A Good Scout
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1979.LBR.01-58- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 50th Anniversary of Scouting in Liberia
1979.LBR.01· piece 58 of 100 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Liberia (LBR)- Year / date
- 1979-09-01
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 5 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.
- ✓ In collection
Production
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Imperforate
- Panes
- 50
- Size
- 39 x 52 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 979.32
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- LR 853h
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- LR 1116
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- LR 813
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- LR 1390
Notes
A Scout kneels on a wooden floor bandaging a puppy on a red cushion; a larger dog watches. A bowl, pan and scissors lie beside him. Painted 1925. Offset lithography, imperforate; 39 × 52 mm. Inscribed LIBERIA and the face value.
Series history
Liberia issued fifty commemoratives at Monrovia on 1 September 1979 for the fiftieth anniversary of Scouting in the country. The designs reproduce Boy Scouts of America calendar paintings by Norman Rockwell, dated from 1925 to 1976. Format International Security Printers printed the set by offset lithography, without watermark, 39 × 52 mm, in panes of fifty. The stamps are comb perforated; published gauges differ between 11 and 11½. Each stamp is inscribed LIBERIA and the face value in the lower margin, with the artist's name in the picture. Ten designs were issued at each of 5 c, 10 c, 15 c, 25 c and 35 c. The same designs also exist imperforate.