Portraits and map
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1977.PHL.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 6th National Boy Scout Jamboree
1977.PHL.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Philippines (PHL)- Year / date
- 1977-12-28
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 30 s
- 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
- Antonio Chuidian
- Printer
- APO Production Unit, NEDA
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 12½
- Quantity printed
- 1,000,000
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 977.30
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- PH 1341
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- PH 1212
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- PH 1058
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- PH 1449
Notes
Landscape. Two gold medallions on a green woven ground. Inscribed Pilipinas, 30s, KAPATIRANG SCOUT NG PILIPINAS, 1977 NATIONAL JAMBOREE • ISABELA-CEBU-DAVAO, and DECEMBER 28, 1977 — JANUARY 5, 1978. Left medallion: a woman in a headscarf and a Scout; right medallion: map marked Isabela, Cebu and Davao, with a fleur-de-lis. Offset lithography, comb 12½.
Series history
The Philippines issued a single 30-sentimo commemorative at Manila on 28 December 1977 for the sixth national Boy Scout jamboree. The stamp is landscape, inscribed Pilipinas and 30s, with two gold medallions on a green woven ground.
Antonio Chuidian designed it. The APO Production Unit of NEDA printed it by offset lithography, comb perforated 12½, in panes of 50, in a printing of 1,000,000.
The left medallion shows a woman in a headscarf and a Scout in uniform, lettered KAPATIRANG SCOUT NG PILIPINAS and 1977. The right medallion shows a map of the Philippines marked Isabela, Cebu and Davao, with a Scout fleur-de-lis, lettered 1977 NATIONAL JAMBOREE and DEC. 28, 1977 – JAN. 5, 1978. Below the medallions the stamp repeats KAPATIRANG SCOUT NG PILIPINAS, 1977 NATIONAL JAMBOREE • ISABELA-CEBU-DAVAO, and DECEMBER 28, 1977 — JANUARY 5, 1978.