Human pyramid — imperforate block of four
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1964.DXB.01-11- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 11th World Scout Jamboree, Marathon
1964.DXB.01· piece 11 of 15 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Dubai (DXB)- Year / date
- 1964-01-20
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 80 np
- Format
- Souvenir sheet
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Airmail
- Colors
- Brown | 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
- Designer
- A. Tcheterian
- Process
- Offset
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Imperforate
- Size
- 100 x 120 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 964.19
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- DB C20a
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- DB BL9
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- DB BF1
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- DB MS59a
Notes
Imperforate sheetlet: four 20 np airmails; GOVERNMENT OF DUBAI / ATHENS 1963 margins
Series history
Dubai issued ten stamps on 20 January 1964 for the 11th World Scout Jamboree, held at Marathon, Greece, in 1963. A. Tcheterian designed the set; the stamps are offset-printed and perforated 12. Four designs run through the values: scouts forming a human pyramid, a bugler before camp tents, a march-past with a wolf-head staff, and a march-past with a bugler. Ordinary postage values are 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 naye paise; airmail values of 20, 30, 40 and 70 naye paise and 1 Gulf rupee are inscribed AIR MAIL. Print runs ranged from 1,000,000 of the 1 naye paise to 50,000 of the 70 naye paise and 1 rupee airmails. Five imperforate souvenir sheets accompanied the set, each a block of four of one airmail design (80 naye paise, 120 naye paise, 160 naye paise, 280 naye paise and 4 rupees), in an edition of 19,000 sets of sheets. Sources give no printer.
