Pisces and Baden-Powell
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1973.FUJ.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Pisces and Baden-Powell
1973.FUJ.01· piece 1 of 3 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Fujairah (Fujeira) (FUJ)- Year / date
- 1973-03-15
- 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.
- Airmail
- Colors
- Multicolour
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ◔ Purchased€8.50 · Postbeeld · 2026-09-06
Production
- Printer
- S.A.M., Lebanon
- Process
- Lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13½
- Panes
- 25
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 972.544
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- FU 1313A
Notes
Gold-brown airmail stamp: two fish (Pisces) in a blue-rimmed circle at left; chest-up portrait of Robert Baden-Powell in campaign hat and khaki at right, captioned BADEN-POWELL. Inscribed FUJEIRA / الفجيرة, AIR MAIL / بريد جوي and 1 RL. Imprint Imp. S.A.M. - Liban.
Series history
Fujeira issued a 1 riyal airmail stamp on 15 March 1973 pairing two fish for Pisces with a portrait of Robert Baden-Powell in campaign hat and khaki — one value of a twelve-stamp set of famous people and their zodiac signs. The stamp is inscribed FUJEIRA, AIR MAIL / بريد جوي, 1 RL and BADEN-POWELL. It was printed in lithography, comb perforated 13½, in panes of twenty-five, and also issued imperforate and as an imperforate deluxe sheet. The imprint reads Imp. S.A.M. - Liban. Designer is not established. Postal standing is unsettled.