1976.PNG.0150th Anniversary of Scouting
Papua New Guinea·1976
50th Anniversary of Scouting in Papua New Guinea
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1976.PNG.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Papua New Guinea (PNG)
- Year
- 1976-08-18
- Event
- 50th Anniversary of Scouting in Papua New Guinea
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Richard Bates
- Printer
- Helio Courvoisier
- Process
- Photogravure
- Paper
- Granite
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 11¾
- Panes
- 50 stamps
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 976.1/2
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- PG 437; PG 439
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- PG 310/311
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- PG 309/310
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- PG 309/310
History
Papua New Guinea issued two commemoratives at Port Moresby on 18 August 1976 for the fiftieth anniversary of Scouting, 1926–1976. Each stamp is landscape, 36 × 26 mm, inscribed Papua New Guinea and 50th Anniversary of Scouting 1926-1976, and carries a white Scout fleur-de-lis in a rope circle tied with a reef knot. Richard Bates designed the pair. Helio Courvoisier printed it in photogravure on granite paper, comb perforated 11¾, in panes of 50. The stamps were withdrawn from sale on 18 February 1977. A presentation pack was issued.
The 7 toea shows two Scouts in lap-laps lashing poles into a tripod beside a leaf shelter. The 15 toea shows two Sea Scouts on an outrigger canoe among reeds: one poles, the other handles a line; their lap-laps carry an anchor badge.
The same day's issue included two further values that do not show Scouting. They are not listed here.