Flag parade and Baden-Powell
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1968.SHJ.01-05- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 12th World Scout Jamboree
1968.SHJ.01· piece 5 of 22 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Sharjah (SHJ)- Year / date
- 1968-02-12
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 5 dh
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- 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
- Brüder Rosenbaum, Vienna
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Line 14
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 968.23
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- AE-SH 420
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- AE-SH 208
Notes
Scout at a flag parade with portrait of Baden-Powell. Inscribed XII WORLD JAMBOREE 1967; printer imprint Brüder Rosenbaum, Vienna.
Series history
Sharjah and Dependencies issued ten commemoratives and two souvenir sheets on 12 February 1968 for the 12th World Scout Jamboree held in Idaho in 1967. Brüder Rosenbaum of Vienna printed the set by offset lithography, perforated 14, with a stated quantity of 8,000 of each value; the stamps also exist imperforate. The designs show a scout salute among flags, a salute among emblems, a fleur-de-lis over mountains, a kettle over a campfire, and a flag parade with a portrait of Baden-Powell; the higher values are inscribed for airmail. The two souvenir sheets, issued imperforate only, repeat the campfire and flag-parade designs. The postal necessity of the issue is disputed.