Pitching a tent
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1973.WSM.01-03- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Boy Scouts of Samoa
1973.WSM.01· piece 3 of 4 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Samoa (WSM)- Year / date
- 1973-01-29
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 8 s
- 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
- Gordon Drummond
- Printer
- Format International Security Printers
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14
- Panes
- 25
- Size
- 43 x 29 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 973.3
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- WS 385
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- WS 278
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- WS 321
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- WS 407
Notes
Five Scouts pitching a pale tent on a grassy hillside: one kneeling drives a peg with a mallet while others hold guy-lines. Inscribed SAMOA I SISIFO, 8 SENE and BOY SCOUT MOVEMENT. Circular Scout badges at the lower corners.
Series history
Samoa issued four commemoratives at Apia on 29 January 1973 honouring the Boy Scouts of Samoa. Gordon Drummond designed the set; Format International Security Printers printed it by offset lithography, comb perforated 14, in panes of twenty-five, on paper watermarked with a kava bowl and WS multiple. Each stamp is inscribed SAMOA I SISIFO and BOY SCOUT MOVEMENT. The 2 sene shows Scouts saluting as the Samoan flag is raised; the 3 sene a first-aid demonstration, bandaging a boy on a stretcher; the 8 sene Scouts pitching a tent; the 20 sene four Scouts performing a Samoan action song.