Honeycomb and bees
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1978.MYS.01-02- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 4th Malaysian Jamboree
1978.MYS.01· piece 2 of 2 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Malaysia (MYS)- Year / date
- 1978-07-26
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 1 RM
- 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
- Aini bin Abdul Rahman
- Printer
- John Waddington Security Print Ltd.
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13½
- Size
- 36 x 26 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 978.7
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- MY 169
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- MY 177
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- MY 181
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- MY 178
Notes
Landscape. Inscribed 1 RM. Blue ground. Green disc with honeycomb and bees, lettered JAMBORI MALAYSIA KEEMPAT SARAWAK 1978; small hexagonal Malaysian Scout badge at upper right. Country name Malaysia. Offset lithography, comb 13½, 36 × 26 mm.
Series history
Malaysia issued two commemoratives on 26 July 1978 for the fourth Malaysian Scout jamboree, held in Sarawak. Aini bin Abdul Rahman designed the set; Queen's Advertising Company prepared the finished artwork. John Waddington Security Print lithographed the stamps, 36 × 26 mm, comb perforated 13½. They were withdrawn from sale on 26 January 1979.
The 15 sen, on white, shows the jamboree badge in a red hexagon: a red fleur-de-lis with the Malaysian crescent and fourteen-pointed star, inside a blue ring of Dayak-style ornament, lettered JAMBORI MALAYSIA KE EMPAT and SARAWAK 1978. The country name is set malaysia in lower case.
The 1 ringgit, on blue, shows a green disc with a honeycomb and bees, lettered JAMBORI MALAYSIA KEEMPAT SARAWAK 1978, and a small hexagonal Malaysian Scout badge at upper right. The country name is Malaysia.