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1967.LSO.0160th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts Movement
Lesotho·1967
60th Anniversary of World Scouting
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Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1967.LSO.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Lesotho (LSO)
- Year
- 1967-11-01
- Event
- 60th Anniversary of World Scouting
- 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.
- 14 × 14½
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 967.20
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- 44
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- 44
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- 146
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- 144
History
Lesotho issued a single 15 c commemorative at Maseru on 1 November 1967 for the 60th anniversary of World Scouting. Victor Whitely designed the stamp; Harrison & Sons printed it by photogravure in panes of fifty, perforated 14 × 14½. The stamp measures 43 × 29 mm. It was withdrawn from sale on 30 January 1968.
The design shows a Scout in uniform giving the three-finger Scout salute, with a pale profile of Robert Baden-Powell in a campaign hat behind him and radiating light; the World Scout fleur-de-lis appears at upper left. The stamp is inscribed 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BOY SCOUTS MOVEMENT, LESOTHO and 15c.