Scout uniforms of Sweden and Norway — souvenir sheet
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1980.OMN.01-17- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 75th Anniversary of Rotary International
1980.OMN.01· piece 17 of 17 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Oman (OMN)- Year / date
- 1980
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 1 r
- Format
- Souvenir sheet
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Illegal
- 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
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Imperforate
Notes
Imperforate souvenir sheet. A pale-blue panel edged with small fleurs-de-lis holds two colour photographs: a Scout in a dark beret, grey shirt, blue neckerchief, blue shorts and grey knee socks, captioned SCOUT UNIFORM OF SWEDEN; and a Scout in a brown campaign hat, grey shirt, blue shorts and white striped knee socks, captioned SCOUT UNIFORM OF NORWAY. Arabic script and a white fleur-de-lis sit above; the Rotary International wheel sits between the years 1905 and 1980; 75th ANNIVERSARY; STATE OF OMAN; 1R at both lower corners.
Series history
Labels inscribed STATE OF OMAN appeared in 1980 for the seventy-fifth anniversary of Rotary International (1905–1980). They are not an issue of a postal administration.
Each stamp is a colour photograph of a Scout in a named national uniform, with Arabic script at the head, the Rotary International wheel at the lower left, and 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL above the country name. The eight values are 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 15, 20 and 25 baisa: Scout uniforms of Nepal (light-blue frame, tent), India (pink frame, turban and red neckerchief), Singapore (teal frame, side cap), Libya (yellow frame), Greece (green frame, campaign hat and tent), Guatemala (red frame, campaign hat), Sudan (magenta frame, turban) and Pakistan (red-brown frame). The same designs exist perforated and imperforate.
A 1 rial souvenir sheet, imperforate, shows the Scout uniforms of Sweden and Norway on a pale-blue panel with a fleur-de-lis border and the years 1905 and 1980 beside the Rotary wheel. Designer, printer and size are not established.