Cub Scouts — ropes and knots
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1977.GRD.02-03- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 6th Caribbean Scout Jamboree
1977.GRD.02· piece 3 of 8 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Grenada (GRD)- Year / date
- 1977-12-07
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 2 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
- Gordon Drummond
- Printer
- House of Questa
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14
- Size
- 42 x 28 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 977.35
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- GD-GR 243
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- GD-GR 239
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- GD-GR 217
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- GD-GR 245
Notes
Landscape. Inscribed SIXTH CARIBBEAN JAMBOREE, JAMAICA, 1977, CUB SCOUTS, ROPES AND KNOTS, and GRENADA GRENADINES. A kneeling leader in a green beret holds a white rope; six Cubs sit in a semicircle, each with rope. Blue Scout fleur-de-lis and 2 cents discs; rope frame. Offset lithography, comb 14, 42 × 28 mm.
Series history
The Grenadines of Grenada issued seven commemoratives and a souvenir sheet at Carriacou on 7 December 1977 for the 6th Caribbean Scout Jamboree, held at Kingston, Jamaica, from 5 to 14 August 1977. Each stamp is landscape, 42 × 28 mm, inscribed SIXTH CARIBBEAN JAMBOREE, JAMAICA, 1977 and GRENADA GRENADINES, with a coloured Scout fleur-de-lis disc at left, a matching value disc at right, and a rope frame tied in a reef knot. Opinion differs on whether the issue was a postal issue.
Gordon Drummond designed the set. The House of Questa printed it by offset lithography, comb perforated 14, without a watermark.
The half-cent, lettered SWIMMING AND LIFE - SAVING, shows a Scout towing another through surf. The 1 cent, OVERNIGHT HIKE, has two Scouts with a map and a file on a hill. The 2 cents, CUB SCOUTS / ROPES AND KNOTS, shows a kneeling leader and six Cubs with rope. The 22 cents, SCOUTS PATROL / ERECTING TENT, shows five Scouts raising an orange tent. The 35 cents, GANG SHOW / LIMBO DANCE, shows a limbo under bunting. The 75 cents, COOKING LUNCH ON A CAMPFIRE, shows three Scouts at a brick hearth. The 3 dollars, SEA SCOUTS' / YACHT RACE, shows four small yachts off a palm beach.
The souvenir sheet, 109 × 85 mm, places a $2 stamp lettered PIONEERING PROJECT / SPRING BRIDGE on a camp scene: two Scouts carry a log, another works wood, and orange A-frame tents stand behind.
