Outrigger canoe
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1977.TUV.01-02- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 50th Anniversary of Scouting
1977.TUV.01· piece 2 of 4 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Tuvalu (TUV)- Year / date
- 1977-08-14
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 20 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€2.60 for 4 pieces · Postbeeld · 2026-09-06
Production
- Designer
- Ian Oliver
- Printer
- Format International Security Printers Ltd.
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14
- Panes
- 25
- Quantity printed
- 35,341
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 977.10
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- TV 51
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- TV 51
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- TV 52
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- TV 74
Notes
Inscribed Tuvalu, Scouting and 20c, with the royal cypher E II R. A yellow Scout fleur-de-lis with two stars sits in a green disc at left. Two Scouts paddle an outrigger canoe on green water, with a palm shoreline behind them.
Series history
Tuvalu issued four commemoratives at Funafuti on 14 August 1977 for the fiftieth anniversary of Scouting. Each stamp is landscape, inscribed Tuvalu and Scouting, with the royal cypher E II R at upper right and a yellow Scout fleur-de-lis with two stars in a green disc at left. Ian Oliver designed the set. Format International Security Printers printed it by offset lithography, comb perforated 14, in panes of 25. The stamps were withdrawn from sale on 11 September 1977. Specimen overprints exist. Tuvalu had been the Ellice Islands of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands.
Printings were 35,146 of the 5 cent, 35,341 of the 20 cent, 35,154 of the 30 cent and 35,242 of the 35 cent.
The 5 cent shows four Scouts among palms by the sea; one holds a green flag with a yellow emblem. The 20 cent shows two Scouts paddling an outrigger canoe. The 30 cent shows three Scouts sitting under a palm-frond shelter on the beach. The 35 cent is a portrait of Baden-Powell in khaki and a campaign hat, arms crossed.