✓ In collectionPostalStamp4 c - Barbados - Cent
Scout emblem on map of Barbados
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1962.BRB.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 50th Anniversary of Scouting in Barbados
1962.BRB.01· piece 1 of 3 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Barbados (BRB)- Year / date
- 1962-03-09
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 4 c - Barbados - Cent
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Orange | Black
- 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.
- 11½ x 11
- Printing
- Recess
- Size
- 32 x 41 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 962.1
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- BB 254
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- BB 222
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- BB 232
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- BB 309
Notes
50º aniversário
Series history
Barbados marked fifty years of Boy Scouting with a three-value set issued on 9 March 1962. Each stamp shows the Scout fleur-de-lis superimposed on an outline map of the island, with Queen Elizabeth II in a crowned circle at upper right and the legend JUBILEE 1912–1962. The denominations are 4 cents, 12 cents and $1.20, engraved in changing colours of the same design.
Designer credited as K. R. B.; Bradbury Wilkinson; engraving in panes of 50; perforated 11½ × 11; watermark St Edward's Crown and CA multiple. The issue was withdrawn from sale on 5 June 1962.