Wolf and Baden-Powell hunting in India
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1972.FUJ.01-04- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Baden-Powell and animals
1972.FUJ.01· piece 4 of 14 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Fujairah (Fujeira) (FUJ)- Year / date
- 1972-07-24
- 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.
- 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 13½
- Printing
- Lithography
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 972.93
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- FU 897A
Notes
Howling wolf in a blue panel lettered WOLF; two horsemen with lances pursuing a boar among palms. Caption B.P. eminent horseman in India. Inscribed FUJEIRA and POSTAGE; 1 RL.
Series history
Fujeira issued six stamps and a 10 riyal airmail souvenir sheet on 24 July 1972 for the 65th anniversary of World Scouting, pairing an animal with a scene from the life of Robert Baden-Powell. Each stamp is inscribed FUJEIRA. They were also issued in sheetlets of six, one of each value, and imperforate.
The 20 dirhams shows an Asian elephant and Baden-Powell inspecting the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow. The 30 dirhams shows a stag (the panel is lettered GAZELLE) and Baden-Powell as a boy at Charterhouse, carrying a hare. The 50 dirhams shows a squirrel and Baden-Powell at a map with boys in the Transvaal, 1899. The 1 riyal shows a wolf and Baden-Powell hunting boar on horseback in India. The 2 riyals shows a horse and Baden-Powell as a cabin boy on the family boat. The 3 riyals airmail shows a white horse and Scouts cooking at the 1907 Brownsea Island camp.
The souvenir sheet places a zebra beside three Scouts in tall grass; horses stand in the margin. Designer and printer are not established. Postal standing is unsettled.
