Scout salute and emblem
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1972.IRQ.01-02- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 10th Arab Scouts Jamboree
1972.IRQ.01· piece 2 of 2 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Iraq (IRQ)- Year / date
- 1972-08-12
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 25 f
- 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.
- ○ Wanted
Production
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13½ × 14
- Quantity printed
- 50,000
- Printing
- Photogravure
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 972.42
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- IQ 665
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- IQ 744
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- IQ 693B
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- IQ 1060
Notes
Two circular vignettes on purple. Left: a Scout in khaki and a beret giving the three-finger salute, with tents and the Iraqi flag on a green field. Right: a chain-circle emblem with a map of the Arab world and a Scout fleur-de-lis. Inscribed IRAQ; POSTAGE 25 FILS; 10th ARAB SCOUTS JAMBOREE AND CONFERENCE; MOSUL 10th TO 19th AUGUST, 1972.
Series history
Iraq issued two commemorative stamps at Baghdad on 12 August 1972 for the 10th Arab Scouts Jamboree and Conference at Mosul. The stamps themselves give the meeting dates as 10 to 19 August 1972. Younis Mohammed Al Abdulla designed the pair; the German Security Printing Office in West Germany printed it by photogravure in panes of 25, comb perforation 13½ × 14. Fifty thousand copies of each value were printed.
Both stamps show two circular vignettes. The left circle has a Scout in khaki and a beret giving the three-finger salute, with tents and the Iraqi flag on a green field. The right circle is a chain-bordered emblem with a map of the Arab world and a Scout fleur-de-lis. The 20 fils is on magenta; the 25 fils is on purple. Each is inscribed IRAQ, POSTAGE, and 10th ARAB SCOUTS JAMBOREE AND CONFERENCE.
