✓ In collectionPostal4 pieces
1968.MDV.01Boy Scout Movement
Maldives·1968
Honouring the Boy Scout Movement
100% of this series in collection (4 / 4)
In collection 4 · wanted 0 · of 4 pieces
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Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1968.MDV.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Maldives (MDV)
- Year
- 1968-01-01
- Event
- Honouring the Boy Scout Movement
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Maxim Shamir
- Printer
- Israel Government Printers
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14 × 14½
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 968.1; 968.2; 968.3; 968.4
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- MV 243; MV 244; MV 245; MV 246
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- MV 248; MV 249; MV 250; MV 251
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- MV 243; MV 244; MV 245; MV 246
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- MV 248; MV 249; MV 250; MV 251
History
The Maldive Islands issued four commemoratives at Malé on 1 January 1968 honouring the Boy Scout Movement. Maxim Shamir designed the set; the Israel Government Printers produced it by offset lithography in panes of twelve with decorative borders, comb perforated 14 × 14½. Two designs alternate through the values: the 2 L and 25 L show Baden-Powell with a wolf-cub emblem, a Scout signalling with semaphore flags and Wolf Cubs at a campfire, and the legend Maldivian Wolf Cubs – Do Your Best; the 3 L and 1 r show Baden-Powell with Scouts saluting and a drummer under the legend Maldivian Boy Scouts – Be Prepared. A miniature sheet of the designs is also recorded.
Stamps in this series
4 pieces1968.MDV.01-01
Wolf Cubs — signalling and campfire
2 LScott MV 243Domfil 968.1
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1968.MDV.01-02
Boy Scouts — salute and drummer
3 LScott MV 244Domfil 968.2
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1968.MDV.01-03
Wolf Cubs — signalling and campfire
25 LScott MV 245Domfil 968.3
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1968.MDV.01-04
Boy Scouts — salute and drummer
1 rScott MV 246Domfil 968.4
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