Baden-Powell on a Cook Islands stamp
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1970.FUJ.02-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Philympia, London
1970.FUJ.02· piece 1 of 3 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Fujairah (Fujeira) (FUJ)- Year / date
- 1970-06-02
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 4 r
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Airmail
- 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
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 11
- Size
- 51 × 38 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 972.757
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- FU 1461A
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- FU PA41D
Notes
Stamp-on-stamp: Cook Islands 30 c of 1966, Lord Baden-Powell and the Christchurch jamboree, on an airmail 4 riyals for Philympia, London. Offset lithography, comb perforated 11.
Series history
Fujairah issued airmail stamps on 2 June 1970 for the international stamp exhibition Philympia in London, inscribed EVENTS of 1970 PHILYMPIA-LONDON. The Scout-relevant value is a 4 riyals stamp-on-stamp reproducing a Cook Islands 30 cents of 1966: Lord Baden-Powell in uniform before palms and mountains, with the legend of the jamboree at Christchurch, 2–12 January 1966, and a Scout fleur-de-lis. The Fujeira frame is olive-green, with AIR MAIL, 4 RIYALS, the exhibition emblem, and FUJEIRA in English and Arabic. The stamp measures 51 × 38 mm and was printed by offset lithography, comb perforated 11; the same design was also issued without perforation. A square imperforate souvenir sheet of the 4 riyals, 98 × 98 mm, is recorded. Designer and printer are not established. Postal standing of the issue is not settled.
