Minobu River — souvenir sheet, imperforate
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1971.AJM.04-14- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- UNICEF overprints on Hokusai woodblocks
1971.AJM.04· piece 14 of 14 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Ajman (AJM)- Year / date
- 1971-07-28
- 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.
- ○ Wanted
Production
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Imperforate
- Printing
- Photogravure
- Size
- 100 × 98 mm
Catalog numbers
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- AJ BL289B
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. Silver overprint UNICEF / 25th ANNIVERSARY with the UNICEF emblem.
Series history
Ajman applied a silver UNICEF 25th Anniversary overprint, with the UNICEF emblem, to the Hokusai woodblock jamboree stamps on 28 July 1971. The six square designs remain 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), each still inscribed WORLD JAMBOREE 1971. They exist comb perforated 13½ and imperforate. A 10 riyal airmail souvenir sheet is inscribed MINOBU RIVER BY HOKUSAI, with the landscape continuing into the sheet margin, similarly overprinted, perforated and imperforate. Postal standing is unsettled.
