Scout emblem with oil derrick
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1966.QAT.01-04- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Currency revaluation overprints
1966.QAT.01· piece 4 of 18 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Qatar (QAT)- Year / date
- 1966-12-21
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 4 dh
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Blue; white
- 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.
- 14
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 966.110
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- QA 113C
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- QA 187A
Notes
Triangular; fleur-de-lis with oil derrick; black currency surcharge
Series history
On 21 December 1966 Qatar applied black currency-revaluation surcharges to the 1965 Boy Scouts of Qatar commemoratives, converting the naye paise and Gulf rupee face values into dirhams and riyals. Five triangular values (1 to 5 dirhams), perforated 14, retain the Scout fleur-de-lis with an oil derrick — the 1 and 4 dh on a plain field, the 2, 3 and 5 dh with a camp-site and a portrait of the ruler in the apex. Three rectangular values (30 dh, 40 dh and 1 riyal), perforated 14½ × 14, show Scouts saluting at a camp beneath the Qatar flag. Each of the eight designs was also issued imperforate. A souvenir sheet of face 1.70 riyals places the three rectangular designs side by side under GOVERNMENT OF QATAR; it exists perforated and imperforate. Philatelic opinion differs on the official status of the issue.