Scout salute
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1978.BGD.01-03- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 1st National Scout Jamboree
1978.BGD.01· piece 3 of 3 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Bangladesh (BGD)- Year / date
- 1978-01-22
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 5 ৳
- 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€3.00 for 3 pieces · Postbeeld · 2026-09-06
Production
- Designer
- Art & Beauty, Dacca
- Printer
- Harrison & Sons Ltd.
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13
- Quantity printed
- 150,000
- Size
- 33 x 45 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 978.3
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- BD 138
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- BD 102
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- BD 109
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- BD 109
Notes
Upright. Inscribed FIRST NATIONAL SCOUT JAMBOREE 22nd JANUARY 1978, BANGLADESH and ৳ 5, with the same in Bengali. A three-finger Scout salute and a fleur-de-lis on a green panel. Offset lithography, comb 13, 33 × 45 mm.
Series history
Bangladesh issued three commemoratives on 22 January 1978 for the first national Scout jamboree. Each stamp is lettered FIRST NATIONAL SCOUT JAMBOREE 22nd JANUARY 1978, with BANGLADESH and the same wording in Bengali.
Harrison & Sons printed the set by offset lithography, comb perforated 13, in panes of 50, 150,000 of each value. The designer is not settled.
The 40 poisha, upright, 33 × 45 mm, shows a white ridge tent over a camp-fire and a Scout fleur-de-lis. The 3.50 taka, landscape, 45 × 33 mm, shows Scouts carrying a stretcher beside a circular Scout emblem. The 5 taka, upright, 33 × 45 mm, shows a three-finger Scout salute and a fleur-de-lis.