Jubilee Jamboree overprinted — 75 np on 1s 3d
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1957.BHR.01-03- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Jubilee Jamboree — overprinted BAHRAIN
1957.BHR.01· piece 3 of 3 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Bahrain (BHR)- Year / date
- 1957-08-01
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 75 np on 1s 3d
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Dark green
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ✓ In collection
Production
- Printer
- Harrison & Sons (basic stamps)
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14¾ × 14¼
- Printing
- Photogravure
- Size
- 40 x 24 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 957.14
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- BH 117
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- BH 117
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- BH 109
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- BH 115
Notes
Globe with compass rose and Scout fleur-de-lis, overprinted BAHRAIN and surcharged 75 NP in black. Domfil 957.14. Quantity 158,208 (SOSOW).
Series history
Bahrain marked the IX World Scout Jamboree on 1 August 1957 by overprinting the British Jubilee Jamboree issue. At the time Bahrain was a Persian Gulf Agency of Great Britain and used British stamps surcharged in the local currency, so the three values carry BAHRAIN and a new figure in naye paise, both applied in black. Domfil catalogues the set as 957.12/14.
The base stamps are the Great Britain set issued the same day for the jamboree at Sutton Coldfield, which gathered the movement for the fiftieth anniversary of Scouting and the centenary of Baden-Powell's birth. The 2½d red, by Mary Adshead, shows the Scout badge and a coiled rope; the 4d violet, by Patrick Keely, a medallion with swallows; and the 1s 3d green, by W. H. Brown, a globe with compass rose and the Scout fleur-de-lis. Harrison & Sons printed them in photogravure, panes of 120, perforated 14½ × 14, watermark St Edward's Crown and E2R multiple.
Bahrain's surcharges are 15 np on the 2½d, 25 np on the 4d and 75 np on the 1s 3d. SOSOW records 167,764, 161,783 and 158,208 respectively — a fraction of the British printings, which ran to 137 million for the 2½d alone. Catalogue references are Scott BH 115–117, Michel BH 115–117, Yvert BH 107–109 and Stanley Gibbons BH 113–115.
One caveat on sources: the Domfil line for the top value reads «75 n s 4 p», repeating the base value of the row above. The 75 np was surcharged on the 1s 3d, as SOSOW and the stamp itself show. All three values are catalogued here in rising face-value order.