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1965.KHF.01Scouts and Guides of Khor Fakkan
Khor Fakkan·1965
Honouring the Scouts and Guides of Khor Fakkan — overprints on Sharjah 1964 Scout issues
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Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1965.KHF.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Khor Fakkan (KHF)
- Year
- 1965-03-20
- Event
- Honouring the Scouts and Guides of Khor Fakkan — overprints on Sharjah 1964 Scout issues
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Printer
- Harrison and Sons
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 14 × 15
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 965.7/8
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- AE-KF 7/8
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- AE-KF 1/2
History
Khor Fakkan, a dependency of Sharjah on the Gulf of Oman, released two overprinted commemoratives on 20 March 1965 honouring its Scouts and Guides. Black overprints in English and Arabic reading KHOR FAKKAN were applied to the 2 Gulf-rupee values of Sharjah's 1964 Girl Guides and Boy Scouts issues — Guides marching, and a Scout portrait against a fleur-de-lis ground — both printed by Harrison and Sons by photogravure and perforated 14 × 15. The pair forms part of a larger Khor Fakkan overprint series on Sharjah stamps. Postal status of the issue is disputed among sources.