Camp-fire and shelter
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1977.BHS.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 6th Caribbean Scout Jamboree
1977.BHS.01· piece 1 of 2 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Bahamas (BHS)- Year / date
- 1977-09-27
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 16 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.
- ◔ Purchased€1.60 for 2 pieces · Postbeeld · 2026-09-06
Production
- Designer
- Harrison Studios
- Printer
- John Waddington Security Print Ltd.
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13¾
- Panes
- 50 (2 × 25, gutter)
- Size
- 45 x 29 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 977.11
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- BS 410
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- BS 418
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- BS 408
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- BS 498
Notes
Inscribed 6th CARIBBEAN SCOUT JAMBOREE, BAHAMAS and 16c, with a blue Scout fleur-de-lis in a rope circle. A night camp-fire with Scouts, some in white Sea Scout caps, stands beside a Scout sitting in a pole shelter under trees.
Series history
The Bahamas issued two commemoratives at Nassau on 27 September 1977 for the 6th Caribbean Scout Jamboree. Each stamp is landscape, 45 × 29 mm, inscribed 6th CARIBBEAN SCOUT JAMBOREE and BAHAMAS, with a blue Scout fleur-de-lis in a rope circle. Harrison Studios designed the pair. John Waddington printed it by offset lithography, comb perforated 13¾, in panes of 50 as two panes of 25 with a gutter, on paper watermarked with a multiple Crown and Block CA, diagonal, sideways.
The 16 cent pairs a night camp-fire — some of the Scouts wear white Sea Scout caps — with a Scout sitting in a pole shelter under trees. The 21 cent has three water vignettes: a small sailboat, a rowing boat and kayaks.