Building a shelter
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1976.PNG.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 50th Anniversary of Scouting
1976.PNG.01· piece 1 of 2 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Papua New Guinea (PNG)- Year / date
- 1976-08-18
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 7 t
- 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
- Richard Bates
- Printer
- Helio Courvoisier
- Process
- Photogravure
- Paper
- Granite
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 11¾
- Panes
- 50
- Size
- 36 x 26 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 976.1
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- PG 437
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- PG 310
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- PG 309
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- PG 309
Notes
Inscribed Papua New Guinea, 7, and 50th Anniversary of Scouting 1926-1976. Two Scouts in lap-laps and red-and-white neckerchiefs lash poles into a tripod; a leaf shelter stands behind them among tropical foliage. A white Scout fleur-de-lis sits in a rope circle tied with a reef knot at lower left.
Series history
Papua New Guinea issued two commemoratives at Port Moresby on 18 August 1976 for the fiftieth anniversary of Scouting, 1926–1976. Each stamp is landscape, 36 × 26 mm, inscribed Papua New Guinea and 50th Anniversary of Scouting 1926-1976, and carries a white Scout fleur-de-lis in a rope circle tied with a reef knot. Richard Bates designed the pair. Helio Courvoisier printed it in photogravure on granite paper, comb perforated 11¾, in panes of 50. The stamps were withdrawn from sale on 18 February 1977. A presentation pack was issued.
The 7 toea shows two Scouts in lap-laps lashing poles into a tripod beside a leaf shelter. The 15 toea shows two Sea Scouts on an outrigger canoe among reeds: one poles, the other handles a line; their lap-laps carry an anchor badge.
The same day's issue included two further values that do not show Scouting. They are not listed here.