1974.FJI.01First National Scout Jamboree, Lautoka
Fiji·1974
First National Scout Jamboree, Lautoka
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1974.FJI.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Fiji (FJI)
- Year
- 1974-08-30
- Event
- First National Scout Jamboree, Lautoka
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- E. W. Roberts
- Printer
- House of Questa
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14
- Panes
- 50
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 974.11/13
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- FJ 351/353
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- FJ 324/326
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- FJ 331/333
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- FJ 499/501
History
Fiji issued three commemorative stamps at Lautoka on 30 August 1974, inscribed FIRST FIJI NATIONAL JAMBOREE 1974, fiji and the royal cypher E II R, with a purple Scout fleur-de-lis. E. W. Roberts designed the set; House of Questa printed it by offset lithography, comb perforated 14, watermarked St. Edward's Crown over CA in a multiple block, in panes of 50. The 3 cents and 10 cents measure 43 × 29 mm; the 40 cents 29 × 43 mm. The issue was withdrawn from sale on 28 February 1975.
The 3 cents shows three Cubs preparing a camp-fire, one in a sulu, lettered CUBBING IN FIJI 1924-1974. The 10 cents shows two Scouts kneeling over a map, lettered SCOUTING IN FIJI 1914-1974. The 40 cents shows three Scouts standing before the Fiji flag.