Passiflora quadrangularis — 0,50+0,10
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1967.HTI.01-04- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 12th World Scout Jamboree, Idaho — botanical designs surcharged
1967.HTI.01· piece 4 of 6 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Haiti (HTI)- Year / date
- 1967-08-21
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 0,50+0,10 G - Haiti - Gourde
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Charity issue
- Colors
- Multicoloured; black overprint
- 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.
- Comb 11¾
- Printing
- Photogravure
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 967.18
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- HT B40
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- HT 909
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- HT 583
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- HT 1025
Notes
Passion flower (Passiflora quadrangularis) on pale yellow; black overprint 12e Jamboree Mondial 1967 with a small fleur-de-lis, and +0,10 charity surcharge beside the 0,50 gourde of the 1965 Courvoisier flower stamp.
Series history
Haiti released at Port-au-Prince on 21 August 1967 a six-value set for the 12th World Scout Jamboree held in Idaho, U.S.A. The issue is a local black overprint and surcharge on 1965 flower stamps printed by Helio Courvoisier S.A. in photogravure. The overprint combines a fleur-de-lis containing a palm (from the Haitian arms) with the legend 12e Jamboree Mondial 1967.
The face values after surcharge are 0,10+0,10 on 0,05 (semi-postal), 0,15+0,10 (semi-postal), 0,50 on 0,03 (ordinary postage), 0,50+0,10 (semi-postal), and two airmail semi-postals inscribed avion at 0,50+0,10 and 1,50+0,50. The botanical bases are Sambucus canadensis (elderberry) and Passiflora quadrangularis (passion flower). Perforation is Comb 11¾.
