Agricultural training
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1973.MDV.01-09- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- First World Conference of Boy Scouts in Africa
1973.MDV.01· piece 9 of 9 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Maldives (MDV)- Year / date
- 1973-08-01
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 5 r
- Format
- Souvenir sheet
- 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.
- ◔ Purchased€4.00 · Postbeeld · 2026-09-06
Production
- Designer
- M. Shamir
- Printer
- Format International Security Printers
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 15
- Size
- 101 × 79 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 973.37
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- MV 435
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- MV BL18A
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- MV BF17
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- MV MS446
Notes
Olive-gold sheet with two hiking Scouts in the side margins, the World Scout emblem at the top and the Maldives emblem at lower left. The perforated 5 r stamp repeats the maize / agricultural-training design of the 3 l. Inscribed FIRST WORLD CONFERENCE OF BOY SCOUTS IN AFRICA and REPUBLIC OF MALDIVES.
Series history
The Republic of Maldives issued eight commemorative stamps and a souvenir sheet at Malé on 1 August 1973, inscribed FIRST WORLD CONFERENCE OF BOY SCOUTS IN AFRICA. M. Shamir designed the set; Format International Security Printers printed it by offset lithography, comb perforated 15, about 43 × 25 mm, in panes of 50. Each stamp is lettered REPUBLIC OF MALDIVES vertically at the left, with the World Scout emblem.
The 1 l and 3 r show two Scouts bandaging a lamb. The 2 l and 1 r show Scouts giving first aid on a beach, one with a life jacket and kit, another with a boat. The 3 l shows Scouts examining maize; that design is repeated as the 5 r stamp in the souvenir sheet (about 101 × 79 mm), with two hiking Scouts in the margins. The 4 l and 2 r show Scouts building and painting a wooden frame. The 5 l shows Scouts playing leapfrog at a campsite.