Scout pointing to the sky
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1973.PAK.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Silver Jubilee Jamboree
1973.PAK.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Pakistan (PAK)- Year / date
- 1973-11-11
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 20 p
- 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
- Talat Sultana
- Printer
- Pakistan Security Printing Corporation
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14 × 12¾
- Panes
- 50
- Quantity printed
- 500,000
- Size
- 26 × 36.3 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 973.20
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- PK 355
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- PK 358
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- PK 352
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- PK 360
Notes
A Scout seen from behind in an olive uniform, dark neckerchief and green beret, pointing at a starry sky and a ringed planet. Yellow horizon lettered HORIZONS NEW and 20P. Inscribed SILVER JUBILEE JAMBOREE, PAKISTAN SCOUTS, POSTAGE, PAKISTAN and Urdu.
Series history
Pakistan issued a 20 paisa commemorative at Lahore on 11 November 1973 for the Silver Jubilee Jamboree of Pakistan Scouts. Talat Sultana designed the stamp; the Pakistan Security Printing Corporation printed it by offset lithography, comb perforated 14 × 12¾, about 26 × 36.3 mm, in panes of 50. The print run was 500,000.
A Scout seen from behind in an olive uniform and green beret points toward a starry sky and a ringed planet. The stamp is lettered SILVER JUBILEE JAMBOREE, PAKISTAN SCOUTS, POSTAGE, HORIZONS NEW, 20P, PAKISTAN and Urdu.