1977.LCA.016th Caribbean Scout Jamboree
Saint Lucia·1977
6th Caribbean Scout Jamboree, Jamaica
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1977.LCA.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Saint Lucia (LCA)
- Year
- 1977-10-17
- Event
- 6th Caribbean Scout Jamboree, Jamaica
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- John Waddington Studios
- Printer
- Format International Security Printers Ltd.
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 15
- Panes
- 50 stamps
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 977.7; 977.8; 977.9; 977.10; 977.11; 977.12; 977.13; 977.15
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- LC 419; LC 420; LC 421; LC 422; LC 423; LC 424; LC 425; LC 426
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- LC 412; LC 413; LC 414; LC 415; LC 416; LC 417; LC 418; LC BL12
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- LC 418; LC 419; LC 420; LC 421; LC 422; LC 423; LC 424; LC BF11
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- LC 448; LC 449; LC 450; LC 451; LC 452; LC 453; LC 454; LC MS455
History
Saint Lucia issued seven commemoratives and a souvenir sheet at Castries on 17 October 1977 for the 6th Caribbean Scout Jamboree in Jamaica. Each stamp is upright, 29 × 42 mm, inscribed CARIBBEAN BOY SCOUT JAMBOREE / JAMAICA 1977, with St. LUCIA on a coloured bar at the foot.
John Waddington Studios designed the set. Format International Security Printers printed it by offset lithography, comb perforated 15, in panes of 50, without a watermark.
The half-cent shows Scouts on a white climbing frame and a black dog on the grass. The 1 cent has two Sea Scouts saluting before a sailboat. The 2 cents is a half-length Scout in a dark beret, saluting. The 10 cents shows two Scouts in peaked green caps. The 20 cents is a single Sea Scout saluting beside a sailboat. The 50 cents is a Scout in a beret saluting, with an A-frame tent behind. The 1 dollar shows two Sea Scouts in a motorboat.
The souvenir sheet, 75 × 85 mm, places a $2.50 motorboat stamp on a pale yellow field, flanked by six green Scout fleurs-de-lis.
Stamps in this series
8 piecesClimbing frame and dog
Sea Scouts saluting
Scout salute
Two Scouts
Sea Scout salute and sailboat
Scout salute and tent
Sea Scouts in a motorboat