Twin Scout emblems — green
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1966.SAU.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Arab and Islamic Jamboree in the Holy Land
1966.SAU.01· piece 1 of 3 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Saudi Arabia (SAU)- Year / date
- 1966-03-26
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 4 p
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Multicoloured (green emblems)
- 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.
- Comb 13
- Printing
- Offset lithography
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 966.15
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- SA 377
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- SA 281
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- SA 265
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- SA 644
Notes
Yellow sunburst with two circular Scout emblems in green.
Series history
Saudi Arabia issued three commemorative stamps on 26 March 1966 for the Arab and Islamic Jamboree in the Holy Land. The gathering itself had been held the year before: each stamp is inscribed with the Gregorian year 1965 and the Hijri year 1384 along the vertical French legend «Jamboree des scoutismes des pays arabes et islamiques aux Terres Saintes». De La Rue printed the set by offset lithography, comb perforated 13. One hundred and sixty thousand copies of each value were produced.
The shared design places two circular Scout emblems on a yellow sunburst. One emblem shows the World Scout fleur-de-lis ringed by the continental names Asia, America, Europe, Africa and Australasia; the other shows a fleur-de-lis bearing a small view of the Kaaba. The 4 p is printed with green emblems, the 8 p with red and light-blue emblems, and the 10 p with blue and rose emblems. The country name appears in Arabic at the top and in French as «Royaume de l'Arabie Saoudite» along the foot.