Scout emblem with sailing canoe
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1964.FJI.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 50th Anniversary of Scouting in Fiji
1964.FJI.01· piece 1 of 2 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Fiji (FJI)- Year / date
- 1964-08-03
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 3d
- 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
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 12½
- Printing
- Photogravure
- Size
- 26 x 31 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 964.1
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- FJ 206
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- FJ 178
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- FJ 185
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- FJ 336
Notes
Scout fleur-de-lis above a circular badge with a traditional Fijian sailing canoe; Queen Elizabeth II at upper right. Sheets of 60 (6 × 10).
Series history
Fiji issued two commemoratives on 3 August 1964 for the fiftieth anniversary of Scouting in the colony (some accounts place the Suva release on 4 August). Victor Whitely and Norman Lee Joe designed the set; Harrison & Sons printed it by photogravure in panes of sixty, perforated 12½, with a multiple St Edward's Crown and CA watermark.
The 3d shows a red Scout fleur-de-lis above a circular badge containing a traditional Fijian sailing canoe, on an olive-green ground, with Queen Elizabeth II's portrait at upper right. The 1s shows three Scouts working with rope before a thatched bure and palms; the same portrait appears at upper right, and the foot is inscribed SCOUTING JUBILEE 1914-64. Print runs are given as 268,251 of the 3d and 202,068 of the 1s. The issue was withdrawn from sale on 3 November 1964.