1981.GUY.02Official revalued Scout stamps
Guyana·1981
Official 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.02- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Guyana (GUY)
- Year
- 1981-07-07
- Event
- Official revaluation of 1969 Caribbean Jamboree stamps
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Official
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).
- 981.148; 981.149
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- GY O8; GY O10
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- GY D23; GY D24
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- GY S21C; GY S21D
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- GY O25
History
Guyana issued two official stamps on 7 July 1981, revaluing remainders of the 1969 3rd Caribbean Scouts Jamboree 8 cent and 6 cent designs. Bovell's Printery applied a black numeral surcharge and the letters OPS. 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.
The 100 cent, on the 8 cent cooking design, shows a Scout in a beret tending a pot over a fire; OPS is rotated at the lower left. The 110 cent, on the 6 cent flag design, shows three Scouts at a flagpole; OPS sits to the right of the final 0.
