1974.SAU.016th Islamic Rover Moot, Mecca
Saudi Arabia·1974
6th Arabic and Islamic Rover Moot, Mecca
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1974.SAU.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Saudi Arabia (SAU)
- Year
- 1974-12-23
- Event
- 6th Arabic and Islamic Rover Moot, Mecca
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Department of Posts
- Printer
- Government Security Press
- Process
- Offset lithography
- Paper
- Watermarked crossed swords, palm tree and Arabic inscription
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 974.21/23
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- SA 665/667
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- SA 572/574
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- SA 395Q/395S
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- SA 1093/1095
History
Saudi Arabia issued three commemoratives on 23 December 1974 for the sixth Islamic Rover Moot in Mecca. The Department of Posts designed them; the Government Security Press lithographed them, comb perforated 14, on paper watermarked with crossed swords, a palm tree and an Arabic inscription, in panes of fifty. Sources give no place of issue and no quantities.
The three values share one design, lettered 6th ISLAMIC ROVER MOOT MECCA, with a yellow fleur-de-lis that holds the Kaaba, red stars on the side petals, two minarets, a green wreath, a handshake, 1394 H, المملكة العربية السعودية and K.S.A. The 4 p has olive-brown minarets; the 6 p grey-blue; the 10 p purple. A faint tented camp fills the background.