Sunset and Baden-Powell
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1978.NFK.02-04- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 50th Anniversary of Boy Scouts
1978.NFK.02· piece 4 of 4 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Norfolk Island (NFK)- Year / date
- 1978-08-22
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 45 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
- S. R. Jensen
- Printer
- Walsall Security Printers Ltd.
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Die-cut
- Size
- 58 x 55 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 978.13
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- NF 234
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- NF 217
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- NF 213
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- NF 212
Notes
Die-cut in the outline of Norfolk Island on a square backing. Inscribed NORFOLK ISLAND, 50 Years of Scouting 1928–1978, 45 c POSTAGE. Sunset among pines. Portrait of Baden-Powell in Scout hat, lettered LORD BADEN-POWELL, with a purple fleur-de-lis. Offset lithography, self-adhesive, 58 × 55 mm; backing rouletted 20.
Series history
Norfolk Island issued four self-adhesive commemoratives on 22 August 1978 for fifty years of Scouting there, 1928–1978. S. R. Jensen designed the set. Walsall Security Printers lithographed it. Each stamp is die-cut in the outline of the island on a square backing, 58 × 55 mm, rouletted 20 between the squares, in panes of 20. The peelable backing carries a green multiple-pine pattern and a tourist inscription.
Every stamp is lettered NORFOLK ISLAND and 50 Years of Scouting 1928–1978.
The 20 cents shows a Scout cooking over a camp-fire on the grass above Duncombe Bay, with a small purple fleur-de-lis badge.
The 25 cents shows the view from Kingston — shoreline, pasture and Norfolk Island pines — with a green Scout badge, a gold fleur-de-lis in a rope circle.
The 35 cents shows Anson Bay. A diamond Link Badge of three linked rings sits between two Scout figures, with a purple fleur-de-lis at upper left.
The 45 cents shows a sunset among pines and a portrait of Baden-Powell in Scout hat, lettered LORD BADEN-POWELL, with a purple fleur-de-lis.
