Sheikh Ahmad and the flag
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1969.QAT.01-06- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 10th National Scout Jamboree
1969.QAT.01· piece 6 of 7 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Qatar (QAT)- Year / date
- 1969-09-18
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 2 r
- 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
- Printer
- Bradbury Wilkinson
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 13½ × 13
- Size
- 44.5 x 33.5 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 969.24
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- QA 189
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- QA 396
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- QA 156
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- QA 299
Notes
Portrait of Sheikh Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani; three Scouts raising the Qatari flag. Inscribed 10th SCOUT JAMBOREE 1969.
Series history
Qatar issued six commemoratives and a souvenir sheet at Doha on 18 September 1969 for the country’s 10th National Scout Jamboree. Each stamp is inscribed 10th SCOUT JAMBOREE 1969 and QATAR, with a red Arabic banner at the head and a column of Scout kit — flags, hat, rope and pack — along the left edge. Bradbury Wilkinson lithographed the stamps in panes of 50, perforated 13½ × 13, 44.5 × 33.5 mm. The 1 dirham shows Scouts working on a beached dhow beside a lashed-pole tower. The 2 dirhams show two Scouts in ghutra lashing poles, with tents and a row of flags behind them. The 3 dirhams show a Scout drum corps in campaign hats over ghutra, watched by two men in thobes. The 60 dirhams show a stone camp gateway with tents beyond. The 1.25 riyals show a ceremonial gateway topped with national flags and a gold fleur-de-lis. The 2 riyals carry a portrait of Sheikh Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani beside three Scouts raising the Qatari flag. The souvenir sheet, 128 × 110 mm, gathers the four dirham values with simulated perforations; the margin is inscribed 1 Riyal and bears a portrait of the Sheikh.