Scout of the United Arab Republic
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1971.SHJ.03-18- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 13th World Scout Jamboree — scouts of Arabia
1971.SHJ.03· piece 18 of 22 - 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 910B
Notes
Scout in a green beret and red neckerchief before the Sphinx and pyramids of Giza. Panel lettered U.A.R. Gold panel lettered AIR MAIL and WORLD JAMBOREE.
Series history
Sharjah issued sheetlets of six on 6 July 1971 showing uniformed Scouts of Arabian associations for the 13th World Scout Jamboree. Ordinary postage (grey panel lettered POSTAGE) covers Sharjah, Lebanon, the United Arab Republic, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia at 2 to 6 dirhams; matching airmails (gold panel lettered AIR MAIL) run 35 dirhams to 3 riyals. The same ten designs exist perforated 14 and imperforate. Two souvenir sheets with simulated perforations show Robert Baden-Powell among vignettes of the five Scouts. Brüder Rosenbaum of Vienna printed the issue in lithography. Postal standing is unsettled.
