1960.PAK.013rd National Jamboree, Lahore
Pakistan·1960
3rd Pakistan National Boy Scout Jamboree, Lahore, 24–31 December 1960
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1960.PAK.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Pakistan (PAK)
- Year
- 1960-12-24
- Event
- 3rd Pakistan National Boy Scout Jamboree, Lahore, 24–31 December 1960
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Printer
- Pakistan Security Printing
- Process
- Engraving and typography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 12½ × 13
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 960.16
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- PK 121
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- PK 121
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- PK 122
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- PK 121
History
Pakistan issued a 2 anna commemorative on 24 December 1960 for the 3rd National Boy Scout Jamboree at Lahore, held from 24 to 31 December 1960. Places of sale included Karachi and other post offices; the stamp was withdrawn from sale on 31 January 1964.
The design shows Kim's Gun — the Zamzama cannon — against a dark cross-hatched field, with the Scout fleur-de-lis in a yellow oval at lower right. The frame reads 3RD. PAKISTAN · NATIONAL JAMBOREE LAHORE · 24TH–31ST. DEC.1960, with PAKISTAN in English, Urdu and Bengali across the top.
Pakistan Security Printing produced 300,000 copies by engraving and typography in panes of eighty, perforated 12½ × 13; De La Rue is credited for the engraving.