King as Scout Leader and camp-fire
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1977.THA.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 9th National Scout Jamboree
1977.THA.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Thailand (THA)- Year / date
- 1977-11-21
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 75 st
- 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
- Prance Nimsamur
- Printer
- Joh. Enschedé
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 11 × 13
- Size
- 48 x 30 mm
Catalog numbers
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- TH 832
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- TH 855
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- TH 830
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- TH 941
Notes
Landscape. Inscribed 9th NATIONAL JAMBOREE, 1977, THAILAND, ประเทศไทย / THAILAND and 75 สต. ST. POSTAGE. At left, King Bhumibol Adulyadej in a tan Scout Leader uniform, glasses and pink neckerchief, before the Thai flag and a yellow map of Thailand; Thai lettering below the portrait. At right, five Scouts sit around a night camp-fire before A-frame tents; a tiger-head Scout fleur-de-lis at upper right and an axe in a log in the foreground. Photogravure, comb 11 × 13, 48 × 30 mm.
Series history
Thailand issued a single commemorative on 21 November 1977 for the 9th National Scout Jamboree. The stamp is landscape, 48 × 30 mm, inscribed 9th NATIONAL JAMBOREE, 1977, THAILAND, with ประเทศไทย and THAILAND at the foot and 75 สต. ST. POSTAGE at the lower right.
Prance Nimsamur designed the stamp. Joh. Enschedé printed it by photogravure, comb perforated 11 × 13, in panes of 50, on paper watermarked with a multiple JEZ, upright. The quantity is 2,000,000.
At left, King Bhumibol Adulyadej appears in a tan Scout Leader uniform, glasses and a pink neckerchief, before the Thai flag and a yellow map of Thailand; Thai lettering sits under the portrait. At right, five Scouts sit around a night camp-fire in front of A-frame tents. A white tiger-head Scout fleur-de-lis is at the upper right; an axe is set in a log in the foreground.