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Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1975.SWE.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Sweden (SWE)
- Year
- 1975-10-11
- Event
- Swedish Scouting
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Björn Berg
- Printer
- Harrison & Sons Ltd.
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 14¼ vertical
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 975.31/32
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- SE 1137/1138
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- SE 921/922
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- SE 900/901
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- SE 864/865
History
Sweden issued two 90-öre coil stamps at Stockholm on 11 October 1975, on Stamp Day, after a printers' strike in England had delayed a planned June release. They honour Swedish Scouting. Each stamp is inscribed SVERIGE, 90 and SCOUTING, and is signed BJÖRN BERG. Harrison & Sons printed the issue in photogravure, about 31 × 24.5 mm, perforated 14¼ on the vertical sides, in coils of 100. There is no watermark. 18,432,000 of each design were printed.
One design shows Scouts canoeing and sailing, with a Girl Guide trefoil in the drawing. The other shows a camp: a Scout reading a map, others raising a pole tripod, a tent among pines, and a Scout fleur-de-lis. The two designs were also issued se-tenant.