Scout emblem with Liberian flag
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1965.LBR.01-03- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Honoring Liberian Scouting
1965.LBR.01· piece 3 of 9 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Liberia (LBR)- Year / date
- 1965-03-08
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 25 c
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Airmail
- Colors
- Blue | Red
- 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
- E. A. Wright Bank Note Co., Philadelphia
- Process
- Lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 12½
- Size
- 29 x 37 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 965.3
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- LR C164
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- LR 629
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- LR PA147
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- LR 907
Notes
Fleur-de-lis enclosing the Liberian flag; airmail; perforated
Series history
Liberia issued a Boy Scouts set at Monrovia on 8 March 1965, honouring Liberian Scouting. E. A. Wright Bank Note Company of Philadelphia printed the issue by lithography on enamel-coated paper; the perforated stamps are gauged about 12½.
The 5 c shows a Scout three-finger salute beside the Liberian Scout fleur-de-lis with the letters RL and the motto «Service Above Self». The 10 c pairs a bugle with the same fleur-de-lis under «Future Leaders of Our Country». The 25 c airmail places the Liberian flag inside a fleur-de-lis with the legend «For Flag and Country». Imperforate singles of the set exist.
A 50 c airmail design shows a globe overlaid with the Liberian Scout fleur-de-lis and the circle legend «World Brotherhood Through Scouting»; it was issued as a perforated stamp and as a souvenir sheet headed «Boy Scouts» / «Republic of Liberia» with flanking RL emblems. The sheet also exists imperforate.