Atlantic puffin and Scouts signalling
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1972.FUJ.02-04- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Scouts and birds
1972.FUJ.02· piece 4 of 14 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Fujairah (Fujeira) (FUJ)- Year / date
- 1972-07-24
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 2 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
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13 × 13½
- Printing
- Lithography
- Size
- 60 × 40 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 972.220
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- FU 1015A
Notes
Atlantic puffin on a green mound in a panel lettered QUETZAL; one Scout holding a red-and-white signalling flag, another kneeling with binoculars. Inscribed FUJEIRA and AIR MAIL; 2 RLS.
Series history
Fujeira issued six stamps and a 10 riyal airmail souvenir sheet on 24 July 1972 for the 65th anniversary of World Scouting, pairing a bird with a Scout scene. Each stamp is inscribed FUJEIRA. They were also issued in sheetlets of six, one of each value, and imperforate.
The 30 dirhams shows an ostrich (lettered L'AUTRUCHE) and a Scout starting a fire with a bow-drill. The 70 dirhams shows an emperor penguin (lettered MANCHOT IMPÉRIAL) and a Scout saluting. The 1 riyal shows a resplendent quetzal (the panel is lettered MACAREUX) and a Scout cooking over two pots. The 2 riyals airmail shows an Atlantic puffin (the panel is lettered QUETZAL) and Scouts with a signalling flag and binoculars. The 3 riyals airmail shows a scarlet macaw (lettered ARA ECARLATE) and a Scout bandaging another's forehead. The 4 riyals airmail shows a brown pelican (lettered PELICAN) and two Scouts washing a dog in a tub.
The souvenir sheet places two toco toucans beside a Scout blowing a bugle; an angelfish swims in the margin. Designer and printer are not established. Postal standing is unsettled.
