Scout from Germany
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1971.SHJ.04-05- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 13th World Scout Jamboree — scouts of Europe
1971.SHJ.04· piece 5 of 17 - 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.
- 6 dh
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Multicolour
- 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.
- Comb 14
- Printing
- Lithography
- Size
- 50 × 40 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 972.51
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- AE-SH 919A
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- AE-SH 251D
Notes
Scout in a light shirt and blue-and-white neckerchief, German flag on the uniform, a river valley and mountains behind him. Grey panel lettered POSTAGE and WORLD JAMBOREE.
Series history
Sharjah issued sheetlets of six on 6 July 1971 showing uniformed Scouts of European associations for the 13th World Scout Jamboree. Ordinary postage (grey panel lettered POSTAGE) covers England, Italy, France, Holland and Germany at 2 to 6 dirhams; matching airmails (gold panel lettered AIR MAIL) run 35 dirhams to 3 riyals. The same designs exist perforated 14 and imperforate. Two souvenir sheets with simulated perforations show Olave Baden-Powell among 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.
