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1970.SYR.01

9th Pan-Arab Scout Jamboree, Damascus

Syria·1970

9th Pan-Arab Boy Scout Jamboree, Damascus

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Series details

Identity

CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1970.SYR.01
EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Syria (SYR)
Year
1970-09-02
Event
9th Pan-Arab Boy Scout Jamboree, Damascus
TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
Commemorative

Production

Designer
Mahmoud Mammed
Printer
State Printing Office
Process
Offset lithography
PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
Comb 12½ × 12

Catalog numbers

DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
970.45
ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
SY 579
MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
SY 1135
YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
SY 297
Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
SY 1122

History

Syria issued a 15 piastre commemorative at Damascus on 2 September 1970 for the ninth Pan-Arab Boy Scout Jamboree. Mahmoud Mammed designed a Scout in uniform holding a staff beside a tent, with a fleur-de-lis over a map at the upper left. The State Printing Office printed 100,000 copies by offset lithography in panes of fifty, comb perforated 12½ × 12, measuring 42 × 30 mm. The stamp is inscribed SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC and 9th BOYSCOUTS PAN-ARAB JAMBOREE DAMASCUS 1970.

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