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1 Prelude to the Great Adventure; Scouting takes Form
1.1 A Man, a Book, an Island - The Hero of Mafeking returns to civilian life and conducts an experiment
(e) c___ _ _ _ ___,(e) Fewer tha11 JO stamps are
believed to exist with the
~~~~~~~~~ large format.
3,036 printed. '"telegraphic" cancel.
Small format. 6,072 printed.
Ca11cel/ed "AP 6 1900", earliest reported
day ofusage. 5 copies are recorded.
IFTI fj7 JE
With "O " Sketch ofpapermaker 's sheet watermark (reduced size). Watermark part of
wa termark.
Approximately 8 % ofthe stamps show part ofthe watermark. "na " and"£".
Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell was born in London, England on
22 February 1857. After graduation from Charterhouse School in London in 1876,
Baden-Powell was gazetted as Sub-Lieutenant in the 13th Hussars, then stationed at
Lucknow in India. He served in the cavalry in India, Malta, West and South Africa.
Position 6. Position 7. Position 8.
The glass plate broke i11 two duri11g the slllmp production.
Approximately 35 sheets were produced from the cracked plate.
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Position 9. 5678 Position 10.
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Sketch ofcomplete sheet, showing the jive positions ofthe cracked plate variety.
