Scout emblem, Kaaba and minarets
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1974.SAU.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 6th Islamic Rover Moot, Mecca
1974.SAU.01· piece 1 of 3 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Saudi Arabia (SAU)- Year / date
- 1974-12-23
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 4 p
- 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
- Designer
- Department of Posts
- Printer
- Government Security Press
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14
- Panes
- 50
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 974.21
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- SA 665
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- SA 572
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- SA 395Q
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- SA 1093
Notes
Horizontal commemorative: yellow Scout fleur-de-lis with the Kaaba in the centre petal and a red star on each side petal, between two minarets, in a green wreath with a handshake and 1394 H. Inscribed 6th ISLAMIC ROVER MOOT MECCA, المملكة العربية السعودية, K.S.A. and 4 P. POSTAGE / ٤ ق بريد. Faint tented camp in the background. Olive-brown minarets and ribbon.
Series history
Saudi Arabia issued three commemoratives on 23 December 1974 for the sixth Islamic Rover Moot in Mecca. The Department of Posts designed them; the Government Security Press lithographed them, comb perforated 14, on paper watermarked with crossed swords, a palm tree and an Arabic inscription, in panes of fifty. Sources give no place of issue and no quantities.
The three values share one design, lettered 6th ISLAMIC ROVER MOOT MECCA, with a yellow fleur-de-lis that holds the Kaaba, red stars on the side petals, two minarets, a green wreath, a handshake, 1394 H, المملكة العربية السعودية and K.S.A. The 4 p has olive-brown minarets; the 6 p grey-blue; the 10 p purple. A faint tented camp fills the background.