Reading a map
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1971.BTN.01-03- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 60th Anniversary of Scouting
1971.BTN.01· piece 3 of 13 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Bhutan (BTN)- Year / date
- 1971-11-30
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 50 ch
- 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.
- ◔ Purchased€1.60 for 3 pieces · Postbeeld · 2026-09-06
Production
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13½
- Panes
- 40
- Quantity printed
- 100,000
- Printing
- Lithography
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 971.62
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- BT 136
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- BT 482
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- BT 365
Notes
Diamond. Two Scouts in purple and yellow gho with red neckerchiefs, seated on grass reading a map; yellow tent and a third Scout behind, hills beyond; gold fleur-de-lis; inscribed 60th ANNIVERSARY-1972; BHUTAN; 50 CH.
Series history
Bhutan issued six diamond-shaped commemoratives and a souvenir sheet at Tas Chho-Dz'ong on 30 November 1971. The stamps are inscribed 60th ANNIVERSARY — 1972. Three designs, each used on two values, show a Scout in a blue gho crossing a stream in a rope sling (10 and 75 chertum), two Scouts mountaineering (20 chertum and 2 ngultrum), and two Scouts reading a map (50 chertum and 6 ngultrum). Heraclio Fournier designed and printed the issue in lithography, in panes of forty, comb perforated 13½. Quantities were 100,000 each of the 10, 20 and 50 chertum, 50,000 of the 75 chertum, 30,000 of the 2 ngultrum, 20,000 of the 6 ngultrum, and 7,500 souvenir sheets. The diamond sheet pairs the 2 and 6 ngultrum with side labels of a fleur-de-lis, comb perforated 13.
Imperforate singles of the six values exist.
