Scout emblem and proficiency badges — specimen
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1974.VCT.01-07- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Scout Diamond Jubilee
1974.VCT.01· piece 7 of 8 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VCT)- Year / date
- 1974-10-09
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 45 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
- Sylvia Goaman
- Printer
- Joh. Enschedé & Sons
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13½ × 14
- Panes
- 50 (2 × 25 with gutter)
Notes
The issued 45 c type with a black SPECIMEN overprint across the World Scout emblem. Purple circle with 1914-1974 and SCOUT DIAMOND JUBILEE, eight orange diamond proficiency badges, St. VINCENT and E II R. Olive-grey background; inscribed FORTY FIVE CENTS.
Series history
Saint Vincent issued four stamps at Kingstown on 9 October 1974 for the diamond jubilee of Scouting on the island. Sylvia Goaman designed them; Joh. Enschedé & Sons lithographed them, comb perforated 13½ × 14, with St. Edward's Crown and CA multiple watermark, in panes of fifty as two panes of twenty-five with gutter pairs. The stamps were withdrawn from sale on 19 April 1975. Sources give no quantities.
Each value shows the World Scout emblem in a purple circle, inscribed 1914-1974 and SCOUT DIAMOND JUBILEE, with eight orange diamond proficiency badges around it, St. VINCENT and the royal cypher E II R. The background colour changes with the denomination: lavender (10 c), gold-tan (25 c), olive-grey (45 c) and teal ($1). The four values also exist with a black SPECIMEN overprint across the emblem.