1966.NZL.014th National Scout Jamboree
New Zealand·1966
Commemorative for the 4th National Scout Jamboree at Trentham
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1966.NZL.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- New Zealand (NZL)
- Year
- 1966-01-05
- Event
- Commemorative for the 4th National Scout Jamboree at Trentham
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Display Section, G.P.O.
- Printer
- Harrison & Sons
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14 × 14½
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 966.1
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- NZ 378
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- NZ 449
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- NZ 437
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- NZ 838
History
New Zealand issued a single 4 penny commemorative on 5 January 1966 for the 4th National Scout Jamboree, with first-day use at Trentham and other offices. The stamp was withdrawn from sale on 28 February 1966.
The design centres a white Scout fleur-de-lis on a diamond lattice of greenish-teal and white, the darker lozenges carrying small fern-like motifs, with vertical side borders in a geometric Māori-inspired pattern. JAMBOREE runs across the top; PROGRESS reads up the left; SCOUTS 1966 reads up the right; 4d and NEW ZEALAND close the foot.
The Display Section of the General Post Office designed the stamp. Harrison & Sons printed it by photogravure in sheets of 160 (two panes of 80 with gutter pairs), perforated 14 × 14½, on paper watermarked multiple NZ and star.