Scout, campfire and emblem — 15 p
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1967.NPL.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Diamond Jubilee of World Scouting
1967.NPL.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Nepal (NPL)- Year / date
- 1967-12-29
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 15 p
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Blue violet
- 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
- K. K. Karmacharya
- Printer
- India Security Press
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14 × 14½
- Size
- 46 x 23 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 968.10
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- NP 207
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- NP 219
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- NP 196
Notes
Scout in forage cap, neckerchief and sunglasses at left; night campfire group at centre; large World Scout fleur-de-lis at right; inscribed NEPAL POSTAGE and DIAMOND JUBILEE OF WORLD SCOUTING 1907–1967; face value P. 15
Series history
Nepal issued a 15 paisa commemorative at Kathmandu on 29 December 1967 for the diamond jubilee of world Scouting (1907–1967).
K. K. Karmacharya designed the horizontal blue-violet stamp. At left a Scout in uniform — forage cap, neckerchief and sunglasses — faces the viewer; behind him Scouts gather around a night campfire; at right stands a large World Scout fleur-de-lis. The top reads NEPAL POSTAGE; the foot is inscribed DIAMOND JUBILEE OF WORLD SCOUTING with the years 1907–1967 and the face value P. 15; Devanagari numerals and lettering appear at the corners.
India Security Press printed 250,000 copies by photogravure in panes of fifty. Stamp size is 46 × 23 mm, comb perforated 14 × 14½.