At the fire-side
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1964.YEM.01-19- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Boy Scouts of Yemen
1964.YEM.01· piece 19 of 20 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Yemen (YEM)- Year / date
- 1964-06-20
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 20 b
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Airmail
- Colors
- Multicoloured
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ✓ In collection
Production
- Printer
- Austrian State Printing Office
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Imperforate
- Size
- 30.5 x 40.5 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 964.51
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- YE-AR 376B
Series history
The Yemen Arab Republic issued a Scout set at Sana'a on 20 June 1964 honouring the Boy Scouts of Yemen. Four designs cover nine values: a scout hoisting the national flag and a Scout pennant (¼ and 4 b); two scouts with flags at a camp-site beneath a fleur-de-lis (⅓, 1 and 6 b); a scout blowing a bugle before tents (½ and 16 b); and two scouts beside a camp-fire (1½ and 20 b). The stamps are inscribed YEMEN ARAB REPUBLIC and SCOUTS; values are in buqsha, and the 4, 6, 16 and 20 b are airmails.
The nine values exist perforated and imperforate. Two souvenir sheets carry the 16 b bugle and 20 b camp-fire designs, each with Scout fleur-de-lis emblems in the margins. The Austrian State Printing Office in Vienna printed the issue by photogravure, perforated 12. Printings of 12,000 are recorded for each stamp and 7,000 for the 16 b sheet; the postal status of the issue is disputed among collectors.