Scouts planting a tree
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1967.BTN.02-04- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 12th World Jamboree, Idaho
1967.BTN.02· piece 4 of 8 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Bhutan (BTN)- Year / date
- 1967-08-08
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 50 ch
- 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.
- 13½
- Printing
- Photogravure
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 967.52
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- 89C
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- 158
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- 126
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- 144
Series history
Bhutan issued a surcharge set on 8 August 1967 for the 12th World Scout Jamboree held at Farragut State Park, Idaho, from 1 to 9 August 1967. A black commemorative overprint reading WORLD JAMBOREE / IDAHO, U.S.A. / AUG. 1-9/67 was applied to the diamond-shaped Scout designs released earlier that year.
The six perforated values are the 5 ch and 50 ch (two Scouts planting a sapling beside a yellow tent), the 10 ch and 1.25 Nu (two Scouts cooking over a stone hearth against Himalayan peaks), and the 15 ch and 4 Nu (a Scout climbing a snow slope with rope, ice axe and backpack). The stamps are photogravure and line perforated about 13½. Imperforate singles of all six values also exist.
A diamond souvenir sheet of 5.25 Nu combines the 1.25 Nu cooking and 4 Nu climbing designs with flanking fleur-de-lis panels lettered Bhutan in English and Dzongkha; it exists perforated and imperforate. Printed quantities for the perforated stamps are given as 10,000 of each value and 5,000 sheets. The postal status of the issue is disputed.
