1948.EST.01Kempten camp post — 35th anniversary of Estonian Scouts
Estonia·1948
Camp post at the Estonian DP camp, Kempten, for the 35th anniversary of Estonian Scouting, 16 October 1948
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1948.EST.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Estonia (EST)
- Year
- 1948-10-16
- Event
- Camp post at the Estonian DP camp, Kempten, for the 35th anniversary of Estonian Scouting, 16 October 1948
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Cinderella
Production
- Designer
- E. Koch
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 11
History
On 16 October 1948 the Estonian displaced-persons camp at Kempten in the Allgäu, Bavaria, issued two CAMP POST values and a souvenir sheet, with a surtax for the Estonian Scouts Office, to mark thirty-five years of Estonian Scouting — the stamps are inscribed 1913 and 1948. E. Koch designed them. They were printed on white gummed paper, perforation 11, in sheets of eight: four of the 6 + 14 and four of the 12 + 18, se-tenant, the map stamps turned relative to the fleur-de-lis values.
The 6 + 14 shows a gold fleur-de-lis rising from a campfire against black, with ESTONIAN BOY-SCOUTS and CAMP POST in blue. The 12 + 18 shows a blue map of Estonia with a fleur-de-lis bearing the three lions and a KEMPTEN tablet. The imperforate souvenir sheet of three is headed 35 YEARS OF ESTONIAN BOY-SCOUTS under a fleur-de-lis with the motto OLE VALMIS, and repeats two map stamps above one fleur-de-lis stamp.
Notes
- $500 as a lot (1948 perforated pane of eight, 1948 imperforate souvenir sheet of three, and 1962 gutter sheetlet of eight), Cherrystone Auctions, 17–18 July 2018, lot 293. https://www.cherrystoneauctions.com/_auction/results.asp?auction=201807&country=ESTONIA+Displaced+Persons+Camps+Issues+-+DP+Camp+-+KEMPTEN