Climbing the Mountain — souvenir sheet
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1971.AJM.03-15- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 13th World Scout Jamboree — Hokusai woodblocks
1971.AJM.03· piece 15 of 20 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Ajman (AJM)- Year / date
- 1971-07-27
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 40 dh
- Format
- Souvenir sheet
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- 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
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Simulated
- Printing
- Photogravure
Catalog numbers
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- AJ 935EB
Notes
Hokusai woodblock of travellers in straw hats climbing a mountain path; inscribed CLIMBING THE MOUNTAIN BY HOKUSAI; WORLD JAMBOREE 1971; POSTAGE 40 DIRHAMS; AJMAN. Souvenir sheet with a fleur-de-lis patterned margin and a pale blue outer frame.
Series history
Ajman issued photogravure stamps on 27 July 1971 reproducing woodblock prints by Katsushika Hokusai for the 13th World Scout Jamboree. Six square designs, each inscribed WORLD JAMBOREE 1971 with a fleur-de-lis, show Umezawa (20 dirhams), the Sazaido (30 dirhams), Climbing the Mountain (40 dirhams), Kajikazawa (60 dirhams), Sekiya-no-Sato (75 dirhams), and In the Mountains (3 riyals airmail). The same designs exist comb perforated 13½, imperforate, and as souvenir sheets with simulated perforations in a fleur-de-lis margin. A 10 riyal airmail souvenir sheet is inscribed MINOBU RIVER BY HOKUSAI, with the landscape continuing into the sheet margin. Postal standing is unsettled.
