Kim's Gun
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1960.PAK.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 3rd National Jamboree, Lahore
1960.PAK.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Pakistan (PAK)- Year / date
- 1960-12-24
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 2 a
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Multicoloured
- 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 Printing
- Process
- Engraving and typography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 12½ × 13
- Size
- 41 x 26 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 960.16
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- PK 121
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- PK 121
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- PK 122
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- PK 121
Notes
Kim's Gun (Zamzama) with Scout fleur-de-lis; 3rd National Jamboree Lahore
Series history
Pakistan issued a 2 anna commemorative on 24 December 1960 for the 3rd National Boy Scout Jamboree at Lahore, held from 24 to 31 December 1960. Places of sale included Karachi and other post offices; the stamp was withdrawn from sale on 31 January 1964.
The design shows Kim's Gun — the Zamzama cannon — against a dark cross-hatched field, with the Scout fleur-de-lis in a yellow oval at lower right. The frame reads 3RD. PAKISTAN · NATIONAL JAMBOREE LAHORE · 24TH–31ST. DEC.1960, with PAKISTAN in English, Urdu and Bengali across the top.
Pakistan Security Printing produced 300,000 copies by engraving and typography in panes of eighty, perforated 12½ × 13; De La Rue is credited for the engraving.