1974.LBN.0111th Arab Scout Jamboree and 5th Arab Girl Guide Jamboree
11th Arab Scout Jamboree, Smar-Jubeil, and 5th Arab Girl Guide Jamboree, Deir el Qamar
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1974.LBN.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Lebanon (LBN)
- Year
- 1974-11-05
- Event
- 11th Arab Scout Jamboree, Smar-Jubeil, and 5th Arab Girl Guide Jamboree, Deir el Qamar
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Airmail
Production
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 12
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 974.2/11
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- LB C698/C707
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- LB 1196/1205
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- LB PA586/PA595
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- LB 1166/1175
History
Lebanon issued ten airmail stamps on 5 November 1974. Eight values are inscribed 11ème JAMBOREE ARABE DU SCOUTISME and SMAR-JUBEIL-LIBAN AOUT 1974. The 15 and 20 piastres are inscribed Vème JAMBOREE ARABE DES GUIDES-DEIR-EL-KAMAR-LIBAN 1974. Each stamp is lettered POSTE AERIENNE and LIBAN. The set was printed by offset lithography, perforated 12, se-tenant in vertical strips. One hundred thousand copies of each value were printed. Sources give no designer or printer.
The 2½ piastres shows a fleur-de-lis camp-fire over a campsite plan. The 5 piastres a cedar emblem and a map of Lebanon. The 7½ piastres a map of Arab states between cedar and Scout emblems. The 10 piastres a portrait of Baden-Powell before columned ruins. The 15 piastres a Girl Guide saluting, with tents. The 20 piastres two trefoil-and-cedar emblems in a rope figure-eight. The 25 piastres Scouts around a night camp-fire. The 30 piastres a globe with the Lebanese flag and a cedar emblem. The 35 piastres an arc of national flags. The 50 piastres an elder watching a Scout split a log.
Stamps in this series
10 pieces
Camp-fire and campsite

Cedar emblem and map of Lebanon

Cedar emblem and map of Arab states

Lord Baden-Powell

Girl Guide salute and camp

Girl Guide emblems

Scouts around a camp-fire

Globe, flag and cedar emblem

Flags of participating nations

