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1973.WSM.01Boy Scouts of Samoa
Samoa·1973
Boy Scouts of Samoa, Apia, 29 January 1973
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Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1973.WSM.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Samoa (WSM)
- Year
- 1973-01-29
- Event
- Boy Scouts of Samoa, Apia, 29 January 1973
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Gordon Drummond
- Printer
- Format International Security Printers
- Process
- Offset lithography
- Paper
- Watermarked kava bowl and WS multiple
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 973.1/4
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- WS 383/386
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- WS 276/279
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- WS 319/322
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- WS 405/408
History
Samoa issued four commemoratives at Apia on 29 January 1973 honouring the Boy Scouts of Samoa. Gordon Drummond designed the set; Format International Security Printers printed it by offset lithography, comb perforated 14, in panes of twenty-five, on paper watermarked with a kava bowl and WS multiple. Each stamp is inscribed SAMOA I SISIFO and BOY SCOUT MOVEMENT. The 2 sene shows Scouts saluting as the Samoan flag is raised; the 3 sene a first-aid demonstration, bandaging a boy on a stretcher; the 8 sene Scouts pitching a tent; the 20 sene four Scouts performing a Samoan action song.