Climbing the Mountain
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1971.AJM.04-03- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- UNICEF overprints on Hokusai woodblocks
1971.AJM.04· piece 3 of 14 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Ajman (AJM)- Year / date
- 1971-07-28
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 40 dh
- Format
- Stamp
- 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.
- Comb 13½
- Printing
- Photogravure
- Size
- 45.5 × 45.5 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 971.348
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- AJ 942A
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- AJ 158B
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. Silver overprint UNICEF / 25th ANNIVERSARY with the UNICEF emblem.
Series history
Ajman applied a silver UNICEF 25th Anniversary overprint, with the UNICEF emblem, to the Hokusai woodblock jamboree stamps on 28 July 1971. The six square designs remain 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), each still inscribed WORLD JAMBOREE 1971. They exist comb perforated 13½ and imperforate. A 10 riyal airmail souvenir sheet is inscribed MINOBU RIVER BY HOKUSAI, with the landscape continuing into the sheet margin, similarly overprinted, perforated and imperforate. Postal standing is unsettled.
