65th Anniversary of Boy Scouts

Grenada·1972

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Identity

Code: 1972.GRD.01
Entity: Grenada (GRD)
Year: 1972-12-02
Event: 65th Anniversary of Boy Scouts
Type: Commemorative · Airmail

Production

Designer: Richard Granger Barrett
Printer: House of Questa
Process: Lithography
Perforations: Comb 14

Catalog numbers

Domfil: 972.61/68; 972.71
Scott: GD 468; GD 469; GD 470; GD 471; GD C27; GD C28; GD 472; GD 473; GD 474
Michel: GD 488; GD 489; GD 490; GD 491; GD 494; GD 495; GD 492; GD 493; GD BL26
Yvert: GD 445; GD 446; GD 447; GD 448; GD PA26; GD PA27; GD 449; GD 450; GD BF23
Stanley Gibbons: GD 532; GD 533; GD 534; GD 535; GD 538; GD 539; GD 536; GD 537; GD MS540

History

On 2 December 1972 Grenada issued eight stamps and a souvenir sheet for the 65th anniversary of Boy Scouts. Richard Granger Barrett designed four subjects, each with a profile of Queen Elizabeth II: a Scout in a beret giving the three-finger salute; two Scouts knotting ropes beside a fleur-de-lis lettered BOY SCOUTS; six Scouts of different nations, two shaking hands; and a portrait of Baden-Powell in campaign hat and uniform. The ½ cent and 25 cents carry the salute; the 1 cent and 35 cents the knotting; the 2 cents and 75 cents the group of nations; the 3 cents and 1 dollar Baden-Powell. The 25 and 35 cents are inscribed AIR MAIL. The souvenir sheet holds a 60-cent Baden-Powell stamp above a 70-cent group of nations, with fleur-de-lis, 65th ANNIVERSARY, and line drawings of saluting Scouts in the margin. House of Questa printed the issue in lithography, comb perforated 14.

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