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1973.SAU.015th Rover Moot, Mecca
Saudi Arabia·1973
5th Islamic Rover Moot, Mecca
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Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1973.SAU.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Saudi Arabia (SAU)
- Year
- 1973-01-13
- Event
- 5th Islamic Rover Moot, Mecca
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Printer
- Government Security Press
- Process
- Offset lithography
- Paper
- Watermarked crossed swords and palm tree
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 973.1/3
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- SA 636/638
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- SA 545/547
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- SA 378/380
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- SA 1064/1066
History
Saudi Arabia issued three commemoratives at Jeddah on 13 January 1973 for the fifth Rover Moot in Mecca. Each stamp carries a circular badge lettered 5th ROVER MOOT MECCA, with a gold fleur-de-lis in a green wreath and the Arabic legend for the fifth Islamic Rover Gathering, over المملكة العربية السعودية and SAUDI ARABIA. The 4 p shows the Great Mosque in light blue, with a minaret at the right; the 6 p shows the Kaaba in the courtyard of the Great Mosque in purple; the 10 p shows a tented camp below a rocky hill in reddish pink. The Government Security Press printed the set by offset lithography, comb perforated 14, on paper watermarked with crossed swords and a palm tree.