✓ In collectionPostalStamp15 p
Scout with staff
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1970.SYR.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 9th Pan-Arab Scout Jamboree, Damascus
1970.SYR.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Syria (SYR)- Year / date
- 1970-09-02
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 15 p
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Grey-green
- 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
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 12½ × 12
- Panes
- 50
- Quantity printed
- 100,000
- Size
- 42 × 30 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 970.45
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- SY 579
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- SY 1135
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- SY 297
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- SY 1122
Notes
A Scout in uniform holding a staff beside a tent; a fleur-de-lis over a map at upper left. Offset lithography, comb perforated 12½ × 12.
Series history
Syria issued a 15 piastre commemorative at Damascus on 2 September 1970 for the ninth Pan-Arab Boy Scout Jamboree. Mahmoud Mammed designed a Scout in uniform holding a staff beside a tent, with a fleur-de-lis over a map at the upper left. The State Printing Office printed 100,000 copies by offset lithography in panes of fifty, comb perforated 12½ × 12, measuring 42 × 30 mm. The stamp is inscribed SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC and 9th BOYSCOUTS PAN-ARAB JAMBOREE DAMASCUS 1970.