Climbing frame and dog
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1977.LCA.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 6th Caribbean Scout Jamboree
1977.LCA.01· piece 1 of 8 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Saint Lucia (LCA)- Year / date
- 1977-10-17
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- ½ 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
- John Waddington Studios
- Printer
- Format International Security Printers Ltd.
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 15
- Size
- 29 x 42 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 977.7
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- LC 419
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- LC 412
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- LC 418
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- LC 448
Notes
Upright. Inscribed CARIBBEAN BOY SCOUT JAMBOREE / JAMAICA 1977 and St. LUCIA on a salmon-pink bar. Scouts in green caps climb a white metal frame; two more stand on the grass with a large black dog. Offset lithography, comb 15, 29 × 42 mm.
Series history
Saint Lucia issued seven commemoratives and a souvenir sheet at Castries on 17 October 1977 for the 6th Caribbean Scout Jamboree in Jamaica. Each stamp is upright, 29 × 42 mm, inscribed CARIBBEAN BOY SCOUT JAMBOREE / JAMAICA 1977, with St. LUCIA on a coloured bar at the foot.
John Waddington Studios designed the set. Format International Security Printers printed it by offset lithography, comb perforated 15, in panes of 50, without a watermark.
The half-cent shows Scouts on a white climbing frame and a black dog on the grass. The 1 cent has two Sea Scouts saluting before a sailboat. The 2 cents is a half-length Scout in a dark beret, saluting. The 10 cents shows two Scouts in peaked green caps. The 20 cents is a single Sea Scout saluting beside a sailboat. The 50 cents is a Scout in a beret saluting, with an A-frame tent behind. The 1 dollar shows two Sea Scouts in a motorboat.
The souvenir sheet, 75 × 85 mm, places a $2.50 motorboat stamp on a pale yellow field, flanked by six green Scout fleurs-de-lis.