1967.NPL.01Diamond Jubilee of World Scouting
Nepal·1967
Diamond Jubilee of World Scouting (1907–1967), Kathmandu, 29 December 1967
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1967.NPL.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Nepal (NPL)
- Year
- 1967-12-29
- Event
- Diamond Jubilee of World Scouting (1907–1967), Kathmandu, 29 December 1967
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- K. K. Karmacharya
- Printer
- India Security Press
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14 × 14½
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 968.10
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- NP 207
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- NP 219
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- NP 196
History
Nepal issued a 15 paisa commemorative at Kathmandu on 29 December 1967 for the diamond jubilee of world Scouting (1907–1967).
K. K. Karmacharya designed the horizontal blue-violet stamp. At left a Scout in uniform — forage cap, neckerchief and sunglasses — faces the viewer; behind him Scouts gather around a night campfire; at right stands a large World Scout fleur-de-lis. The top reads NEPAL POSTAGE; the foot is inscribed DIAMOND JUBILEE OF WORLD SCOUTING with the years 1907–1967 and the face value P. 15; Devanagari numerals and lettering appear at the corners.
India Security Press printed 250,000 copies by photogravure in panes of fifty. Stamp size is 46 × 23 mm, comb perforated 14 × 14½.