55 c on 6 c flag, large surcharge
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1981.GUY.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Revalued Scout stamps
1981.GUY.01· piece 1 of 6 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Guyana (GUY)- Year / date
- 1981-09-15
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 55 c on 6 c
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Definitive
- 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
- Jennifer Toombs
- Printer
- Bovell's Printery
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13½
- Size
- 42 × 28 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 981.94
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- GY 392
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- GY 687
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- GY 825
Notes
Black 55 surcharge, large numerals, on the 1969 6 cent 3rd Caribbean Scouts Jamboree design: three Scouts at a flagpole in a rope frame, two saluting while the centre Scout holds the Golden Arrowhead, lettered 3rd Caribbean Scouts Jamboree 1969, GUYANA, SOUTH AMERICA and 6c.
Series history
Guyana revalued remainders of the 1969 3rd Caribbean Scouts Jamboree 6 cent and 8 cent stamps for postal use. Bovell's Printery applied a black numeral surcharge. Jennifer Toombs designed the underlying stamps; Bradbury Wilkinson lithographed them, comb perforated 13½, 42 × 28 mm, on paper watermarked with a multiple lotus blossom. They are lettered 3rd Caribbean Scouts Jamboree 1969, GUYANA and SOUTH AMERICA.
Four values were issued on 1 July 1981: 100 cents on the 8 cent cooking design (a Scout in a beret tending a pot over a fire) and 110, 400 and 440 cents on the 6 cent flag design (three Scouts at a flagpole, two saluting while the centre Scout holds the Golden Arrowhead). Two further 6 cent flag values followed on 15 September 1981: 55 cents and 180 cents. The 440 cent surcharge exists with the second 4 in two sizes; the stamp listed here has the smaller second 4.
