American sparrow hawk, overprinted
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1980.AIA.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 50th Anniversary of Scouting in Anguilla
1980.AIA.01· piece 1 of 2 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Anguilla (AIA)- Year / date
- 1980-04-16
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 10 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.
- ○ Wanted
Production
- Designer
- John Lister Ltd.
- Printer
- House of Questa
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13½
- Panes
- 40
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 980.15
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- AI 387
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- AI 385
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- AI 348
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- AI 403
Notes
Pictorial definitive of an American sparrow hawk (Falco sparverius) perched on a leafless branch, overprinted in black 50th Anniversary / Scouting 1980. Royal cipher E II R; 10 CENTS; inscribed H.M. COMMISSIONER IN ANGUILLA.
Series history
Anguilla overprinted two values of its pictorial definitive series in April 1980 for the fiftieth anniversary of Scouting on the island. A three-line black overprint reads 50th Anniversary / Scouting 1980. The issue day is given as either 11 or 16 April.
The 10 cents shows an American sparrow hawk (Falco sparverius) on a branch; the $2.50 shows manchineel fruit (Hippomane mancinella). Both are inscribed H.M. COMMISSIONER IN ANGUILLA and carry the royal cipher E II R. John Lister Ltd. designed the underlying stamps; House of Questa printed them by offset lithography, in panes of forty (two panes of twenty with a gutter). The perforation gauge is given as 13½ or 14.