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10 Cents U.S. Armed Forces Officers' Open Mess; grey
| Issuer | U.S. Armed Forces Officers' Open Mess, Teheran, Iran |
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| Year | 1960-1979 |
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| Composition | Paper (grey) |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed in black on grey paper. Inscriptions are laid out in a plain rectangular border at left, with the denomination numeral '10' in a boldly ruled box at right. A red serial number appears below the cautionary legend 'NOT GOOD IF DETACHED'. |
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| Obverse lettering | U. S. ARMED FORCES OFFICERS' OPEN MESS TEHERAN, IRAN - APO 205 NOT GOOD IF DETACHED 10 CENTS |
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Officers' Open Mess scrip was issued at American military facilities to restrict spending to on-base establishments, a system that gained particular importance in Iran under the Status of Forces Agreement — the same agreement whose renegotiation became a flashpoint in Iranian domestic politics throughout the 1960s and 1970s. The Teheran mess operated under MAAG (Military Assistance Advisory Group) administration, part of the extensive U.S. military presence supporting the Shah's armed forces modernization program.
Scrip of this type was periodically invalidated and replaced with new color series to prevent accumulation by local nationals — grey identifies this as one specific issue within what was likely a rotating sequence.