1972.FUJ.01Baden-Powell and animals
65th Anniversary of World Scouting
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1972.FUJ.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Fujairah (Fujeira) (FUJ)
- Year
- 1972-07-24
- Event
- 65th Anniversary of World Scouting
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative · Airmail
Production
- Process
- Lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13½
- Panes
- sheetlets of 6 (one of each value)
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 972.92/97; 972.99
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- FU 899A; FU 896A; FU 900A; FU 897A; FU 898A; FU 901A; FU 899B; FU 896B; FU 900B; FU 897B; FU 898B; FU 901B; FU BL99A; FU BL99B
History
Fujeira issued six stamps and a 10 riyal airmail souvenir sheet on 24 July 1972 for the 65th anniversary of World Scouting, pairing an animal with a scene from the life of Robert Baden-Powell. Each stamp is inscribed FUJEIRA. They were also issued in sheetlets of six, one of each value, and imperforate.
The 20 dirhams shows an Asian elephant and Baden-Powell inspecting the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow. The 30 dirhams shows a stag (the panel is lettered GAZELLE) and Baden-Powell as a boy at Charterhouse, carrying a hare. The 50 dirhams shows a squirrel and Baden-Powell at a map with boys in the Transvaal, 1899. The 1 riyal shows a wolf and Baden-Powell hunting boar on horseback in India. The 2 riyals shows a horse and Baden-Powell as a cabin boy on the family boat. The 3 riyals airmail shows a white horse and Scouts cooking at the 1907 Brownsea Island camp.
The souvenir sheet places a zebra beside three Scouts in tall grass; horses stand in the margin. Designer and printer are not established. Postal standing is unsettled.
Stamps in this series
14 pieces
Asian elephant and the Boys' Brigade, Glasgow

Red deer and Baden-Powell at Charterhouse

Squirrel and Baden-Powell with boys in the Transvaal

Wolf and Baden-Powell hunting in India

Horse and Baden-Powell as a cabin boy

White horse and the Brownsea Island camp

Asian elephant and the Boys' Brigade, Glasgow

Red deer and Baden-Powell at Charterhouse

Squirrel and Baden-Powell with boys in the Transvaal

Wolf and Baden-Powell hunting in India

Horse and Baden-Powell as a cabin boy

White horse and the Brownsea Island camp

Scouts and zebra



