Scout on the shore
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1978.NRU.01-02- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 70th Anniversary of Scouting
1978.NRU.01· piece 2 of 3 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Nauru (NRU)- Year / date
- 1978-12-01
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 30 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.
- ◔ Purchased€1.10 for 3 pieces · Postbeeld · 2026-09-06
Production
- Designer
- John Charles
- Printer
- Format International Security Printers Ltd.
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13 × 14
- Quantity printed
- 150,000
- Size
- 47 x 33 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 978.29
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- NR 189
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- NR 186
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- NR 182
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- NR 198
Notes
Landscape. Inscribed Republic of Nauru and 30 c. Baden-Powell in a Scout hat, a white star marked 70, and a red fleur-de-lis. Scout on the shore in a white shirt, red neckerchief and a patterned wrap; a palm at left. Offset lithography, comb 13 × 14, 47 × 33 mm.
Series history
Nauru issued three commemoratives on 1 December 1978 for seventy years of Scouting. Each stamp is landscape, 47 × 33 mm, lettered Republic of Nauru, with a profile of Baden-Powell in a Scout hat, a white star marked 70, and a red fleur-de-lis.
The 20 cents shows a young Scout in a white shirt and green shorts giving the Scout salute, a hut and a yellow flag behind him. The 30 cents shows a Scout on the shore in a white shirt, red neckerchief and a patterned wrap, a palm at left. The 50 cents shows a Scout with a pack and staff before a tent and a palm.
John Charles designed the set. Format International Security Printers lithographed it, comb perforated 13 × 14, in panes of 20 as two rows of ten with a gutter. One hundred and fifty thousand of each value were printed. The issue was withdrawn from sale on 31 August 1979.