1957.DOM.01Baden-Powell centenary — Olympic overprints (5¢)
Dominican Republic·1957
Overprints with the Baden-Powell centenary emblem and a 5 centavo surtax on the 1956 Olympic winners issue, Ciudad Trujillo, 1957
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1957.DOM.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Dominican Republic (DOM)
- Year
- 1957-09-09
- Event
- Overprints with the Baden-Powell centenary emblem and a 5 centavo surtax on the 1956 Olympic winners issue, Ciudad Trujillo, 1957
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Charity airmail · Charity issue
Production
- Process
- Photogravure, overprint engraved in red-orange
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Line 14
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 957.38; 957.39; 957.40; 957.41; 957.42; 957.43; 957.44; 957.45; 957.46; 957.47
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- DO CB4A; DO CB5A; DO CB6A
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- DO 601; DO 602; DO 603; DO 604; DO 605; DO 606; DO 607; DO 608; DO BL9A; DO BL9B; DO BL10A; DO BL10B
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- DO BF8; DO BF8ND; DO BF8A; DO BF8AND
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- DO MS707; DO MS708
History
The Dominican Republic marked the centenary of Baden-Powell's birth on 9 September 1957 by overprinting its set for the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. Each of the eight diamond-shaped stamps shows a gold medallist beside the flag of their country, and each received a red-orange overprint carrying the centenary emblem and a 5 centavo surtax. Domfil catalogues the eight as 957.38/45.
The athletes run, in rising face value: Lars Hall of Sweden, Betty Cuthbert of Australia, Egil Danielsen of Norway, Alain Mimoun of France, Norman Read of New Zealand, Robert Morrow of the United States, Chris Brasher of Great Britain and Adhemar Ferreira da Silva of Brazil. The last three are airmail values. Four souvenir sheets follow the stamps here. Domfil treats them as issues of their own, 957.46 for the sheet with the Olympic flag at its centre and 957.47 for the one with the Melbourne 1956 gold medal, each listed perforated and imperforate; Michel calls them blocks 9A, 9B, 10A and 10B. The stamps within the sheets carry the 5 centavo surcharge, which is what places all four with this series rather than with the 2 centavo one.
A caution on sources: the same Olympic base stamps were overprinted twice for the centenary, with different surtaxes. This series is the 5 centavo one, Michel 601–608, which Colnect and Domfil both record. A parallel overprint with a 2 centavo surtax, Michel 593–600, was issued the same day; Scott separates the two by adding a letter to the numbers of this set. SOSOW's page for the Dominican Republic describes that other issue, which is why the link is recorded there and not here.
Twelve pieces in all, ordered by ascending face value with the souvenir sheets last, and all in the collection.
Stamps in this series
12 piecesLars Hall, Sweden — 1 + 5 c
Betty Cuthbert, Australia — 2 + 5 c
Egil Danielsen, Norway — 3 + 5 c
Alain Mimoun, France — 5 + 5 c
Norman Read, New Zealand — 7 + 5 c
Robert Morrow, United States — 11 + 5 c
Chris Brasher, Great Britain — 16 + 5 c
Adhemar Ferreira da Silva, Brazil — 17 + 5 c
Souvenir sheet, Olympic flag — perforated
Souvenir sheet, Olympic flag — imperforate
Souvenir sheet, Melbourne 1956 gold medal — perforated
