Scout hiking — 20 đ
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1959.VNS.01-04- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 1st National Scout Jamboree, Saigon
1959.VNS.01· piece 4 of 4 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
South Vietnam (VNS)- Year / date
- 1959-12-25
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 20 đ
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Blue-green
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ✓ In collection
Production
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 12½ x 13
- Printing
- Recess
- Size
- 26 x 40 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 959.20
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- VN-S 127
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- VN-S 199
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- VN-S 129
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- VN-S 102
Notes
Scout in campaign hat hiking with backpack and staff through mountains, tent and flag in the valley, Scout fleur-de-lis at lower left; BƯU CHÍNH above, VIỆT NAM CỘNG HÒA and HỌP HƯỚNG ĐẠO TOÀN QUỐC below.
Series history
South Vietnam issued four commemoratives at Saigon on 25 December 1959 for the 1st National Scout Jamboree — HỌP HƯỚNG ĐẠO TOÀN QUỐC on the stamps. Domfil catalogues the set as 959.17/20 under «Jamboree nacional / National Jamboree», motif «Explorador / Scout» on every value.
One design serves all four: a Scout in campaign hat hiking with backpack and staff through mountains, a tent and flag in the valley, and the Scout fleur-de-lis at lower left, headed BƯU CHÍNH and footed VIỆT NAM CỘNG HÒA. The face values are 3 đ yellow-green, 4 đ deep lilac, 8 đ lilac and 20 đ blue-green. SOSOW's data row lists the third value as 5 p, which disagrees with the stamps themselves and with Domfil, both of which give 8 đ (Scott 126, Michel 198).
Thai Van Ngnon designed the set; J. Combet engraved it. The French Stamp Printing Office printed it by recess engraving in panes of 25, perforation comb 12½ × 13. SOSOW records 1,000,000 of each value. Domfil also notes an imperforate issue of the same designs; the pieces here are the perforated stamps.
Further references are Scott VN-S 124–127, Michel VN-S 196–199, Yvert VN-S 126–129 and Stanley Gibbons VN-S 99–102. Size is given as 26 × 40 mm.