Scout emblem and crocodile
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1964.JAM.01-03- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- VI Inter-American Scout Conference
1964.JAM.01· piece 3 of 3 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Jamaica (JAM)- Year / date
- 1964-08-27
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 1 s
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- 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
- Victor Whitely
- Printer
- Harrison & Sons
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14
- Size
- 67 x 34 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 964.28
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- JM 235
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- JM 237
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- JM 242
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- JM 235
Notes
Triangular stamp: gold fleur-de-lis above the white crocodile from Jamaica's coat of arms; inscribed VI INTER-AMERICAN SCOUT CONFERENCE; value 1/-
Series history
Jamaica issued three commemoratives at Kingston on 27 August 1964 for the VI Inter-American Scout Conference. Each stamp is inscribed VI INTER-AMERICAN SCOUT CONFERENCE with the country name JAMAICA and the year 1964.
Victor Whitely designed the set. The 3 d shows a Scout belt buckle with a red medallion bearing the World Scout fleur-de-lis and the belt straps threaded through the side slots, on a pale peach ground. The 8 d places a Scout hat on a globe of the Americas above a neckerchief with a fleur-de-lis woggle, on a pale blue ground. The 1 s is triangular: a gold fleur-de-lis above the white crocodile from Jamaica's coat of arms, with the conference title along the upper edges and the value 1/- at both lower corners.
Harrison & Sons printed the issue in photogravure on paper watermarked multiple J and pineapple. The rectangular 3 d and 8 d measure 29 × 34 mm and are perforated Comb 14½ × 14, issued in panes of sixty (10 × 6). The triangular 1 s measures 67 × 34 mm, is perforated Comb 14, and was issued in panes of sixty (12 × 5, tête-bêche). The stamps were withdrawn from sale on 26 November 1964.