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1972.FUJ.01

Baden-Powell and animals

Fujairah (Fujeira)·1972

65th Anniversary of World Scouting

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Series details

Identity

CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1972.FUJ.01
EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Fujairah (Fujeira) (FUJ)
Year
1972-07-24
Event
65th Anniversary of World Scouting
TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
Commemorative · Airmail

Production

Process
Lithography
PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
Comb 13½
Panes
sheetlets of 6 (one of each value)

Catalog numbers

DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
972.92/97; 972.99
MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
FU 899A; FU 896A; FU 900A; FU 897A; FU 898A; FU 901A; FU 899B; FU 896B; FU 900B; FU 897B; FU 898B; FU 901B; FU BL99A; FU BL99B

History

Fujeira issued six stamps and a 10 riyal airmail souvenir sheet on 24 July 1972 for the 65th anniversary of World Scouting, pairing an animal with a scene from the life of Robert Baden-Powell. Each stamp is inscribed FUJEIRA. They were also issued in sheetlets of six, one of each value, and imperforate.

The 20 dirhams shows an Asian elephant and Baden-Powell inspecting the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow. The 30 dirhams shows a stag (the panel is lettered GAZELLE) and Baden-Powell as a boy at Charterhouse, carrying a hare. The 50 dirhams shows a squirrel and Baden-Powell at a map with boys in the Transvaal, 1899. The 1 riyal shows a wolf and Baden-Powell hunting boar on horseback in India. The 2 riyals shows a horse and Baden-Powell as a cabin boy on the family boat. The 3 riyals airmail shows a white horse and Scouts cooking at the 1907 Brownsea Island camp.

The souvenir sheet places a zebra beside three Scouts in tall grass; horses stand in the margin. Designer and printer are not established. Postal standing is unsettled.

Stamps in this series

14 pieces

Same year & entity