Remarkable, complete set of 14 postcards, published by the Iraqi Ministry of Oil to celebrate the flourishing petroleum industry and (probably) its nationalisation in 1972. The first 2 postcards show the building of the ministry and the official state portraits of then President of Iraq Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (1914-1982) and Vice Chairman Saddam Hussein (1937-2003). The remaining 12 postcards are each printed for a different month of the year and show various aspects of the Iraqi petroleum industry, including the Al-Bakr deep water terminal (renamed in 2003 to Al-Basah oil terminal), the Al-Khalida oil products tanker, the degassing station at North Rumaila oil field, the eternal fire near Kirkuk, which was the first oil field found in Iraq, and the Haditha-Rumaila pipeline, which was newly built at the time.
With a small crack in one of the sides of the sturdy plastic case. The first and last card in the set are slightly creased. Otherwise in very good condition.