Scouts at the camp-fire
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1967.GTM.01-02- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 8th Central American Scout Camporee
1967.GTM.01· piece 2 of 5 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Guatemala (GTM)- Year / date
- 1967-12-06
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 9 c
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Airmail
- 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
- Printer
- Austrian State Printing Works (Staatsdruckerei Wien)
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14 × 13½
- Printing
- Photogravure
- Size
- 30 x 39 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 967.31
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- GT C377
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- GT 803
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- GT PA392
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- GT 804
Notes
Three Scouts seated around a camp-fire; inscribed HOMENAJE AL ESCULTISMO NACIONAL, with a black overprint reading VIII Camporee Scout / Centroamericano / Diciembre 1-8 / 1967. Airmail; underlying stamp marked STAATSDRUCKEREI WIEN.
Series history
Guatemala issued five airmail stamps on 6 December 1967 in Guatemala City for the Eighth Central American Boy Camporee, held from 1 to 8 December 1967. The issue consists of a black overprint on the five airmail designs released the previous year as a homage to national Scouting. The overprint reads VIII Camporee Scout / Centroamericano / Diciembre 1-8 / 1967. The underlying stamps remain inscribed HOMENAJE AL ESCULTISMO NACIONAL and CORREO AEREO, and carry the printer's mark STAATSDRUCKEREI WIEN.
The 5 c shows an orange Scout fleur-de-lis with the Guatemalan arms and quetzal above the motto SIEMPRE LISTO. The 9 c shows three Scouts seated around a camp-fire. The 10 c shows a Scout striding forward with a lit torch and the national flag against a yellow fleur-de-lis. The 15 c shows a Scout giving the three-finger salute before a fleur-de-lis and crossed national flags. The 20 c carries a portrait of Baden-Powell, named on the stamp.
The underlying stamps were printed in photogravure by the Austrian State Printing Works and are perforated 14 × 13½. Inverted overprints are recorded on at least the 5 c and 10 c values.