1975.MDV.0114th World Scout Jamboree, overprint
Maldives·1975
14th World Scout Jamboree, Nordjamb 75, Norway — overprint on the 1973 conference issue
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1975.MDV.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Maldives (MDV)
- Year
- 1975-07-26
- Event
- 14th World Scout Jamboree, Nordjamb 75, Norway — overprint on the 1973 conference issue
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Maxim Shamir
- Printer
- Format International Security Printers Ltd.
- Process
- Offset lithography; typographic overprint
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 15
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 975.39/41; 975.43
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- MV 571/573; MV 574
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- MV 586/588; MV BL32
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- MV 546/548; MV BF30
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- MV 582/584; MV MS585
History
The Maldives issued three overprinted commemoratives and a souvenir sheet at Malé on 26 July 1975 for the 14th World Scout Jamboree, Nordjamb 75, held in Norway from 29 July to 7 August 1975. The overprint, in black, reads 14th Boy Scout Jamboree / July 29 – August 7, 1975. It was applied to the rufiyaa values of the 1973 set for the First World Conference of Boy Scouts in Africa: those stamps remain inscribed with that conference heading, REPUBLIC OF MALDIVES at the left, and the World Scout emblem.
The 1 rufiyaa shows Scouts giving first aid on a beach beside a small boat. The 2 rufiyaa shows Scouts hammering and painting a timber frame. The 3 rufiyaa shows two Scouts bandaging a white goat. The souvenir sheet, 101 × 78 mm, carries a 5 rufiyaa stamp of Scouts around a green plant, in an olive margin with two hiking figures. Maxim Shamir designed the underlying stamps; Format International lithographed them, comb perforated 15, 43 × 25 mm.