1972.FUJ.03Scouts and butterflies
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.03- 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 13¼
- Panes
- sheetlets of 6 (one of each value)
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 972.202/207; 972.209
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- FU 999A; FU 1000A; FU 1001A; FU 1002A; FU 1003A; FU 1004A; FU 999B; FU 1000B; FU 1001B; FU 1002B; FU 1003B; FU 1004B; FU BL105A; FU BL105B
History
Fujeira issued six stamps and a 10 riyal airmail souvenir sheet on 24 July 1972 for the 65th anniversary of World Scouting, pairing a butterfly or moth with a Scout scene. Each stamp is inscribed FUJEIRA. They were also issued in sheetlets of six, one of each value, and imperforate.
The 20 dirhams shows a moon moth (lettered ARGEMA MOENAS) and King George V on horseback inspecting Scouts; the caption reads 1909 — IN WINDSOR PARC, KING GEORGE V INSPECTS A SCOUT GATHERING. The 80 dirhams shows a nymphalid (Cymothoe coccinata) and two Scouts in blue uniforms, one saluting; the caption dates the scene to a 1913 World Jamboree. The 1 riyal shows a swallowtail (lettered PAPILIO WEISKEI), a World Jamboree 1929 flag, and Scouts before a lattice tower at Birkenhead. The 2 riyals airmail shows Morpho didius and a portrait of Lord Robert Baden-Powell, 1857–1941. The 3 riyals airmail shows Morpho cypris and a Scout facing an obelisk; the caption reads PARIS 1945 — WORLD JAMBOREE TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF B.P. The 4 riyals airmail shows Limenitis populi and a portrait of Lady Baden-Powell.
The souvenir sheet places an Ornithoptera beside Scouts at a campfire; a fox-hunt fills the margin. Designer and printer are not established. Postal standing is unsettled.
Stamps in this series
14 pieces
Moon moth and King George V at Windsor

Common Red Glider and Scouts, 1913

Purple-spotted swallowtail and the Birkenhead Jamboree

Giant Blue Morpho and Lord Baden-Powell

Cypris Morpho and the Paris jamboree

Poplar Admiral and Lady Baden-Powell

Moon moth and King George V at Windsor

Common Red Glider and Scouts, 1913

Purple-spotted swallowtail and the Birkenhead Jamboree

Giant Blue Morpho and Lord Baden-Powell

Cypris Morpho and the Paris jamboree

Poplar Admiral and Lady Baden-Powell

Birdwing butterfly and Scouts at the campfire



