Jamboree overprint — 8 a
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1958.PAK.01-02- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 2nd National Jamboree, Chittagong
1958.PAK.01· piece 2 of 2 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Pakistan (PAK)- Year / date
- 1958-12-28
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 8 a
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Violet
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ✓ In collection
Production
- Printer
- Pakistan Security Printers (overprint)
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13
- Printing
- Recess, overprinted in black
- Size
- 34 x 29 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 958.8
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- PK 102
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- PK 102
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- PK 103
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- PK 102
Notes
Definitive overprinted in black PAKISTAN BOY SCOUT / 2nd NATIONAL JAMBOREE / CHITTAGONG / Dec. 58 — Jan. 59. Panes of 80. Domfil 958.8. Quantity 300,000 (SOSOW).
Series history
Pakistan marked the second national jamboree of its Boy Scouts on 28 December 1958 by overprinting two definitives in black, rather than issuing new designs. The camp ran at Chittagong, in what was then East Pakistan, from 28 December into the first days of January, and the overprint spells that out: PAKISTAN BOY SCOUT, 2nd NATIONAL JAMBOREE, CHITTAGONG, Dec. 58 — Jan. 59. Domfil catalogues the pair as 958.7/8.
The 6 pice and the 8 annas, both violet, were engraved from designs by Delrieu; Pakistan Security Printers applied the overprints, in panes of 80, perforation 13. SOSOW records 384,000 of the 6 pice and 300,000 of the 8 annas, and gives 30 April 1959 as the withdrawal date — four months on sale.
An imperforate pair of the 8 annas is known from the foot of the sheet, with the printer's imprint still in the margin.
Catalogue references are Scott PK 101–102, Michel PK 101–102, Yvert PK 102–103 and Stanley Gibbons PK 101–102.