Lifesaving
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1975.MDV.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 14th World Scout Jamboree, overprint
1975.MDV.01· piece 1 of 4 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Maldives (MDV)- Year / date
- 1975-07-26
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 1 r
- 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
- Designer
- Maxim Shamir
- Printer
- Format International Security Printers Ltd.
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 15
- Size
- 43 x 25 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 975.39
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- MV 571
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- MV 586
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- MV 546
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- MV 582
Notes
The 1973 lifesaving design (beach CPR, first-aid kit and a boat) with a black overprint 14th Boy Scout Jamboree / July 29 – August 7, 1975. Inscribed FIRST WORLD CONFERENCE OF BOY SCOUTS IN AFRICA, REPUBLIC OF MALDIVES; 1R.
Series history
The Maldives issued three overprinted commemoratives and a souvenir sheet at Malé on 26 July 1975 for the 14th World Scout Jamboree, Nordjamb 75, held in Norway from 29 July to 7 August 1975. The overprint, in black, reads 14th Boy Scout Jamboree / July 29 – August 7, 1975. It was applied to the rufiyaa values of the 1973 set for the First World Conference of Boy Scouts in Africa: those stamps remain inscribed with that conference heading, REPUBLIC OF MALDIVES at the left, and the World Scout emblem.
The 1 rufiyaa shows Scouts giving first aid on a beach beside a small boat. The 2 rufiyaa shows Scouts hammering and painting a timber frame. The 3 rufiyaa shows two Scouts bandaging a white goat. The souvenir sheet, 101 × 78 mm, carries a 5 rufiyaa stamp of Scouts around a green plant, in an olive margin with two hiking figures. Maxim Shamir designed the underlying stamps; Format International lithographed them, comb perforated 15, 43 × 25 mm.