Jinnah giving the Scout salute
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1976.PAK.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Quaid-i-Azam Centenary Jamboree
1976.PAK.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Pakistan (PAK)- Year / date
- 1976-11-20
- 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
- Ilyas Ahmed Gilani
- Printer
- Pakistan Security Printing Corporation
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13½ × 13¾
- Quantity printed
- 1,000,000
- Size
- 28.5 x 38.34 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 976.33
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- PK 427
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- PK 430
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- PK 423
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- PK 434
Notes
Upright commemorative inscribed QUAID-I-AZAM CENTENARY JAMBOREE, 20P POSTAGE, PAKISTAN and Urdu, with NOV. 1976 at the right. Muhammad Ali Jinnah in sherwani and Jinnah cap gives the three-finger Scout salute against a green field. At upper left a green Scout fleur-de-lis in a rope circle is lettered UNITY, FAITH and DISCIPLINE.
Series history
Pakistan issued a 20 paisa commemorative at Lahore and Karachi on 20 November 1976 for the Quaid-i-Azam Centenary Jamboree. The stamp is inscribed QUAID-I-AZAM CENTENARY JAMBOREE, 20P POSTAGE, PAKISTAN and Urdu, with NOV. 1976 at the right. Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan (1876–1948), appears in sherwani and Jinnah cap giving the three-finger Scout salute against a green field. At upper left a green Scout fleur-de-lis in a rope circle is lettered UNITY, FAITH and DISCIPLINE.
Ilyas Ahmed Gilani designed the stamp. The Pakistan Security Printing Corporation printed it in offset lithography, comb perforated 13½ × 13¾, 28.5 × 38.34 mm. One million copies were printed. The stamp was withdrawn from sale on 20 February 1977.