Woman, officer and Scout saluting
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1981.ZAR.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Ready to Serve
1981.ZAR.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Zaire (ZAR)- Year / date
- 1981-04-27
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 20 k
- 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.
- ○ Wanted
Production
- Designer
- Norman Rockwell
- Printer
- Format International Security Printers
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13½
- Panes
- 20
- Quantity printed
- 265,000
- Size
- 39 × 51 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 981.2
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- CD 1006
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- CD 709
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- CD 1030
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- CD 1054
Notes
A woman in a pale dress and hat holds a closed parasol; an officer in a dark uniform raises his hat; a Scout in khaki, campaign hat and neckerchief gives the Scout salute. The three figures stand against a plain blue ground and look upward. Lettered NORMAN ROCKWELL at upper right, RÉPUBLIQUE DU ZAÏRE at lower left and 20k at lower right.
Series history
Zaire issued a 20 makuta commemorative at Kinshasa on 27 April 1981, the Scout value of an eight-stamp set reproducing paintings by Norman Rockwell. The stamp is lettered RÉPUBLIQUE DU ZAÏRE, NORMAN ROCKWELL and 20k. It shows a woman in a pale dress holding a closed parasol, an officer in a dark uniform raising his hat, and a Scout in khaki giving the Scout salute; the three figures look upward. The painting is Ready to Serve, the cover of The Saturday Evening Post for 12 May 1917.
Format International Security Printers printed 265,000 copies by offset lithography, comb perforated 13½, 39 × 51 mm, in panes of 20. The set was also issued imperforate.