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

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 民國51年08月01日
Dimension of stamps(mm.)
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

Description



    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.