporation, Karachi

Postal Envelope

New design of stamped envelope introduced. Crescent and Star in decorated oval with face value below crescent. "Pakistan" in English and Urdu on sides vertically. Frame perforation line showing 18 teeth per linear inch. Printed by Times Press, Karachi

Date of Issue: August 04, 1979
Size of envelope: 152.00 x 90.00 mm
Size of impression: 31.00 x 22.00 mm
Denomination: 40p blue on cream / light yellow

Pakistan Handicrafts Series

Date of Issue: August 23, 1979
Size of stamps: 52.00 x 41.00 mm
Perforation: 14 x 12.5 C
Sheet Contents: (4 x 10) 40 stamps
Denominations: 40p, Re. 1/-, Rs. 1.50/- & Rs. 2/-
Printing Process: Litho Offset
Quantity: 5,00,000 each denomination
Designer: Adil Salahuddin
Printer: Pakistan Security Printing Corporation, Karachi

SOS Children's Village, Lahore

Date of Issue: September 10, 1979
Size of stamp: 32.50 x 44.50 mm
Size of print: 29.50 x 41.50 mm
Perforation: 13C
Sheet Contents: (5 x 10) 50 stamps
Denomination: 50p
Printing Process: Litho Offset
Quantity: 10,00,000
Designer: Abdul Rauf
Printer: Pakistan Security Printing Corporation, Karachi

Aerogramme

Stamp impression having Crescent and Star in its lower centre. Bottom panel for value and "Pakistan" in English and Urdu. Colourless four lines for address. Three lines for sender's address against colourless post office logo. 38.00 mm in diameter. Blue solid overlay on both address sides.

Date of Issue: October 04, 1979

Size of impression: 34.50 x 26.00 mm

Denomination: 70p magenta and green on turquoise-blue overlay on white

Definitive Series - Tractor

Date of Issue: October 07, 1979
Size of stamp: 29.00 x 24.50 mm
Perforation: 13.5 x 14 C
Sheet Contents: (10 x 20) 200 stamps
Denomination: 10p
Printing Process: Litho Offset
Designer: Adil Salahuddin
Printer: Pakistan Security Printing Corporation, Karachi

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)

Fight Against Cancer

Date of Issue: November 12, 1979
Size of stamp: 36.77 x 36.77 mm
Perforation: 14C
Sheet Contents: (8 x 12) 96 stamps
Denomination: 40p
Printing Process: Litho Offset
Quantity: 10,00,000
Designer: Adil Salahuddin
Printer: Pakistan Security Printing Corporation, Karachi

Definitive Stamps - Ibrahim Makli's Tomb

Date of Issue: November 17, 1979
Size of stamps: 29.00 x 34.50 mm
Perforation: 13C
Sheet Contents: (10 x 10) 100 stamps
Denominations: Rs. 1.50/- & Rs. 2/-
Printing Process: Recess
Designer: Adil Salahuddin
Printer: Pakistan Security Printing Corporation, Karachi

Customs Centenary 1878 - 1978

Date of Issue: December 10, 1979
Size of stamp: 28.50 x 38.34 mm
Size of print: 25.50 x 35.34 mm
Perforation: 13 x 13.5 C
Sheet Contents: (8 x 12) 96 stamps
Denomination: Re. 1/-
Printing Process: Litho Offset
Quantity: 10,00,000
Designer: Adil Salahuddin
Printer: Pakistan Security Printing Corporation, Karachi