Scouts reading a map
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1978.BTN.01-02- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Inland-mail surcharges
1978.BTN.01· piece 2 of 2 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Bhutan (BTN)- Year / date
- 1978-10-02
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 25 ch on 6 Nu
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Definitive
- Colors
- Multicolour
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ◔ Purchased€7.50 · Postbeeld · 2026-09-06
Production
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13½
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 978.3
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- BT 253
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- BT 690
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- BT 522C
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- BT 391
Notes
Diamond. Black bars and 25 chetrum surcharge on the 6 ngultrum map-reading stamp inscribed 60th ANNIVERSARY — 1972. Two Scouts in purple and yellow ghos kneel over a map; yellow tent and a third figure behind; grey fleur-de-lis at the top. Offset lithography, comb 13½.
Series history
Bhutan released two 25-chetrum surcharges in October 1978 as part of a revaluation of twenty-six stamps for inland mail. A black overprint of bars and a new value was applied to older diamond stamps.
The 25 chetrum on 5 ngultrum is the 1967 Girl Guide picking fruit: a girl in a blue jacket and patterned kira, orange neckerchief, reaching for red fruit, with a white trefoil at right. The stamp is lettered BHUTAN along the lower right. Harrison & Sons had printed the underlying stamp by photogravure, line perforated 13½.
The 25 chetrum on 6 ngultrum is the map-reading design from the 60th-anniversary issue inscribed 60th ANNIVERSARY — 1972: two Scouts in purple and yellow ghos kneel over a map, a yellow tent and a third figure behind, a grey fleur-de-lis at the top. Heraclio Fournier had lithographed the underlying stamp, comb perforated 13½.
The surcharge printer is not established.