Girl Scout saluting — 5 s on 6 s
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1969.PHL.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 4th National Boy Scout Jamboree, Palayan City
1969.PHL.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Philippines (PHL)- Year / date
- 1969-05-10
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 5 s on 6 s
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Multicoloured (green inscriptions); red surcharge
- 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
- De La Rue
- Process
- Lithography and photogravure; red surcharge
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13 × 12½
- Quantity printed
- 6,500,000
- Size
- 40 x 25 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 969.17
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- PH 1019
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- PH 882
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- PH 727
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- PH 1103
Notes
Girl Scout in green uniform and brimmed hat giving the three-finger salute; green Tagalog anniversary legend; GSP trefoil on a Girl Scouts ribbon. Red surcharge bars the original 6 sentimo, adds 5s at upper left, and reads 4th NATIONAL BOY SCOUT JAMBOREE PALAYAN CITY–MAY, 1969. Quantity 6,500,000.
Series history
The Philippines released a 5 sentimo surcharge at Manila on 10 May 1969 for the 4th National Boy Scout Jamboree at Palayan City. The underlying stamp is the 6 sentimo Girl Scout commemorative of 26 May 1966: a Girl Scout in green uniform and brimmed hat giving the three-finger salute, the Tagalog legend «25 Taong Paglilingkod sa mga Kabataang Babae ng Pilipinas» («25 years of service to the young women of the Philippines»), the GSP trefoil on a Girl Scouts ribbon, and PILIPINAS with KOREO below, all lettered in green. A red overprint bars the original 6 sentimo, adds 5s at upper left, and reads 4th NATIONAL BOY SCOUT JAMBOREE PALAYAN CITY–MAY, 1969. De La Rue had printed the 1966 stamp on enamel-coated paper by lithography and photogravure, comb perforated 13 × 12½, in panes of 50. Six million five hundred thousand of the surcharge were issued. A doubled impression of the red jamboree overprint is also recorded.