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1969.SAU.013rd Arab League Rover Moot, Mecca
Saudi Arabia·1969
3rd Arab League Rover Moot, Mecca, 1388 AH
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Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1969.SAU.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Saudi Arabia (SAU)
- Year
- 1969-02-19
- Event
- 3rd Arab League Rover Moot, Mecca, 1388 AH
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Printer
- Government Security Press
- Process
- Offset lithography
- Paper
- Watermarked crossed swords and palm tree
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13½ × 14
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 969.4/6
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- SA 607; SA 608; SA 609
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- SA 472; SA 473; SA 474
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- SA 315; SA 316; SA 317
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- SA 1029; SA 1030; SA 1031
History
Saudi Arabia issued three commemoratives at Jeddah on 19 February 1969 for the 3rd Arab League Rover Moot in Mecca. The Government Security Press printed the set by offset lithography, comb perforated 13½ × 14, on paper watermarked with crossed swords and a palm tree. Each value shows the same design: a circular Rover badge with a fleur-de-lis enclosing the Kaaba, two red stars, a green wreath and clasped hands, beside the Saudi flag over a pioneering frame of crossed poles. The stamps are inscribed SAUDI ARABIA 3rd ROVER MOOT 1969 MECCA and 2–17 Dhu al-Hijjah 1388. The 1 p is orange, the 4 p purple-grey and the 10 p reddish brown.