Scout from Canada
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1971.SHJ.02-08- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 13th World Scout Jamboree — scouts of America and Asia
1971.SHJ.02· piece 8 of 12 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Sharjah (SHJ)- Year / date
- 1971-07-06
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 1 r
- 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.
- ○ Wanted
Production
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Imperforate
- Printing
- Lithography
- Size
- 50 × 40 mm
Catalog numbers
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- AE-SH 934B
Notes
Scout in a campaign hat and green uniform before snow-capped mountains, pines and a lake. A maple leaf holds the fleur-de-lis; panel lettered CANADA. Brown panel lettered WORLD JAMBOREE.
Series history
Sharjah issued sheetlets of six on 6 July 1971 showing uniformed Scouts of American and Asian associations for the 13th World Scout Jamboree. Ordinary postage (grey panel lettered POSTAGE) covers Hong Kong, Thailand, Canada, Japan and the United States at 2 to 6 dirhams; matching airmails run 35 dirhams to 3 riyals. The same designs exist perforated 14 and imperforate. Two souvenir sheets with simulated perforations show the Scout salute among national flags, with vignettes of the five Scouts; one is lettered POSTAGE and the other AIR MAIL. Brüder Rosenbaum of Vienna printed the issue in lithography. Postal standing is unsettled.
