Scouts and the Fiji flag
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1974.FJI.01-03- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- First National Scout Jamboree, Lautoka
1974.FJI.01· piece 3 of 3 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Fiji (FJI)- Year / date
- 1974-08-30
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 40 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
- E. W. Roberts
- Printer
- House of Questa
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14
- Panes
- 50
- Size
- 29 x 43 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 974.13
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- FJ 353
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- FJ 326
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- FJ 333
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- FJ 501
Notes
Three Scouts in tan uniforms standing before the Fiji flag. Inscribed fiji, FIRST FIJI NATIONAL JAMBOREE 1974, 40c and E II R. Purple Scout fleur-de-lis.
Series history
Fiji issued three commemorative stamps at Lautoka on 30 August 1974, inscribed FIRST FIJI NATIONAL JAMBOREE 1974, fiji and the royal cypher E II R, with a purple Scout fleur-de-lis. E. W. Roberts designed the set; House of Questa printed it by offset lithography, comb perforated 14, watermarked St. Edward's Crown over CA in a multiple block, in panes of 50. The 3 cents and 10 cents measure 43 × 29 mm; the 40 cents 29 × 43 mm. The issue was withdrawn from sale on 28 February 1975.
The 3 cents shows three Cubs preparing a camp-fire, one in a sulu, lettered CUBBING IN FIJI 1924-1974. The 10 cents shows two Scouts kneeling over a map, lettered SCOUTING IN FIJI 1914-1974. The 40 cents shows three Scouts standing before the Fiji flag.