1971.AJM.05Baden-Powell as Pisces
Ajman·1971
Signs of the Zodiac — Baden-Powell as Pisces
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1971.AJM.05- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Ajman (AJM)
- Year
- 1971-03-16
- Event
- Signs of the Zodiac — Baden-Powell as Pisces
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Airmail
Production
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13½
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 971.158; 971.170
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- AJ 786A; AJ 786B; AJ BL262
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- AJ PA93
History
Ajman issued the Baden-Powell airmail value of a Personalities and Their Zodiac Signs series on 16 March 1971. The 90 dirham stamp shows a portrait of Lord Baden-Powell in campaign hat and Scout neckerchief, a gold fleur-de-lis at the shoulder, the word PISCES set vertically, and the caption LORD BADEN-POWELL FEBRUARY 22nd, 1857, with AJMAN in gold on the lower margin. It is the Scout-relevant stamp of a larger set that pairs famous people with zodiac signs; the other values are not Scout designs. Photogravure, perforated 13½; an imperforate printing exists. A souvenir sheet inscribed 3 riyals places the 90 dirham portrait beside a 60 dirham stained-glass Pisces from Notre-Dame, Paris, with simulated perforations. Designer and printer are not established. Postal standing of the issue is unsettled.
