✓ In collectionPostalStamp$2
Scout emblem and 60
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1971.HKG.01-03- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 60th Anniversary of the Hong Kong Boy Scouts
1971.HKG.01· piece 3 of 3 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Hong Kong (HKG)- Year / date
- 1971-07-23
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- $2
- 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
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14 × 14½
- Panes
- 50
- Quantity printed
- 1,000,000
- Printing
- Lithography
- Size
- 50 × 32 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 971.5
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- HK 264
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- HK 257
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- HK 255
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- HK 272
Series history
Hong Kong issued three commemoratives at Kowloon on 23 July 1971 for the sixtieth anniversary of the Hong Kong Boy Scouts: 10 cents, 50 cents and 2 dollars, each with the Scout emblem and a large 60. Kan Tai-Keung designed the set; Harrison & Sons printed it in lithography in panes of fifty, comb perforated 14 × 14½, on paper watermarked St. Edward's Crown and CA multiple. Quantities were 5,000,000, 4,000,000 and 1,000,000. The stamps were withdrawn from sale on 22 October 1971.