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1968.GIB.0160th Anniversary of the Gibraltar Scout Association
Gibraltar·1968
60th Anniversary of the Gibraltar Scout Association, 1908–1968
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Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1968.GIB.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Gibraltar (GIB)
- Year
- 1968-03-27
- Event
- 60th Anniversary of the Gibraltar Scout Association, 1908–1968
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- A. G. Ryman
- Printer
- Harrison & Sons
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14 × 14½
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 968.1; 968.2; 968.3; 968.4
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- GI 209; GI 210; GI 211; GI 212
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- GI 211; GI 212; GI 213; GI 214
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- GI 207; GI 208; GI 209; GI 210
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- GI 223; GI 224; GI 225; GI 226
History
Gibraltar issued four commemoratives on 27 March 1968 for the diamond jubilee of the Gibraltar Scout Association (1908–1968). A. G. Ryman designed the set; Harrison & Sons printed it by photogravure in panes of sixty, comb perforated 14 × 14½, in the format 40 × 28.8 mm, on paper watermarked with the multiple St. Edward's Crown and CA. Each stamp carries a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. The designs show Baden-Powell beside the Rock of Gibraltar, a Scout flag with a globe and the Rock, Scout heads with a three-finger salute, and three Scout fleur-de-lis badges.