Camp-fire
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1979.MSR.01-03- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 50th Anniversary of Scouting in Montserrat
1979.MSR.01· piece 3 of 5 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Montserrat (MSR)- Year / date
- 1979-04-02
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- $1.25
- 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€2.80 for 4 pieces · Postbeeld · 2026-09-06
Production
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14
- Panes
- 50
- Quantity printed
- 25,000
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 979.3
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- MS 399
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- MS 399
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- MS 400
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- MS 438
Notes
Three Scouts in khaki shirts, red neckerchiefs and green berets crouched at a camp-fire among trees. Crown and E II R at upper left; $1.25 at upper right; Scout fleur-de-lis and 50th Anniversary of Scouting above MONTSERRAT. Offset lithography, comb perforated 14.
Series history
Montserrat issued four commemoratives and a souvenir sheet on 2 April 1979 for the fiftieth anniversary of Scouting on the island. John Waddington Studios designed the issue; Walsall Security Printers printed it by offset lithography on paper watermarked Crown over Block CA in a diagonal multiple. The stamps are comb perforated 14, in panes of fifty as two panes of twenty-five with gutter pairs. The 40 cents shows four Cub Scouts crouched in a line on grass, in green shirts, brown shorts and green peaked caps. The 55 cents shows two Scouts in khaki with yellow neckerchiefs and green berets at a tripod-mounted signalling instrument, one writing and the other at the instrument. The $1.25, upright, shows three Scouts at a camp-fire in khaki shirts, red neckerchiefs and green berets. The $2, upright, shows five Scouts standing in a circle among trees. Each stamp carries Montserrat, the crown and royal cypher E II R, a Scout fleur-de-lis, and the inscription 50th Anniversary of Scouting. The souvenir sheet gathers the four values on a peach margin lettered Montserrat and 50th Anniversary of Scouting, with a fleur-de-lis in a rope circle and the year 1979; it is harrow perforated 14 and measures 120 × 110 mm. Printings were 30,000 of the 40 cents and of the 55 cents, 25,000 of the $1.25 and of the $2, and 15,000 souvenir sheets. Specimen overprints exist.