Boy Scouts — salute and drummer
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1968.MDV.01-02- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Boy Scout Movement
1968.MDV.01· piece 2 of 4 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Maldives (MDV)- Year / date
- 1968-01-01
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 3 L
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Multicoloured
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ✓ In collection
Production
- Designer
- Maxim Shamir
- Printer
- Israel Government Printers
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14 × 14½
- Panes
- 12
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 968.2
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- MV 244
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- MV 249
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- MV 244
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- MV 249
Notes
Baden-Powell portrait; Scouts saluting and a Scout playing a side drum; inscribed MALDIVIAN BOY SCOUTS – BE PREPARED.
Series history
The Maldive Islands issued four commemoratives at Malé on 1 January 1968 honouring the Boy Scout Movement. Maxim Shamir designed the set; the Israel Government Printers produced it by offset lithography in panes of twelve with decorative borders, comb perforated 14 × 14½. Two designs alternate through the values: the 2 L and 25 L show Baden-Powell with a wolf-cub emblem, a Scout signalling with semaphore flags and Wolf Cubs at a campfire, and the legend Maldivian Wolf Cubs – Do Your Best; the 3 L and 1 r show Baden-Powell with Scouts saluting and a drummer under the legend Maldivian Boy Scouts – Be Prepared. A miniature sheet of the designs is also recorded.
