Lord Baden-Powell
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1974.LBN.01-04- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 11th Arab Scout Jamboree and 5th Arab Girl Guide Jamboree
1974.LBN.01· piece 4 of 10 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Lebanon (LBN)- Year / date
- 1974-11-05
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 10 p
- 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€18.00 for 10 pieces · Postbeeld · 2026-09-06
Production
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 12
- Quantity printed
- 100,000
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 974.5
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- LB C701
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- LB 1199
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- LB PA589
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- LB 1169
Notes
Portrait of Baden-Powell in a Scout hat and neckerchief, with columned ruins and a Scout fleur-de-lis. Inscribed 11ème JAMBOREE ARABE DU SCOUTISME, SMAR-JUBEIL-LIBAN AOUT 1974, POSTE AERIENNE, LIBAN and 10 P.
Series history
Lebanon issued ten airmail stamps on 5 November 1974. Eight values are inscribed 11ème JAMBOREE ARABE DU SCOUTISME and SMAR-JUBEIL-LIBAN AOUT 1974. The 15 and 20 piastres are inscribed Vème JAMBOREE ARABE DES GUIDES-DEIR-EL-KAMAR-LIBAN 1974. Each stamp is lettered POSTE AERIENNE and LIBAN. The set was printed by offset lithography, perforated 12, se-tenant in vertical strips. One hundred thousand copies of each value were printed. Sources give no designer or printer.
The 2½ piastres shows a fleur-de-lis camp-fire over a campsite plan. The 5 piastres a cedar emblem and a map of Lebanon. The 7½ piastres a map of Arab states between cedar and Scout emblems. The 10 piastres a portrait of Baden-Powell before columned ruins. The 15 piastres a Girl Guide saluting, with tents. The 20 piastres two trefoil-and-cedar emblems in a rope figure-eight. The 25 piastres Scouts around a night camp-fire. The 30 piastres a globe with the Lebanese flag and a cedar emblem. The 35 piastres an arc of national flags. The 50 piastres an elder watching a Scout split a log.