The Scoutmaster
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1979.LBR.01-03- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 50th Anniversary of Scouting in Liberia
1979.LBR.01· piece 3 of 100 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Liberia (LBR)- Year / date
- 1979-09-01
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 5 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€7.50 for 50 pieces · Postbeeld · 2026-09-06
Production
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 11
- Panes
- 50
- Size
- 39 x 52 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 979.27
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- LR 853c
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- LR 1111
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- LR 808
Notes
Night camp: a Scoutmaster in tan uniform stands by a small fire with a pot on a tripod; two tents and sleeping Scouts behind him under a starry sky. Painted 1956. Offset lithography, comb perforated 11; 39 × 52 mm. Inscribed LIBERIA and the face value.
Series history
Liberia issued fifty commemoratives at Monrovia on 1 September 1979 for the fiftieth anniversary of Scouting in the country. The designs reproduce Boy Scouts of America calendar paintings by Norman Rockwell, dated from 1925 to 1976. Format International Security Printers printed the set by offset lithography, without watermark, 39 × 52 mm, in panes of fifty. The stamps are comb perforated; published gauges differ between 11 and 11½. Each stamp is inscribed LIBERIA and the face value in the lower margin, with the artist's name in the picture. Ten designs were issued at each of 5 c, 10 c, 15 c, 25 c and 35 c. The same designs also exist imperforate.