Scouts cooking
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1970.BTN.02-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Provisional surcharge — Scouts cooking
1970.BTN.02· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Bhutan (BTN)- Year / date
- 1970-11-02
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 20 ch on 1.25 Nu
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Definitive
- Colors
- Multicoloured
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ✓ In collection
Production
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Line 13½
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 970.77
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- 117J
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- 398
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- 350
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- 228
Notes
Diamond stamp: two Scouts in Bhutanese dress cooking over a stone hearth against Himalayan peaks; gold fleur-de-lis at right. Black bars cancel the original 1.25 ngultrum; the stamp is inscribed 20 CH.
Series history
Bhutan released a 20 chetrum provisional surcharge on 2 November 1970, overprinted in black on the diamond-shaped 1.25 ngultrum Scouts cooking stamp of 1967. Harrison & Sons had printed the underlying design by photogravure; it is line perforated 13½. Two Scouts in Bhutanese dress cook over a stone hearth against Himalayan peaks; a gold fleur-de-lis stands at the right, and the stamp is inscribed BHUTAN in English and Dzongkha. Black bars cancel the original 1.25 ngultrum. The surcharge printer is not established. Postal standing of the provisionals is not settled.
