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1978.TWN.015th National Scout Jamboree
Taiwan·1978
5th National Scout Jamboree
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Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1978.TWN.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Taiwan (TWN)
- Year
- 1978-10-05
- Event
- 5th National Scout Jamboree
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Wang Li-tien
- Printer
- China Engraving & Printing Works
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13½ × 13¾
- Panes
- 100 stamps
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 978.37/38
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- TW 2118/2119
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- TW 1258/1259
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- TW 1191/1192
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- TW 1220/1221
History
Taiwan issued two commemoratives at Taipei on 5 October 1978 for the fifth national Scout jamboree. Both values share one design. They are lettered 中國童子軍 and 第五次全國大露營紀念, with 中華民國郵票 and REPUBLIC OF CHINA on a red band.
A yellow plum blossom holds a green fleur-de-lis; a three-finger salute stands before stylized tents or hills, with a red flame at right.
Wang Li-tien designed the set. The China Engraving & Printing Works lithographed it, 28 × 34 mm, comb perforated 13½ × 13¾, in panes of 100. Five million two hundred thousand of the 2 dollars and one million eight hundred thousand of the 10 dollars were printed. Specimen overprints exist.