Nepal Scout emblem and map
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1977.NPL.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 25th Anniversary of Boy Scouts of Nepal
1977.NPL.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Nepal (NPL)- Year / date
- 1977-11-07
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 3.50 r
- 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
- K. K. Karmacharya
- Printer
- Pakistan Security Printing Company
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13½ × 13
- Size
- 33 x 24 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 977.9
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- NP 336
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- NP 351
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- NP 324
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- NP 354
Notes
Landscape. Inscribed नेपाल / NEPAL, SCOUTS (vertical), 1952 - 1977, रु. ३.५० and R. 3.50. The Nepal Scout emblem — a gold fleur-de-lis with a green centre and red star — sits on a white sunburst over a map of Nepal; a crown stands above the map at right. Offset lithography, comb 13½ × 13, 33 × 24 mm.
Series history
Nepal issued a single commemorative on 7 November 1977 for the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Boy Scouts of Nepal. The stamp is landscape, 33 × 24 mm, inscribed नेपाल and NEPAL, with SCOUTS set vertically at the right and the years 1952–1977 along the foot. Face value appears as रु. ३.५० at left and R. 3.50 at right.
K. K. Karmacharya designed the stamp. The Pakistan Security Printing Company printed it by offset lithography, comb perforated 13½ × 13, in panes of 50. The quantity is 500,000.
A gold Nepal Scout emblem — fleur-de-lis with a green centre and red star — sits on a white sunburst over a map of Nepal. A crown stands above the map at the right.