Scouts saluting at camp
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1965.QAT.01-07- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Boy Scouts of Qatar
1965.QAT.01· piece 7 of 18 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Qatar (QAT)- Year / date
- 1965-05-22
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 40 np
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Multicolour
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ✓ In collection
Production
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 14½ × 14
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 965.13
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- QA 59
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- QA 59A
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- QA 59
Notes
Scouts saluting beside a flagpole and tent; ruler's portrait and Qatar flag
Series history
Qatar issued eight photogravure commemoratives at Doha on 22 May 1965 honouring the Boy Scouts of Qatar. Five triangular values (1 to 5 naye paise), perforated 14, carry the Qatar Scout fleur-de-lis with an oil derrick at its centre — the 1 and 4 np on a plain field, the 2, 3 and 5 np with a camp-site beside the emblem and a portrait of the ruler in the apex. Three rectangular values (30 np, 40 np and 1 Gulf rupee), perforated 14½ × 14, show Scouts saluting at a camp beneath the Qatar flag and the same Scout emblem. Each of the eight designs was also issued imperforate. A souvenir sheet of 1.70 r places the three rectangular designs side by side under GOVERNMENT OF QATAR; it exists perforated and imperforate. Quantities are given as 25,000 of each stamp and 12,500 souvenir sheets.