Jamboree emblem
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1978.TWN.01-02- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 5th National Scout Jamboree
1978.TWN.01· piece 2 of 2 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Taiwan (TWN)- Year / date
- 1978-10-05
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- $10
- 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
- Wang Li-tien
- Printer
- China Engraving & Printing Works
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13½ × 13¾
- Quantity printed
- 1,800,000
- Size
- 28 x 34 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 978.38
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- TW 2119
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- TW 1259
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- TW 1192
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- TW 1221
Notes
Upright. Same jamboree design, face $10. Plum blossom with fleur-de-lis, Scout salute, stylized tents or hills and a red flame. Lettered 中國童子軍, 第五次全國大露營紀念, 中華民國郵票 and REPUBLIC OF CHINA. Offset lithography, comb 13½ × 13¾, 28 × 34 mm.
Series history
Taiwan issued two commemoratives at Taipei on 5 October 1978 for the fifth national Scout jamboree. Both values share one design. They are lettered 中國童子軍 and 第五次全國大露營紀念, with 中華民國郵票 and REPUBLIC OF CHINA on a red band.
A yellow plum blossom holds a green fleur-de-lis; a three-finger salute stands before stylized tents or hills, with a red flame at right.
Wang Li-tien designed the set. The China Engraving & Printing Works lithographed it, 28 × 34 mm, comb perforated 13½ × 13¾, in panes of 100. Five million two hundred thousand of the 2 dollars and one million eight hundred thousand of the 10 dollars were printed. Specimen overprints exist.