Baden-Powell, gold foil, imperforate
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1970.MAN.01-02- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Lord Baden-Powell
1970.MAN.01· piece 2 of 3 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Manama (MAN)- Year / date
- 1970-05-14
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 20 r
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Airmail
- Colors
- Metallic gold
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ○ Wanted
Production
- Process
- Embossing
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Imperforate
- Size
- 41 × 56 mm
Catalog numbers
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- AJ-MN 261B
Notes
Imperforate gold-foil embossed printing of the same portrait.
Series history
Manama, a dependency of Ajman, issued a 20 riyal gold-foil airmail of Lord Baden-Powell on 14 May 1970. The stamp is embossed in gold on a black ground, 41 × 56 mm, and shows Baden-Powell in campaign hat with arms crossed, lettered Lord Baden-Powell OF GILWELL, MANAMA DEPENDENCY OF AJMAN, 20 RIYALS and AIR MAIL, with a Scout fleur-de-lis in each corner of the inner frame. Designer and printer are not established. The gold-foil stamp was also sold as a single in a folder. An imperforate of the same design exists, as does a souvenir sheet, 102 × 117 mm, placing the stamp on a white ground lettered LORD BADEN-POWELL and Founder of the Boy Scout Movement. Listings also date the issue 1 January 1970. Postal standing of the issue is not settled.