Emblem
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1975.VEN.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 14th World Scout Jamboree
1975.VEN.01· piece 1 of 2 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Venezuela (VEN)- Year / date
- 1975-11-11
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 20 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
- Gerd Leufer
- Printer
- Litografía y Tipografía del Comercio
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13¾ × 14½
- Panes
- 100
- Quantity printed
- 1,000,000
- Size
- 48 × 34 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 975.1
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- VE 1109
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- VE 2010
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- VE 954
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- VE 2299
Notes
Inscribed 14 JAMBOREE MUNDIAL, ASOCIACION DE SCOUTS DE VENEZUELA and VENEZUELA. Three interlocking tent-like forms in gold, blue and red beside a black Scout fleur-de-lis. Value 20c. Imprint LIT. DEL COMERCIO - CARACAS - 1975.
Series history
Venezuela issued two commemoratives at Caracas on 11 November 1975 for the 14th World Scout Jamboree. Gerd Leufer designed a common type: three interlocking tent forms in gold, blue and red beside a Scout fleur-de-lis, inscribed 14 JAMBOREE MUNDIAL, ASOCIACION DE SCOUTS DE VENEZUELA and VENEZUELA. Litografía del Comercio printed the set by offset lithography, 48 × 34 mm, comb perforated 13¾ × 14½, in panes of 100, one million of each value. The imprint reads LIT. DEL COMERCIO - CARACAS - 1975. The values are 20 céntimos and 80 céntimos.