Robert Baden-Powell — gold foil, imperforate
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1971.SHJ.01-03- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 13th World Scout Jamboree — foil
1971.SHJ.01· piece 3 of 6 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Sharjah (SHJ)- Year / date
- 1971-06-28
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 3 r
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Airmail
- Colors
- Gold metallic
- 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.
- Imperforate
- Printing
- Embossing
Notes
The same gold-foil portrait with straight edges and a right-hand pane margin in this photograph. Inscribed AIR MAIL, WORLD JAMBOREE '71, 3 Rls, ROBERT BADEN-POWELL and Sharjah & DEPENDENCIES.
Series history
Sharjah issued gold and silver embossed-foil airmail stamps and souvenir sheets on 28 June 1971 for the 13th World Scout Jamboree. Each stamp is inscribed 3 riyals and shows a portrait of Robert Baden-Powell in a Scout hat beneath a fleur-de-lis, with AIR MAIL and Sharjah & DEPENDENCIES. The stamps are die-cut about 10½; imperforate printings of both the gold and silver stamps are also known. Souvenir sheets place the same gold or silver stamp, with simulated perforations, on a green ground beside a large white fleur-de-lis. Postal standing is unsettled.
