Rafting — BARBUDA
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1977.ATG.02-07- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 6th Caribbean Scout Jamboree — BARBUDA overprint
1977.ATG.02· piece 7 of 8 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Antigua and Barbuda (ATG)- Year / date
- 1977-06-13
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- $2
- 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
- Waddington Studios
- Printer
- House of Questa
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14
- Size
- 43 x 29 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 977.48
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- BX 296
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- BX 328
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- BX 319
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- BX 337
Notes
Antigua $2 Rafting overprinted BARBUDA in black. ANTIGUA remains at lower right. Offset lithography, comb 14, 43 × 29 mm.
Series history
On 13 June 1977 the Antigua commemoratives for the 6th Caribbean Scout Jamboree were issued overprinted BARBUDA in black. Each stamp still reads ANTIGUA and Caribbean Boy Scout Jamboree Jamaica 1977. Opinion differs on whether the overprints were a postal issue.
The designs and production are those of the Antigua set: Waddington Studios; House of Questa; offset lithography; comb perforated 14; 43 × 29 mm.
The seven values are the half-cent Settling into camp through the 2 dollar Rafting. The souvenir sheet, 127 × 114 mm, reprints the 30 cent, 50 cent and 2 dollar with BARBUDA on each stamp; the margin still names ANTIGUA and Boy Scouts of the First, Second and Third Antigua.
