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1962.MAR.015th Arab Boy Scout Jamboree, Rabat
Morocco·1962
5th Arab Boy Scout Jamboree (Rabat)
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Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1962.MAR.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Morocco (MAR)
- Year
- 1962-08-08
- Event
- 5th Arab Boy Scout Jamboree (Rabat)
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Printer
- Zavod za izradu novčanica, Belgrade
- Process
- Lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 11½
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 962.28
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- MA 73
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- MA 503
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- MA 445
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- MA 121
History
Morocco issued a 0.20 dirham stamp at Rabat on 8 August 1962 for the Fifth Arab Boy Scout Jamboree. The design shows a scout holding a flag before a city skyline — towers and minarets of Rabat — with the bilingual jamboree inscription and the kingdom name in Arabic and French.
Two hundred thousand copies were printed in sheets of 25. Zavod za izradu novčanica, Belgrade; lithography; perforated 11½. An imperforate printing is also recorded.