1978.BTN.01Inland-mail surcharges
Bhutan·1978
1978 inland-mail revaluation
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1978.BTN.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Bhutan (BTN)
- Year
- 1978-10-02
- Event
- 1978 inland-mail revaluation
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Definitive
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 978.1; 978.3
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- BT 266; BT 253
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- BT 688; BT 690
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- BT 522A; BT 522C
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- BT 385; BT 391
History
Bhutan released two 25-chetrum surcharges in October 1978 as part of a revaluation of twenty-six stamps for inland mail. A black overprint of bars and a new value was applied to older diamond stamps.
The 25 chetrum on 5 ngultrum is the 1967 Girl Guide picking fruit: a girl in a blue jacket and patterned kira, orange neckerchief, reaching for red fruit, with a white trefoil at right. The stamp is lettered BHUTAN along the lower right. Harrison & Sons had printed the underlying stamp by photogravure, line perforated 13½.
The 25 chetrum on 6 ngultrum is the map-reading design from the 60th-anniversary issue inscribed 60th ANNIVERSARY — 1972: two Scouts in purple and yellow ghos kneel over a map, a yellow tent and a third figure behind, a grey fleur-de-lis at the top. Heraclio Fournier had lithographed the underlying stamp, comb perforated 13½.
The surcharge printer is not established.