Scout salute
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1971.MRT.01-05- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 13th World Scout Jamboree
1971.MRT.01· piece 5 of 6 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Mauritania (MRT)- Year / date
- 1971-08-16
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 40 f
- Format
- Stamp
- 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.
- ◔ Purchased€7.50 for 3 pieces · Postbeeld · 2026-09-06
Production
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Imperforate
- Printing
- Photogravure
- Size
- 32 × 32 mm
Catalog numbers
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- MR 421B
Notes
Scout in uniform giving the three-finger salute beside a fleur-de-lis in a rope circle, with a Japanese pagoda and Mount Fuji above and a map of Mauritania at right, on a pink ground. Vertical POSTE AERIENNE; 13e JAMBOREE MONDIAL TOKYO; REPUBLIQUE ISLAMIQUE DE MAURITANIE 40F. Designed P. Lambert; printed Delrieu, imperforate
Series history
Mauritania issued three airmail commemoratives at Nouakchott on 16 August 1971 for the 13th World Scout Jamboree in Japan: 35, 40 and 100 francs. Pierrette Lambert designed the set; Delrieu printed it by photogravure, comb perforated 12½, on enamel-coated paper, each stamp 32 × 32 mm. All three values show a Scout beside the fleur-de-lis, a Japanese pagoda and Mount Fuji, and a map of Mauritania, inscribed POSTE AERIENNE, 13e JAMBOREE MONDIAL TOKYO and REPUBLIQUE ISLAMIQUE DE MAURITANIE. An imperforate deluxe sheet of each design is also known.
Imperforate singles of the three values exist.