Scout cooking
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1980.TON.01-02- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- South Pacific Jamboree
1980.TON.01· piece 2 of 10 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Tonga (TON)- Year / date
- 1980-09-30
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 13 s
- 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
- Walsall Security Printers
- Printer
- Walsall Security Printers
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Die cut (self-adhesive)
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 980.22
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- TO 475
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- TO 763
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- TO 470
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- TO 762
Notes
Die-cut tent triangle on rectangular peelable backing. A Scout in a tan shirt, green beret, green neckerchief and shorts cooks over a campfire, holding a pot over the flames. Lettered TONGA, South Pacific Jamboree, Nuku'alofa Club Participation, 75th Rotary Anniversary and Postage, with a Rotary wheel beside the face value. Green TONGA and 13s.
Series history
Tonga issued ten self-adhesive commemoratives at Nuku'alofa on 30 September 1980 for the South Pacific Jamboree and the 75th anniversary of Rotary International. Each stamp is lettered Nuku'alofa Club Participation. Walsall Security Printers designed and lithographed the issue. The stamps are die-cut on peelable backing, issued in panes of 20, with advertising on the reverse of the release paper.
Four postage values, die-cut as a tent triangle with a tablet for the face value, show a Scout cooking over a campfire. They are lettered TONGA, South Pacific Jamboree, Nuku'alofa Club Participation, 75th Rotary Anniversary and Postage, with a Rotary wheel beside the value: 9, 13, 15 and 30 seniti.
Four airmail values are die-cut as a scalloped Rotary gear. They name Tonga and Airmail, carry SOUTH PACIFIC JAMBOREE and NUKU'ALOFA CLUB PARTICIPATION, and place ROTARY 75th ANNIVERSARY at the hub, with line drawings of Scouts cooking, saluting, canoeing, hiking and swimming: 29, 32 and 47 seniti and 1 paʻanga.
Two official airmail values are die-cut as a pair of ridge tents over a Rotary wheel. They are lettered TONGA, OFFICIAL AIRMAIL, South Pacific Jamboree, 75th Rotary Anniversary and NUKU'ALOFA CLUB PARTICIPATION, with two Scouts drawn in each tent opening: 25 seniti and 2 paʻanga.
