At the fire-side
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1961.SUR.01-04- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Caribbean Girl Guides Jamborette
1961.SUR.01· piece 4 of 5 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Suriname (SUR)- Year / date
- 1961-08-19
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 20 + 5 c
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Charity issue
- Colors
- Multicoloured
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ✓ In collection
Production
- Designer
- N. Loning
- Printer
- Joh. Enschedé & Sons
- Process
- Lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 13½ × 14
- Size
- 30 x 44 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 961.23
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- SR B83
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- SR 411
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- SR 361
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- SR 498
Notes
Guides seated around a campfire
Series history
Suriname issued five semi-postals at Paramaribo on 19 August 1961 for the Caribbean Girl Guides Jamborette. The stamps remained valid for postage until 31 December 1961.
N. Loning designed the set. The 8 + 2 c shows a Guide signalling with semaphore flags; the 10 + 3 c a Guide giving the three-finger salute; the 15 + 4 c four Brownies around a toadstool; the 20 + 5 c Guides at a campfire; and the 25 + 6 c two Guides cooking over an open fire. Each stamp is inscribed jamborette 1961 and SURINAME.
Joh. Enschedé & Sons lithographed 122,708 copies of each value in panes of fifty. The horizontal designs (8 + 2, 15 + 4 and 25 + 6 c) are perforated 14 × 13½; the vertical designs (10 + 3 and 20 + 5 c) are perforated 13½ × 14.