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1973.FUJ.01Pisces and Baden-Powell
Fujairah (Fujeira)·1973
Zodiac signs and famous people
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Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1973.FUJ.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Fujairah (Fujeira) (FUJ)
- Year
- 1973-03-15
- Event
- Zodiac signs and famous people
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Airmail
Production
- Printer
- S.A.M., Lebanon
- Process
- Lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13½
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 972.544
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- FU 1313A; FU 1313B; FU 1313EB
History
Fujeira issued a 1 riyal airmail stamp on 15 March 1973 pairing two fish for Pisces with a portrait of Robert Baden-Powell in campaign hat and khaki — one value of a twelve-stamp set of famous people and their zodiac signs. The stamp is inscribed FUJEIRA, AIR MAIL / بريد جوي, 1 RL and BADEN-POWELL. It was printed in lithography, comb perforated 13½, in panes of twenty-five, and also issued imperforate and as an imperforate deluxe sheet. The imprint reads Imp. S.A.M. - Liban. Designer is not established. Postal standing is unsettled.