100 c on 8 c cooking, official
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1981.GUY.02-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Official revalued Scout stamps
1981.GUY.02· piece 1 of 2 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Guyana (GUY)- Year / date
- 1981-07-07
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 100 c on 8 c
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Official
- 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).
- 981.148
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- GY O8
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- GY D23
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- GY S21C
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- GY O25
Notes
Black 100 surcharge and OPS on the 1969 8 cent 3rd Caribbean Scouts Jamboree design: a Scout in a beret tending a pot over a fire in a lashed-pole frame, lettered 3rd Caribbean Scouts Jamboree 1969, GUYANA, SOUTH AMERICA and 8c. The letters OPS sit at the lower left, rotated.
Series history
Guyana issued two official stamps on 7 July 1981, revaluing remainders of the 1969 3rd Caribbean Scouts Jamboree 8 cent and 6 cent designs. Bovell's Printery applied a black numeral surcharge and the letters OPS. 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.
The 100 cent, on the 8 cent cooking design, shows a Scout in a beret tending a pot over a fire; OPS is rotated at the lower left. The 110 cent, on the 6 cent flag design, shows three Scouts at a flagpole; OPS sits to the right of the final 0.
