1957.LUX.0150th Anniversary of Scouting
Luxembourg·1957
Commemorative pair for the fiftieth anniversary of world Scouting and the centenary of Baden-Powell's birth, 1957
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1957.LUX.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Luxembourg (LUX)
- Year
- 1957-06-17
- Event
- Commemorative pair for the fiftieth anniversary of world Scouting and the centenary of Baden-Powell's birth, 1957
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Sam Hartz
- Printer
- Joh. Enschedé en Zonen
- Process
- Engraving (recess)
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 11¾ × 11¼
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 957.1; 957.2
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- LU 324; LU 325
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- LU 567; LU 568
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- LU 526; LU 527
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- LU 621; LU 622
History
Luxembourg issued two commemoratives on 17 June 1957 for the fiftieth anniversary of world Scouting and the centenary of Baden-Powell's birth. Domfil catalogues the pair as 957.1/2.
Both carry the same portrait: Baden-Powell in Scout hat, half-length in a laurel-footed medallion, printed in red-brown against a frame of solid colour — olive-green on the 2 francs, violet on the 2.50. The legend 1857 FONDATEUR DU SCOUTISME 1957 curves around the medallion and BADEN-POWELL runs beneath it, with LUXEMBOURG across the foot. The two values differ in the badges flanking the face value: the Scout emblems on the 2 francs, and on the 2.50 the cross-and-trefoil of the Lëtzebuerger Guiden a Scouten beside the world Guide trefoil.
Sam Hartz designed the pair and Joh. Enschedé en Zonen engraved it in panes of 25 — the same Haarlem house that produced the Netherlands Antilles centenary set four months earlier. SOSOW records 1,000,000 of the 2 francs against 415,000 of the 2.50, which makes the Guide value the harder of the two.
Further references are Michel LU 567–568, Yvert LU 526–527, Stanley Gibbons LU 621–622 and Unificato 526/527.