Scout salute with Baden-Powell profile
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1967.LSO.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 60th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts Movement
1967.LSO.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Lesotho (LSO)- Year / date
- 1967-11-01
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 15 c
- 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
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 14 × 14½
- Size
- 43 × 29 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 967.20
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- 44
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- 44
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- 146
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- 144
Notes
Scout in beret and neckerchief giving the three-finger salute; pale profile of Baden-Powell in a campaign hat behind; World Scout fleur-de-lis at upper left. Inscribed 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BOY SCOUTS MOVEMENT.
Series history
Lesotho issued a single 15 c commemorative at Maseru on 1 November 1967 for the 60th anniversary of World Scouting. Victor Whitely designed the stamp; Harrison & Sons printed it by photogravure in panes of fifty, perforated 14 × 14½. The stamp measures 43 × 29 mm. It was withdrawn from sale on 30 January 1968.
The design shows a Scout in uniform giving the three-finger Scout salute, with a pale profile of Robert Baden-Powell in a campaign hat behind him and radiating light; the World Scout fleur-de-lis appears at upper left. The stamp is inscribed 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BOY SCOUTS MOVEMENT, LESOTHO and 15c.