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1970.BTN.02Provisional surcharge — Scouts cooking
Bhutan·1970
1970 provisional 20 ch surcharges
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Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1970.BTN.02- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Bhutan (BTN)
- Year
- 1970-11-02
- Event
- 1970 provisional 20 ch surcharges
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Definitive
Production
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Line 13½
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 970.77
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- 117J
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- 398
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- 350
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- 228
History
Bhutan released a 20 chetrum provisional surcharge on 2 November 1970, overprinted in black on the diamond-shaped 1.25 ngultrum Scouts cooking stamp of 1967. Harrison & Sons had printed the underlying design by photogravure; it is line perforated 13½. Two Scouts in Bhutanese dress cook over a stone hearth against Himalayan peaks; a gold fleur-de-lis stands at the right, and the stamp is inscribed BHUTAN in English and Dzongkha. Black bars cancel the original 1.25 ngultrum. The surcharge printer is not established. Postal standing of the provisionals is not settled.
