1954.BRA.011st International Patrol Camp, São Paulo
Brazil·1954
Commemorative for the Acampamento Internacional de Patrulhas, Interlagos, São Paulo, 27 July – 3 August 1954
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1954.BRA.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Brazil (BRA)
- Year
- 1954-08-02
- Event
- Commemorative for the Acampamento Internacional de Patrulhas, Interlagos, São Paulo, 27 July – 3 August 1954
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Orlando Maia
- Printer
- Casa da Moeda
- Process
- Rotogravure on granite paper
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 11½ × 11
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 954.16
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- BR 802
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- BR 843
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- BR 574
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- BR 905
History
Brazil issued a single 1.20 cruzeiro commemorative on 2 August 1954 for the Acampamento Internacional de Patrulhas — the International Patrol Camp held at Interlagos, São Paulo, from 27 July to 3 August 1954. Domfil catalogues it as 954.16 under «Jamboree internacional en São Paulo», motif «Explorador / Scout».
The camp was mounted as part of the celebrations for the fourth centenary of the founding of São Paulo, and was the first international Scouting event Brazil ever hosted. It followed the pattern of the patrol camp held at Gilwell Park in August 1951: small patrols camping and competing as units rather than the mass gathering of a jamboree. The stamp went on sale on 2 August, in the closing days of the camp itself.
Orlando Maia designed the stamp and the Casa da Moeda printed it in rotogravure on granite paper, in panes of 25, comb perforation 11½ × 11, in a run of 1,000,000. The violet-blue design shows a Scout in shorts and neckerchief raising a patrol pennant on its staff with one arm while waving his campaign hat with the other, a ridge tent to the left and a globe behind, over the legend ACAMPAMENTO INTERNACIONAL DE PATRULHAS 1954 - SÃO PAULO. Catalogue references are Scott BR 802, Michel BR 843, Yvert BR 574, Stanley Gibbons BR 905 and, in the Brazilian catalogue, C-342.