✓ In collectionPostalStamp10 c
Conference emblem
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1974.SGP.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 9th Asia-Pacific Scout Conference
1974.SGP.01· piece 1 of 2 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Singapore (SGP)- Year / date
- 1974-06-09
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 10 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
- Designer
- William Lee
- Printer
- Harrison & Sons Ltd.
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14
- Panes
- 100
- Quantity printed
- 1,200,000
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 974.5
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- SG 210
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- SG 213
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- SG 209
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- SG 233
Notes
Gold ring lettered 9TH ASIA-PACIFIC SCOUT CONFERENCE; a large red 9 with a red Scout fleur-de-lis (two white stars) in the loop. Inscribed SINGAPORE 10¢.
Series history
Singapore issued two commemorative stamps on 9 June 1974 for the 9th Asia-Pacific Scout Conference. William Lee designed the pair; Harrison & Sons printed it by lithography in panes of 100. One million two hundred thousand copies of the 10 cents and 500,000 of the 75 cents were printed.
Each stamp shows a gold ring lettered 9TH ASIA-PACIFIC SCOUT CONFERENCE beside a large 9 holding a Scout fleur-de-lis, inscribed SINGAPORE. The 10 cents has a red 9; the 75 cents has a purple 9.