Souvenir sheet — semaphore
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1977.GRD.01-08- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 6th Caribbean Scout Jamboree
1977.GRD.01· piece 8 of 8 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Grenada (GRD)- Year / date
- 1977-09-06
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- $3
- Format
- Souvenir sheet
- 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€2.30 · Postbeeld · 2026-09-06
Production
- Designer
- Gordon Drummond
- Printer
- House of Questa
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14
- Size
- 107 x 85 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 977.32
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- GD 812
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- GD BL65
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- GD BF62
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- GD MS885
Notes
Sheet 107 × 85 mm. A single $3 stamp inscribed GRENADA, SEMAPHORE and SIXTH CARIBBEAN JAMBOREE, JAMAICA: one Scout stands with red-and-white semaphore flags, another sits on a log writing, with orange tents behind. The margin is lettered GRENADA and SIXTH CARIBBEAN JAMBOREE / KINGSTON, JAMAICA, August 5th-14th. 1977, with a Scout emblem, a Caribbean map, and seven silhouettes spelling WELCOME in semaphore.
Series history
Grenada issued seven commemoratives and a souvenir sheet on 6 September 1977 for the 6th Caribbean Scout Jamboree, held at Kingston, Jamaica, from 5 to 14 August 1977. Gordon Drummond designed the issue. The House of Questa printed it by offset lithography, comb perforated 14. Each stamp is landscape, 41 × 28 mm, inscribed GRENADA and SIXTH CARIBBEAN JAMBOREE, JAMAICA.
The ½ cent, lettered PIONEERING PROJECT, shows five Scouts on a log raft with orange pontoons. The 1 cent is a tug-of-war before camp tents. The 2 cent is a Sea Scouts regatta. The 18 cent, lettered CAMP-FIRE NIGHT, shows silhouettes before a fire. The 40 cent is a field kitchen of three Scouts at a brick hearth. The 1 dollar pairs Grenada Sea Scouts in sailor hats with Grenada Scouts in khaki. The 2 dollar, lettered HIKING & MAP READING, shows two Scouts with a map and two on a trail.
The souvenir sheet, 107 × 85 mm, holds a single 3 dollar stamp lettered SEMAPHORE: one Scout signals with red-and-white flags, another writes on a log. The margin gives the Kingston dates and spells WELCOME in semaphore.
