✓ In collectionPostalStamp2 L
Scout fleur-de-lis and reef knot
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1963.MDV.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 11th World Scout Jamboree, Marathon
1963.MDV.01· piece 1 of 4 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Maldives (MDV)- Year / date
- 1963-12-07
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 2 L
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Purple | Green
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ✓ In collection
Production
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 13½
- Printing
- Photogravure
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 963.21
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- MV 129
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- MV 129
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- MV 129
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- MV 130
Series history
The Maldives issued four photogravure commemoratives at Malé on 7 December 1963 for the 11th World Scout Jamboree, held at Marathon, Greece, in August that year. Maxim Shamir designed a common type: a Scout fleur-de-lis within a rope circle closed by a reef knot, with the jamboree emblem on a green shield at the centre, the curved legend MALDIVE ISLANDS, and WORLD SCOUT JAMBOREE 1963 below. The values are 2 laari (purple), 3 laari (brown), 25 laari (blue) and 1 rufiyaa (red). Joh. Enschedé printed the set in panes of twelve with decorative Scout borders, perforated 13½.