1981.BGD.015th Asia-Pacific and 2nd Bangladesh Scout Jamboree
Bangladesh·1981
5th Asia-Pacific and 2nd Bangladesh Scout Jamboree, Mouchak, Gazipur
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1981.BGD.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Bangladesh (BGD)
- Year
- 1981-01-01
- Event
- 5th Asia-Pacific and 2nd Bangladesh Scout Jamboree, Mouchak, Gazipur
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Ahmed Fazlul Karim
- Printer
- Rosenbaum Brothers, Vienna
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 981.1/2
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- BD 190/191
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- BD 148/149
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- BD 154/155
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- BD 1677/1678
History
Bangladesh issued two commemoratives on 1 January 1981 for the 5th Asia-Pacific and 2nd Bangladesh Scout Jamboree, held at the National Scout Training Centre at Mouchak, Gazipur, from 30 December 1980 to 6 January 1981. Both stamps are lettered 5th ASIA-PACIFIC/2nd BANGLADESH SCOUT JAMBOREE 1980-81, BANGLADESH and POSTAGE, with the same wording in Bengali.
Ahmed Fazlul Karim designed them; Rosenbaum Brothers in Vienna printed them by offset lithography, comb perforated 14, 30 × 42 mm, without watermark, in panes of 50. Each value was printed in 500,000 copies.
The two stamps share one design: a spotted deer leaping across a green field inside a red-bordered panel, with a Scout fleur-de-lis at the upper left of the panel. The 50 poisha and the 5 taka differ in face value and tint.