Souvenir sheet — three Scouts saluting designs
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1965.QAT.01-09- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Boy Scouts of Qatar
1965.QAT.01· piece 9 of 18 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Qatar (QAT)- Year / date
- 1965-05-22
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 1.70 R
- Format
- Souvenir sheet
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Multicolour
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ✓ In collection
Production
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 14½ × 14
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 965.18
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- QA 60a
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- QA Bl 1A
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- QA BF1
Notes
1 R, 40 np and 30 np designs side by side under GOVERNMENT OF QATAR
Series history
Qatar issued eight photogravure commemoratives at Doha on 22 May 1965 honouring the Boy Scouts of Qatar. Five triangular values (1 to 5 naye paise), perforated 14, carry the Qatar Scout fleur-de-lis with an oil derrick at its centre — the 1 and 4 np on a plain field, the 2, 3 and 5 np with a camp-site beside the emblem and a portrait of the ruler in the apex. Three rectangular values (30 np, 40 np and 1 Gulf rupee), perforated 14½ × 14, show Scouts saluting at a camp beneath the Qatar flag and the same Scout emblem. Each of the eight designs was also issued imperforate. A souvenir sheet of 1.70 r places the three rectangular designs side by side under GOVERNMENT OF QATAR; it exists perforated and imperforate. Quantities are given as 25,000 of each stamp and 12,500 souvenir sheets.