Minobu River — souvenir sheet
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1971.AJM.03-19- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 13th World Scout Jamboree — Hokusai woodblocks
1971.AJM.03· piece 19 of 20 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Ajman (AJM)- Year / date
- 1971-07-27
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 10 r
- Format
- Souvenir sheet
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Airmail
- 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
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13½
- Printing
- Photogravure
- Size
- 100 × 98 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 971.345
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- AJ BL288A
Notes
Souvenir sheet: Hokusai landscape of travellers and pack animals on a mountain road; the stamp is inscribed MINOBU RIVER BY HOKUSAI, AIR MAIL 10 RIYALS, WORLD JAMBOREE 1971; AJMAN. Gold jamboree lettering and fleurs-de-lis in the upper margin.
Series history
Ajman issued photogravure stamps on 27 July 1971 reproducing woodblock prints by Katsushika Hokusai for the 13th World Scout Jamboree. Six square designs, each inscribed WORLD JAMBOREE 1971 with a fleur-de-lis, show Umezawa (20 dirhams), the Sazaido (30 dirhams), Climbing the Mountain (40 dirhams), Kajikazawa (60 dirhams), Sekiya-no-Sato (75 dirhams), and In the Mountains (3 riyals airmail). The same designs exist comb perforated 13½, imperforate, and as souvenir sheets with simulated perforations in a fleur-de-lis margin. A 10 riyal airmail souvenir sheet is inscribed MINOBU RIVER BY HOKUSAI, with the landscape continuing into the sheet margin. Postal standing is unsettled.
