○ WantedPostalStamp20 c on 85 c
RESELLO surcharge on Scout airmail
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1971.NIC.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- RESELLO surcharge
1971.NIC.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Nicaragua (NIC)- Year / date
- 1971-01-25
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 20 c on 85 c
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Airmail
- Colors
- Multicolour
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ○ Wanted
Production
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13½ × 14
- Printing
- Typography
- Size
- 27 × 33 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 971.9
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- NI C754
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- NI 1606
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- NI 1756
Notes
Black RESELLO surcharge 20c on the 85c Scout airmail (original C355); one of fourteen RESELLO surcharges C747–760.
Series history
Nicaragua applied a black RESELLO surcharge of 20 centavos on the 85 centavo Scout airmail on 25 January 1971, as one of fourteen RESELLO surcharges issued when postal rates changed. The surcharge is on the earlier Scout airmail design.