Scout emblem
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1969.SLE.01-05- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Diamond Jubilee of Scouting
1969.SLE.01· piece 5 of 12 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Sierra Leone (SLE)- Year / date
- 1969-12-06
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 5 c
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Multicolour
- 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
- Walsall Security Printers
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Die cut (self-adhesive)
- Quantity printed
- 10,000
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 969.31
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- SL 386
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- SL 467
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- SL 350
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- SL 497
Notes
Die-cut teardrop on a faceted diamond ground; Boy Scouts of Sierra Leone shield (lion, BOY SCOUTS / SIERRA LEONE) flanked by reef knots; inscribed 1909-1969 DIAMOND JUBILEE OF SCOUTING and POSTAGE. Quantity 10,000.
Series history
Sierra Leone issued twelve self-adhesive commemoratives on 6 December 1969 for the diamond jubilee of Scouting in the country, 1909–1969. Walsall Security Printers lithographed the set; ten thousand of each value were printed. The stamps are die-cut. The 1 cent and 7½ cent were issued with side tabs and packed in boxes of 100; the other ten values came in sheets of 20, rouletted, with advertising on the peelable backing. Six postage values, teardrop-shaped on a faceted diamond ground, show the Boy Scouts of Sierra Leone shield — a lion between the words BOY SCOUTS and SIERRA LEONE — flanked by reef knots, and are inscribed 1909-1969 DIAMOND JUBILEE OF SCOUTING and POSTAGE: 1, 2, 3½, 4½, 5 and 75 cents. Six airmail values, diamond-shaped, show a Scout in campaign hat giving the three-finger salute, with a small portrait of Baden-Powell at left and a fleur-de-lis at right, inscribed LAND OF IRON & DIAMONDS, 1909 DIAMOND / 1969 JUBILEE and AIRMAIL: 7½, 9½, 15, 22 and 55 cents, and 3 leones.