1964.JAM.01VI Inter-American Scout Conference
Jamaica·1964
VI Inter-American Scout Conference, Kingston, 1964
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1964.JAM.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Jamaica (JAM)
- Year
- 1964-08-27
- Event
- VI Inter-American Scout Conference, Kingston, 1964
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Victor Whitely
- Printer
- Harrison & Sons
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14½ × 14 (3 d, 8 d); Comb 14 (1 s)
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 964.26; 964.27; 964.28
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- JM 233; JM 234; JM 235
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- JM 235; JM 236; JM 237
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- JM 240; JM 241; JM 242
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- JM 233; JM 234; JM 235
History
Jamaica issued three commemoratives at Kingston on 27 August 1964 for the VI Inter-American Scout Conference. Each stamp is inscribed VI INTER-AMERICAN SCOUT CONFERENCE with the country name JAMAICA and the year 1964.
Victor Whitely designed the set. The 3 d shows a Scout belt buckle with a red medallion bearing the World Scout fleur-de-lis and the belt straps threaded through the side slots, on a pale peach ground. The 8 d places a Scout hat on a globe of the Americas above a neckerchief with a fleur-de-lis woggle, on a pale blue ground. The 1 s is triangular: a gold fleur-de-lis above the white crocodile from Jamaica's coat of arms, with the conference title along the upper edges and the value 1/- at both lower corners.
Harrison & Sons printed the issue in photogravure on paper watermarked multiple J and pineapple. The rectangular 3 d and 8 d measure 29 × 34 mm and are perforated Comb 14½ × 14, issued in panes of sixty (10 × 6). The triangular 1 s measures 67 × 34 mm, is perforated Comb 14, and was issued in panes of sixty (12 × 5, tête-bêche). The stamps were withdrawn from sale on 26 November 1964.