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1000 Pesetas Sir Rowland Hill - First Postage Stamp
| Issuer | Western Sahara |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the national arms of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, consisting of two crossed rifles flanked by olive branches, surmounted by a crescent and six-pointed star, with an Arabic motto on a scroll at the base. The Latin legend REPUBLICA SAHARAUI arcs along the left periphery, while the Arabic legend الجمهورية الصحراوية arcs along the right. The denomination 1000 and its Arabic equivalent بسيتة صحراوية appear in the lower field, separated by a star on each side. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA SAHARAUI الجمهورية الصحراوية 1000 بسيطة صحراوية حرية ديمقراطية وحدة |
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Western Sahara has no functioning government with recognized minting authority — the territory has been administered by Morocco since 1976, following Spain's withdrawal and the collapse of the short-lived SADR administration. These "issues" were produced by private minting operations, typically in Europe, exploiting the territory's name for the commemorative and novelty coin market. No legal tender infrastructure exists to back them.
Sir Rowland Hill introduced uniform penny postage in Britain in 1840, and the first adhesive postage stamp — the Penny Black — followed that May.