1975.NOR.01Nordjamb 75, Lillehammer
Norway·1975
14th World Scout Jamboree, Nordjamb 75, Lillehammer, 29 July–7 August 1975
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1975.NOR.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Norway (NOR)
- Year
- 1975-06-19
- Event
- 14th World Scout Jamboree, Nordjamb 75, Lillehammer, 29 July–7 August 1975
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Arne Johnson
- Printer
- Emil Moestue A/S
- Process
- Offset lithography
- Paper
- Harrison Hs8 phosphorescent, dull gum
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13¼
- Panes
- 50 stamps
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 975.11/12
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- NO 656/657
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- NO 705/706
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- NO 661/662
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- NO 739/740
History
Norway issued two commemoratives in Oslo on 19 June 1975 for the 14th World Scout Jamboree, Nordjamb 75, held at Lillehammer from 29 July to 7 August 1975. Arne Johnson designed them; his name is printed at lower left and -75 at lower right. Emil Moestue lithographed them in panes of fifty, 40 × 24 mm, comb perforated 13¼, on Harrison phosphorescent paper with dull gum. Print quantities are unsettled: figures of about 6.9 million of the 1.25 krone and 1.5–1.8 million of the 1.40 krone circulate.
The 1.25 krone, inscribed NORGE 125, shows a camp-site — white tent silhouettes and two trees on an olive slope, with purple and pink mountain bands behind — a blue Guide trefoil at left and a Scout fleur-de-lis at right.
The 1.40 krone, inscribed NORGE 140, shows three red figures cross-country skiing on a white slope under pink-purple mountains and a yellow sky, with the same Guide trefoil among pines at left and a large Scout fleur-de-lis at right.