Moon moth and King George V at Windsor
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1972.FUJ.03-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Scouts and butterflies
1972.FUJ.03· piece 1 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.
- 20 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 13¼
- Printing
- Lithography
- Size
- 61 × 42 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 972.202
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- FU 999A
Notes
Moon moth in a panel lettered ARGEMA MOENAS; King George V on horseback saluting a crowd of Scouts, one with a red flag. Caption 1909 — IN WINDSOR PARC, KING GEORGE V INSPECTS A SCOUT GATHERING. Inscribed FUJEIRA and POSTAGE; 20 DH.
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 a butterfly or moth with a Scout scene. Each stamp is inscribed FUJEIRA. They were also issued in sheetlets of six, one of each value, and imperforate.
The 20 dirhams shows a moon moth (lettered ARGEMA MOENAS) and King George V on horseback inspecting Scouts; the caption reads 1909 — IN WINDSOR PARC, KING GEORGE V INSPECTS A SCOUT GATHERING. The 80 dirhams shows a nymphalid (Cymothoe coccinata) and two Scouts in blue uniforms, one saluting; the caption dates the scene to a 1913 World Jamboree. The 1 riyal shows a swallowtail (lettered PAPILIO WEISKEI), a World Jamboree 1929 flag, and Scouts before a lattice tower at Birkenhead. The 2 riyals airmail shows Morpho didius and a portrait of Lord Robert Baden-Powell, 1857–1941. The 3 riyals airmail shows Morpho cypris and a Scout facing an obelisk; the caption reads PARIS 1945 — WORLD JAMBOREE TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF B.P. The 4 riyals airmail shows Limenitis populi and a portrait of Lady Baden-Powell.
The souvenir sheet places an Ornithoptera beside Scouts at a campfire; a fox-hunt fills the margin. Designer and printer are not established. Postal standing is unsettled.
