Scouts raising the flag — 25 c
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1969.GUY.01-03- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 3rd Caribbean Scouts Jamboree
1969.GUY.01· piece 3 of 5 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Guyana (GUY)- Year / date
- 1969-08-13
- 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.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Multicoloured (tan)
- 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
- Jennifer Toombs
- Printer
- Bradbury Wilkinson
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13½
- Quantity printed
- 279,408
- Size
- 42 x 28 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 969.30
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- GY 97
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- GY 359
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- GY 340
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- GY 506
Notes
Same flag-raising design as the 6 cent, in tan. Quantity 279,408.
Series history
Guyana issued five commemoratives at Georgetown on 13 August 1969 for the 3rd Caribbean Scout Jamboree and the sixtieth anniversary of Scouting in the country. Jennifer Toombs designed two subjects, each in a rope or lashed-pole frame, inscribed 3rd Caribbean Scouts Jamboree 1969, GUYANA and SOUTH AMERICA. The 6, 25 and 50 cent show three Scouts at a flagpole, two saluting while the centre Scout raises the Golden Arrowhead. The 8 and 30 cent show a Scout in beret kneeling to tend a pot over a campfire. Bradbury Wilkinson lithographed the set in panes of 50, comb perforated 13½, 42 × 28 mm, on paper watermarked with a multiple lotus blossom. Printings were 474,390 of the 6 cent, 78,339 of the 8 cent, 279,408 of the 25 cent, 116,808 of the 30 cent and 65,734 of the 50 cent. Remainders of the 25 cent were later overprinted POSTAGE in blue.