Scouts
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1961.TTO.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 2nd Caribbean Scout Jamboree
1961.TTO.01· piece 1 of 2 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)- Year / date
- 1961-04-04
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 8 c
- 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
- Designer
- Taken from photographs of Scouts of various ethnicities
- Printer
- Harrison & Sons
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 13½ × 14½
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 961.1
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- TT 103
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- TT 187
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- TT 190
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- TT 298
Notes
Four Scouts before a map of Trinidad and Tobago with Queen Elizabeth II
Series history
Trinidad and Tobago issued two commemoratives on 4 April 1961 for the 2nd Caribbean Boy Scout Jamboree, held from 4 to 14 April 1961. Part of the proceeds went to the Boy Scouts of Trinidad and Tobago; the stamps were withdrawn from sale on 3 July 1961.
Both values share one design, taken from photographs of Scouts of various ethnicities: four Scouts before a map of the islands, Queen Elizabeth II in an oval at upper left, and a wolf badge on a striped ribbon below her. The frame reads Second Caribbean Jamboree · 4th–14th APRIL 1961 · TRINIDAD & TOBAGO. The 8 cents is in green and the 25 cents in blue.
Harrison & Sons printed the set by photogravure in panes of fifty on paper watermarked St. Edward's Crown and CA multiple, perforated 13½ × 14½.