Baden-Powell as Pisces
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1971.AJM.05-03- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Baden-Powell as Pisces
1971.AJM.05· piece 3 of 3 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Ajman (AJM)- Year / date
- 1971-03-16
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 3 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.
- Simulated
- Printing
- Photogravure
- Size
- 100 × 70 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 971.170
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- AJ BL262
Notes
Souvenir sheet inscribed AIR MAIL 3 RIYALS, with AJMAN at the top in a gold geometric frame. At left, the 90 dirham Baden-Powell portrait; at right, a 60 dirham stained-glass Pisces from Notre-Dame, Paris, which is not a Scout design. Simulated perforations.
Series history
Ajman issued the Baden-Powell airmail value of a Personalities and Their Zodiac Signs series on 16 March 1971. The 90 dirham stamp shows a portrait of Lord Baden-Powell in campaign hat and Scout neckerchief, a gold fleur-de-lis at the shoulder, the word PISCES set vertically, and the caption LORD BADEN-POWELL FEBRUARY 22nd, 1857, with AJMAN in gold on the lower margin. It is the Scout-relevant stamp of a larger set that pairs famous people with zodiac signs; the other values are not Scout designs. Photogravure, perforated 13½; an imperforate printing exists. A souvenir sheet inscribed 3 riyals places the 90 dirham portrait beside a 60 dirham stained-glass Pisces from Notre-Dame, Paris, with simulated perforations. Designer and printer are not established. Postal standing of the issue is unsettled.
