1981.GUY.01Revalued Scout stamps
Guyana·1981
Revaluation of 1969 Caribbean Jamboree stamps
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1981.GUY.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Guyana (GUY)
- Year
- 1981-07-01, 1981-09-15
- Event
- Revaluation of 1969 Caribbean Jamboree stamps
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Definitive
Production
- Designer
- Jennifer Toombs
- Printer
- Bovell's Printery
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13½
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 981.94; 981.67; 981.71; 981.98; 981.78; 981.79
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- GY 392; GY 395; GY 397; GY 402; GY 404; GY 405
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- GY 687; GY 660; GY 664; GY 691; GY 671; GY 672
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- GY 710; GY 711
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- GY 825; GY 830; GY 835; GY 836; GY 837a
History
Guyana revalued remainders of the 1969 3rd Caribbean Scouts Jamboree 6 cent and 8 cent stamps for postal use. Bovell's Printery applied a black numeral surcharge. Jennifer Toombs designed the underlying stamps; Bradbury Wilkinson lithographed them, comb perforated 13½, 42 × 28 mm, on paper watermarked with a multiple lotus blossom. They are lettered 3rd Caribbean Scouts Jamboree 1969, GUYANA and SOUTH AMERICA.
Four values were issued on 1 July 1981: 100 cents on the 8 cent cooking design (a Scout in a beret tending a pot over a fire) and 110, 400 and 440 cents on the 6 cent flag design (three Scouts at a flagpole, two saluting while the centre Scout holds the Golden Arrowhead). Two further 6 cent flag values followed on 15 September 1981: 55 cents and 180 cents. The 440 cent surcharge exists with the second 4 in two sizes; the stamp listed here has the smaller second 4.
Stamps in this series
6 pieces55 c on 6 c flag, large surcharge
100 c on 8 c cooking
110 c on 6 c flag
180 c on 6 c flag
400 c on 6 c flag
