Scout climbing
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1970.BTN.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Provisional surcharge — Scout climbing
1970.BTN.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Bhutan (BTN)- Year / date
- 1970-06-19
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 20 ch on 4 Nu
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Definitive
- 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.
- Line 13½
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 970.43
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- 115G
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- 364
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- 327
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- 213
Notes
Diamond stamp: a Scout in a red jacket climbing a snow slope with rope, ice axe and backpack; gold fleur-de-lis at right. Black bars cancel the original 4 ngultrum; the stamp is inscribed 20 CH.
Series history
Bhutan released a 20 chetrum provisional surcharge on 19 June 1970, overprinted in black on the diamond-shaped 4 ngultrum Scout climbing stamp of 1967. Harrison & Sons had printed the underlying design by photogravure; it is line perforated 13½. A Scout in a red jacket climbs a snow slope with rope, ice axe and backpack; a gold fleur-de-lis stands at the right, and the stamp is inscribed BHUTAN in English and Dzongkha. Black bars cancel the original 4 ngultrum. The surcharge printer is not established. Postal standing of the provisionals is not settled.
