Umezawa, imperforate
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1971.AJM.04-07- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- UNICEF overprints on Hokusai woodblocks
1971.AJM.04· piece 7 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.
- 20 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.
- ○ Wanted
Production
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Imperforate
- Printing
- Photogravure
- Size
- 45.5 × 45.5 mm
Catalog numbers
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- AJ 940B
Notes
Hokusai woodblock Umezawa: red-crowned cranes by water, Mount Fuji beyond; inscribed UMEZAWA BY HOKUSAI; WORLD JAMBOREE 1971; POSTAGE 20 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.
