Scout from England
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1971.SHJ.04-11- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 13th World Scout Jamboree — scouts of Europe
1971.SHJ.04· piece 11 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.
- 35 dh
- 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 920B
Notes
Scout in a green beret and red neckerchief, Union Jack on the uniform, with Big Ben and the Palace of Westminster. Gold panel lettered AIR MAIL 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.
