1977.JAM.016th Caribbean Scout Jamboree
Jamaica·1977
6th Caribbean Scout Jamboree, University of the West Indies, Mona
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1977.JAM.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Jamaica (JAM)
- Year
- 1977-08-05
- Event
- 6th Caribbean Scout Jamboree, University of the West Indies, Mona
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Daphne Padden
- Printer
- House of Questa
- Process
- Offset lithography
- Paper
- Watermarked J and pineapple, multiple
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13½
- Panes
- 25 stamps
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 997.10; 997.11; 997.12; 997.13
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- JM 427; JM 428; JM 429; JM 430
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- JM 427; JM 428; JM 429; JM 430
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- JM 435; JM 436; JM 437; JM 438
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- JM 434; JM 435; JM 436; JM 437
History
On 5 August 1977 Jamaica issued four commemoratives of one design for the 6th Caribbean Scout Jamboree, held at the University of the West Indies, Mona. Each stamp is inscribed Jamaica, 6TH CARIBBEAN and JAMBOREE 1977.
Daphne Padden designed the set. The House of Questa printed it by offset lithography, comb perforated 13½, 32 × 32 mm, in panes of 25, on paper watermarked with a multiple J and pineapple.
A white Scout fleur-de-lis with two stars fills the field. To the left is a green map of Jamaica over wavy water; at upper right a streamertail hummingbird — the doctor bird, Jamaica’s national bird and Scout emblem — perches on a white line, its long tail falling beside the fleur-de-lis. The 10 cent is on blue, the 20 cent on olive green, the 25 cent on orange and the 50 cent on magenta.
Stamps in this series
4 piecesFleur-de-lis, doctor bird and map — blue
Fleur-de-lis, doctor bird and map — olive
Fleur-de-lis, doctor bird and map — orange