Salute — Idaho overprint
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1968.MDV.02-02- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- First Anniversary of the XII World Scout Jamboree
1968.MDV.02· piece 2 of 4 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Maldives (MDV)- Year / date
- 1968-08-01
- 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).
- 968.40
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- MV 279
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- MV 286
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- MV 271
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- MV 285
Notes
Black overprint International Boy Scout Jamboree, Farragut Park, Idaho, August 1-9 1967 on the light-blue 3 L Boy Scout Movement stamp: Baden-Powell with Scouts saluting; inscribed MALDIVIAN BOY SCOUTS – BE PREPARED.
Series history
The Maldive Islands issued four commemoratives at Malé on 1 August 1968 by applying a black overprint to the January Boy Scout Movement stamps. The overprint reads International Boy Scout Jamboree, Farragut Park, Idaho, August 1-9 1967, marking the first anniversary of the XII World Scout Jamboree held at Farragut State Park. Maxim Shamir designed the underlying stamps; the Israel Government Printers produced them by offset lithography in panes of twelve, comb perforated 14 × 14½. The 2 L and 25 L show the signalling and Wolf Cub design; the 3 L and 1 r show the salute design.
