1970.MAN.01Lord Baden-Powell
Manama·1970
Lord Baden-Powell gold-foil airmail
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1970.MAN.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Manama (MAN)
- Year
- 1970-05-14
- Event
- Lord Baden-Powell gold-foil airmail
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Airmail
Production
- Process
- Embossing (gold foil)
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Die cut 13½; also imperforate
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 970.39; 970.40
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- AJ-MN 261A; AJ-MN 261B; AJ-MN BL56
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- AJ-MN PA33
History
Manama, a dependency of Ajman, issued a 20 riyal gold-foil airmail of Lord Baden-Powell on 14 May 1970. The stamp is embossed in gold on a black ground, 41 × 56 mm, and shows Baden-Powell in campaign hat with arms crossed, lettered Lord Baden-Powell OF GILWELL, MANAMA DEPENDENCY OF AJMAN, 20 RIYALS and AIR MAIL, with a Scout fleur-de-lis in each corner of the inner frame. Designer and printer are not established. The gold-foil stamp was also sold as a single in a folder. An imperforate of the same design exists, as does a souvenir sheet, 102 × 117 mm, placing the stamp on a white ground lettered LORD BADEN-POWELL and Founder of the Boy Scout Movement. Listings also date the issue 1 January 1970. Postal standing of the issue is not settled.