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Commemorative 62 Chinese Boy Scouts Participating in Tenth World Jamboree Commemorative Issue (1959)

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Stamp SN B062
Stamp Name Commemorative 62 Chinese Boy Scouts Participating in Tenth World Jamboree Commemorative Issue (1959)
Stamp Cat Standard Commemorative Stamps
Stamp Cat Activities
Issue date 1959-07-08
Suspersion date 1962-08-01
Dimension of stamps(mm.) 43 x 29.5
Size of souvenir Sheet (mm.)
Printer China Engraving & Printing Works, R.O.C.
Drawer
Designer Wen Hsueh-ju
Photographer
Engraver Pao Liang-yu
Creative Director
Sheet composition 10×10
Print color
Process Intaglio
Paper 80-lb woodfree printing
paper
Back Gumless
Perforation 11 1/2
    The 10th World Boy Scouts Jamboree was held in Manila, the Philippines during July 17-26, 1959. A group of 500 Chinese Boy Scouts participated in the Jamboree. In commemoration of the occasion, a set of commemorative postage stamps was issued with a boy scout bugling at dawn as the central design and camps in the field as the background.