Campfire
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1969.BWA.01-03- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 22nd World Scouting Conference
1969.BWA.01· piece 3 of 3 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Botswana (BWA)- Year / date
- 1969-08-21
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 25 c
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Multicolour
- 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
- staff artists of Thomas Delrieu
- Printer
- Format International Security Printers
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14 × 13¾
- Quantity printed
- 46,214
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 969.3
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- BW 53
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- BW 53
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- BW 205
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- BW 255
Notes
Scouts seated in a circle around a campfire in a thatched shelter; fleur-de-lis labelled MASUPATSELA at upper left, lion’s head at upper right; 21st AUGUST 1969. Quantity 46,214.
Series history
Botswana issued three commemoratives on 21 August 1969 for the 22nd World Scout Conference, which opened that day at Otaniemi, Finland. The stamps are inscribed BOTSWANA, 22nd WORLD SCOUTING CONFERENCE and 21st AUGUST 1969. Staff artists of Thomas Delrieu designed the set. The 3 cent, horizontal, shows a Scout in khaki, green beret and neckerchief standing at attention beside a green panel in a lashed-pole frame; the panel carries an orange fleur-de-lis labelled MASUPATSELA and a recumbent lion. The 15 cent, vertical, shows three Scouts cooking in open country: one serves food at a table while two tend a pot hung from a tripod over a fire, with the same emblem and a recumbent lion at the foot. The 25 cent, horizontal, shows Scouts seated in a circle around a campfire in a thatched shelter, with the fleur-de-lis at upper left and a lion’s head at upper right. Format International Security Printers lithographed the stamps in panes of 50, comb perforated 14 × 13¾ (13¾ × 14 on the vertical 15 cent). Printings were 355,321 of the 3 cent, 46,322 of the 15 cent and 46,214 of the 25 cent.