Saluting the flag
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1975.NIC.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Nordjamb 75, Lillehammer
1975.NIC.01· piece 1 of 12 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Nicaragua (NIC)- Year / date
- 1975-08-15
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 1 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
- G. L. Vasarhelyi
- Printer
- Format International Security Printers Ltd.
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 15
- Panes
- 50
- Size
- 43 × 30 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 975.51
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- NI 989
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- NI 1869
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- NI 1020
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- NI 2016
Notes
Inscribed NICARAGUA, CORREO and 1 CENTAVO. Scouts salute the Nicaraguan flag beside white tents. World Scout emblem and Nordjamb 75 mark. Signed Vasarhelyi.
Series history
Nicaragua issued ten commemoratives and two airmail souvenir sheets at Managua on 15 August 1975 for the 14th World Scout Jamboree, Nordjamb 75, in Norway. They are inscribed NICARAGUA and signed or credited to Vasarhelyi. Format International Security Printers Ltd. printed them by offset lithography. The stamps carry a World Scout emblem and the Nordjamb 75 mountain mark. The six lower values are inscribed CORREO; from 35 centavos they are inscribed AEREO. They were issued in panes of 50, comb perforated 15. Quantities were 3,100,000 (1 and 2 c), 1,600,000 (3 c), 600,000 (4 c), 500,000 (5 c), 300,000 (20 c) and 100,000 each of the four airmail values.
The designs show Scouts saluting the national flag; two Scouts in canoe 26; four Scouts shaking hands; cooking at two pots; a Scout at the stone arch of Campo Escuela Scout Nacional El Coyotepe; a circle of Scouts in discussion; an aerial camp landscape; three Scout musicians; a night camp-fire; and a portrait of Baden-Powell in a wreath.
A perforated souvenir sheet, 126 × 101 mm, comb 13½, holds a 2 córdoba cooking stamp and a 3 córdoba canoe stamp (25,000). An imperforate sheet of the same size holds a 2 córdoba El Coyotepe stamp and a 3 córdoba camp-fire (25,000).