Pakistan has, over its 60-year history, issued over 600 issues and 1,100 stamps and souvenir sheets.

1947 to 1966 1967 to 1976 1977 to 1986 1987 to 1996 1997 to 2006 2007 to 2016 2017 to present

1977 No.StampIssue or subjectIssue detailsDate of issue1Social Welfare and Rural Development Year1 stamp (20 paisa)213th anniversary of RCD3 stamps (20, 65 and 90 paisa)3National Tree Plantation Campaign1 stamp (20 paisa)4United Nations Conference on Desertification1 stamp (65 paisa)5Universal Children's Day1 stamp (50 paisa)6Birth centenary of Aga Khan III1 stamp (Rs. 2)7Iqbal Centenary 19775 stamps (20 and 65 paisa; Rs. 1.25, Rs. 2.25 and Rs. 3), issued in a horizontal se-tenant strip8Hajj 1977/1397 AH1 stamp (65 paisa)9World Rheumatism Year1 stamp (65 paisa)

1978 No.StampIssue or subjectIssue detailsDate of issue1IPECC commemoration1 stamp (75 paisa)2World Hypertension Month2 stamps (20 paisa and Rs. 2)3Henry Dunant commemoration1 stamp (Rs. 1)414th anniversary of RCD3 stamps (20 and 90 paisa; Rs. 2), issued in a horizontal strip; joint issue with Iran and Turkey530th anniversary of Riccione2 stamps (Rs. 1 and Rs. 2)6United Nations Conference on Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries1 stamp (75 paisa)7Centenary of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Karachi2 stamps (Rs. 1 and Rs. 2)8Definitive Series18 stamps: Minar-e-Pakistan (2, 3 and 5 paisa); tractor (10, 20, 25, 40, 50, 60 and 90 paisa; 75 paisa Dies I and II); Makli tombs (Rs. 1, Rs. 1.50, Rs. 2, Rs. 3, Rs. 4 and Rs. 5). Issued with Arabic gum and PVA gum1978–19809International Anti-Apartheid Year1 stamp (Rs. 1)10Birth centenary of Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar1 stamp (50 paisa)1175th anniversary of the first powered flight4 stamps (65 paisa; Rs. 1, Rs. 2 and Rs. 2.25)

1979 No.StampIssue or subjectIssue detailsDate of issue112th Rabi' al-Awwal 1399 AH commemoration1 stamp (20 paisa)230 years of the APWA1 stamp (50 paisa)3Pioneers of Freedom3 stamps (Rs. 10, Rs. 15 and Rs. 25), initially printed in a horizontal se-tenant strip of three; separate sheets of each value were later issued4Wildlife Series4 stamps (20, 25 and 40 paisa; Rs. 1)515th anniversary of RCD3 stamps (40 and 75 paisa; Rs. 1.60), printed in a vertical se-tenant strip of three throughout the sheet6Pakistan Handicraft Series4 stamps (40 paisa; Rs. 1, Rs. 1.50 and Rs. 2), printed in a se-tenant block of four throughout the sheet7SOS Children's Villages4 stamps (40 and 75 paisa; Rs. 1 and Rs. 1.50) and 1 souvenir sheet (Rs. 2); stamps printed in a se-tenant block of four throughout the sheet8International Year of the Child1 stamp (50 paisa)9Fight against cancer1 stamp (40 paisa)10Customs Centenary1 stamp (Rs. 1)

1980 No.StampIssue or subjectIssue detailsDate of issue125 years of PIA services1 stamp (Rs. 1)2Special Regular Series7 stamps (10, 15, 25, 35, 40, 50 and 80 paisa), printed by Secura Press, Singapore12 January–13 March 19803Fifth Asian Congress of Paediatric Surgery, Karachi1 stamp (50 paisa)411th Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers, Islamabad1 stamp (Rs. 1)5100 years of Karachi Port management1 stamp (Rs. 1)6Riccione4 stamps (40 and 75 paisa; Rs. 1 and Rs. 1.50), printed in a se-tenant block of four throughout the sheet775 years of the Command and Staff College Quetta1 stamp (Rs. 1)8World Tourism Conference1 stamp (Rs. 1), overprinted “World Tourism Conference Manila 80”9Birth centenary of Hafiz Mahmud Sherani1 stamp (40 paisa)10Aga Khan Award for Architecture1 stamp (Rs. 2)111400th anniversary of the Hijra3 stamps (40 paisa; Rs. 2 and Rs. 3) and 1 souvenir sheet (Rs. 4)12100 years of money order service1 stamp (40 paisa)13100 years of postcard service1 stamp (40 paisa)

1981 No.StampIssue or subjectIssue detailsDate of issue1150th birth anniversary of Heinrich von Stephan1 stamp (Rs. 1)250 years of airmail service1 stamp (Rs. 1)31400th anniversary of the Hijra1 stamp (40 paisa)4Third Islamic Summit Conference at Mecca — first series5 stamps (two at 40 paisa, two at Rs. 1 and one at Rs. 2)5Third Islamic Summit Conference at Mecca — second series4 stamps (two at 40 paisa and two at 85 paisa)6Birth centenary of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk1 stamp (Rs. 1)7Wildlife Series1 stamp (40 paisa)8Palestine1 stamp (Rs. 2)9Mountain Peaks of Pakistan8 stamps (two at 40 paisa, two at Rs. 1, two at Rs. 1.50 and two at Rs. 2)10Inauguration of Furnace No. 1, Pakistan Steel Mills2 stamps (40 paisa and Rs. 2)11Wildlife Series2 stamps (40 paisa and Rs. 2)12International Year of Disabled Persons2 stamps (40 paisa and Rs. 2) 1982 No.StampIssue or subjectIssue detailsDate of issue1World Hockey Champions2 stamps (Rs. 1 each), issued in gutter sheets with five gutters; three gutters showed the Hockey World Cup in blue, black and red, while two were blank2Handicraft Series2 stamps (Rs. 1 each)3Centenary of the tuberculosis bacillus1 stamp (Rs. 1)4Indus dolphins2 stamps (40 paisa and Rs. 1)5Space Exploration1 stamp (Rs. 1), issued in gutter sheets with eight gutters showing different blue-toned images6Golden Jubilee of Sukkur Barrage1 stamp (Rs. 1)7Independence Day commemoration2 stamps (40 and 85 paisa)8Riccione1 stamp (Rs. 1), issued for the Riccione stamp exhibition by overprinting “RICCIONE 82” on the Sukkur Barrage stamp9Centenary of the University of the Punjab1 stamp (Rs. 1), issued in gutter sheets with eleven purple-toned gutters showing five emblems and six university buildings1075th anniversary of the Scout Movement1 stamp (Rs. 2)

1983 No.StampIssue or subjectIssue detailsDate of issue1Inauguration of the Quetta Natural Gas Pipeline Project1 stamp (Rs. 2)2Wildlife Series, ninth issue: Butterflies4 stamps (40, 50 and 60 paisa; Rs. 1.50), issued in gutter sheets with five gutters3Pakistan Handicraft Series2 stamps (Rs. 1 each)4Aga Khan University1 stamp (Rs. 2), issued in gutter sheetlets with four gutters5Trekking in Pakistan1 stamp (Rs. 1)6Wildlife Series: Marsh crocodile1 stamp (Rs. 3), issued in gutter sheets with five gutters7Wildlife Series: Chinkara1 stamp (Rs. 1)8Independence Day2 stamps (60 paisa and Rs. 4)9Indonesia–Pakistan Economic and Cultural Cooperation2 stamps (Rs. 2 each); Indonesia also issued stamps for the occasion10Wildlife Series: Siberian cranes1 stamp (Rs. 3)11World Communication Year2 stamps (Rs. 2 and Rs. 3)12World Food Day4 designs (Rs. 3 each), issued in sheetlets of 12 arranged as three horizontal se-tenant strips of four13National Fertilizer Corporation1 stamp (60 paisa)14World Communication Year 1983 and National Stamp Exhibition — Pakphilex 19836 designs (60 paisa each), issued in sheetlets of 12 arranged as two horizontal se-tenant strips of six15Yachting Champions2 stamps (60 paisa each)

1984 No.StampIssue or subjectIssue detailsDate of issue1Wildlife Series: Snow leopard2 stamps (40 paisa and Rs. 1.60)2Squash1 stamp (Rs. 3)320 years of PIA service to China1 stamp (Rs. 3)4Pakistan Handicraft Series4 stamps (Rs. 1 each)5Definitive Forts Series8 stamps (5, 10, 15, 20, 50, 60, 70 and 80 paisa)—6Aga Khan Award for Architecture1 stamp (60 paisa)720th anniversary of the ABU1 stamp (Rs. 3)8Los Angeles Olympics5 stamps (Rs. 3 each)9Independence Day2 stamps (60 paisa and Rs. 4)10Pakistan International Trade Fair1 stamp (60 paisa)11Pakistan Tourism Convention5 stamps (Rs. 1 each)12Silver Jubilee of UBL1 stamp (60 paisa)1320th anniversary of UNCTAD1 stamp (60 paisa)14Centenary of PLI2 stamps (60 paisa and Rs. 1)15Save Mohenjo-daro2 stamps (Rs. 2 each)

1985 No.StampIssue or subjectIssue detailsDate of issue175th year of the Girl Guides movement1 stamp (60 paisa)2Inauguration of Pakistan Steel Mills2 stamps (Rs. 1 each)3Referendum 19841 stamp (60 paisa)4Election 19852 stamps (Rs. 1 each)5Mountain Peaks of Pakistan2 stamps (40 paisa and Rs. 2)6Hockey Champions1 stamp (Rs. 1)7125th year of King Edward Medical College, Lahore1 stamp (Rs. 3)8Independence Day2 stamps (60 paisa each)9Centenary of Sind Madressah-tul-Islam, Karachi1 stamp (Rs. 2)10Jamia Masjid, Pakistan Security Printing Corporation2 stamps (Rs. 1 each)11125th anniversary of Lawrence College, Murree1 stamp (Rs. 3)1240th anniversary of the United Nations2 stamps (Rs. 1 and Rs. 2)1310th National Scout Jamboree1 stamp (60 paisa)14Silver Jubilee of Islamabad1 stamp (Rs. 3)15SAARC commemoration2 stamps (Rs. 1 and Rs. 2)1625th anniversary of the UN declaration on the granting of independence to colonial territories1 stamp (60 paisa)

1986 No.StampIssue or subjectIssue detailsDate of issue1Wildlife Series: Shaheen falcon1 stamp (Rs. 1.50)225th anniversary of the Agricultural Development Bank of Pakistan1 stamp (60 paisa)3Centenary of S. E. College, Bahawalpur1 stamp (Rs. 1)425th anniversary of the APO1 stamp (Rs. 1)5Independence Day2 stamps (80 paisa and Rs. 1)6International Literacy Day1 stamp (Rs. 1)7Child Survival and Development Revolution1 stamp (80 paisa)8Centenary of Aitchison College1 stamp (Rs. 2.50)9International Year of Peace1 stamp (Rs. 4)104th Asian Cup Table Tennis Tournament1 stamp (Rs. 2)11Wildlife Series1 stamp (Rs. 2)12ECOPHILEX 86 National Stamp Exhibition3 stamps (Rs. 3 each), issued in a se-tenant strip of three throughout the sheet

External links "Collect Pakistan Postage Stamps" Stamps Catalogue. The First Catalogue on Pakistan Stamps 1947–2009. 1st Edition 1975. Now available on-line free of charges at Editor Akhtar ul Islam Siddiqui, 22-J-Z Madina Town, Faisalabad Pakistan.