✓ In collectionPostalStamp3 d
Nigerian and Greek Scouts
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1963.NGA.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 11th World Scout Jamboree, Marathon
1963.NGA.01· piece 1 of 3 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Nigeria (NGA)- Year / date
- 1963-08-01
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 3 d
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Cinza Oliva
- 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
- Stephanos Apostolou
- Printer
- Harrison & Sons
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 14
- Size
- 66 x 35 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 963.5
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- NG 145
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- NG 136
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- NG 141
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- NG 133
Notes
Two Scouts shaking hands beneath the Marathon jamboree emblem
Series history
Nigeria issued two triangular photogravure stamps at Lagos on 1 August 1963 for the 11th World Scout Jamboree at Marathon, Greece — the first triangular Scout stamps. Harrison & Sons printed both values in panes of sixty, perforated 14. Stephanos Apostolou designed the 3 pence: a Nigerian Scout and a Greek Scout shaking hands beneath the jamboree emblem. G. A. Okiki designed the 1 shilling: Scouts silhouetted around a camp-fire under the same emblem. A souvenir sheet places the two triangles together as a diamond under the heading «The 11th World Scout Jamboree».