1977.KIR.01Golden Jubilee of Scouting in the Gilbert Islands
Kiribati·1977
50th Anniversary of Scouting in the Gilbert Islands
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1977.KIR.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Kiribati (KIR)
- Year
- 1977-12-05
- Event
- 50th Anniversary of Scouting in the Gilbert Islands
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- John Cooter
- Printer
- John Waddington Security Print Ltd.
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13
- Panes
- 50 stamps (2 × 25, gutter pairs)
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 977.13; 977.14; 977.15; 977.16
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- GB-GI 304; GB-GI 305; GB-GI 306; GB-GI 307
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- GB-GI 299; GB-GI 300; GB-GI 301; GB-GI 302
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- GB-GI 52; GB-GI 53; GB-GI 54; GB-GI 55
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- GB-GI 60; GB-GI 61; GB-GI 62; GB-GI 63
History
The Gilbert Islands issued four commemoratives at Tarawa on 5 December 1977 for the golden jubilee of Scouting there. They are inscribed Gilbert Islands and Golden Jubilee of Scouting in the Gilbert Islands, with a silhouette of Queen Elizabeth II.
John Cooter designed the set. John Waddington printed it by offset lithography, comb perforated 13, in panes of 50 as two panes of 25 with a gutter, on paper watermarked with a multiple Crown and Block CA in diagonal rows.
The 8 cent, upright, shows a gold 50 over a green Scout fleur-de-lis in a blue disc lettered TIKAUTI NI KIRIBATI and 1927–1977, with palms, a beach and an outrigger canoe. The 15 cent, landscape, is captioned Patrol meeting: a taller Scout addresses five younger Scouts in white shirts and green neckerchiefs, barefoot, beside a thatched hut. The 20 cent, Making a mat, shows a Scout sitting cross-legged weaving a green leaf mat. The 40 cent, upright, is captioned Canoeing: three Scouts in a white outrigger canoe under a triangular sail.