✓ In collectionPostalStamp2 s
Scout fleur-de-lis and royal cypher
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1965.BMU.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 50th Anniversary of Scouting in Bermuda
1965.BMU.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Bermuda (BMU)- Year / date
- 1965-07-24
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 2 s
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Multicolour
- 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
- William Harrington (drawings); Harrison & Sons staff artists
- Printer
- Harrison & Sons
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 12½
- Size
- 40 x 30 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 965.3
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- BM 198
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- BM 187
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- BM 186
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- BM 186
Notes
Green rope figure-of-eight with ON MY HONOUR; Scout fleur-de-lis and E II R under the crown
Series history
Bermuda issued a 2 shilling commemorative at Hamilton on 24 July 1965 for the fiftieth anniversary of Scouting in the islands. Staff artists of Harrison & Sons adapted drawings by William Harrington: a green rope figure-of-eight tied with the Scout promise ON MY HONOUR encloses, on the left, a gold Scout fleur-de-lis and, on the right, the St Edward's Crown above the royal cypher E II R, with the dates 1915–1965 and FIFTY YEARS OF SCOUTING. Harrison & Sons printed about 55,975 copies by photogravure in panes of sixty on paper watermarked with a multiple St Edward's Crown and CA, perforated 12½.