1957.TWN.0150th Anniversary of World Scouting — Boy Scouts of China
Taiwan·1957
Commemorative set 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.TWN.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Taiwan (TWN)
- Year
- 1957-08-11
- Event
- Commemorative set 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
- Liang Li-yu
- Printer
- China Engraving & Printing Works
- Process
- Engraving (recess)
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Line 12
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 957.9; 957.10; 957.11
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- TW 1165; TW 1166; TW 1167
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- TW 264; TW 265; TW 266
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- TW 231; TW 232; TW 233
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- TW 256; TW 257; TW 258
History
Taiwan issued three commemoratives on 11 August 1957 for the fiftieth anniversary of world Scouting and the centenary of Baden-Powell's birth. Domfil lists them under Formosa as 957.9/11.
All three share one design: the emblem of the Boy Scouts of China, a fleur-de-lis bearing the national sun above a scroll reading 智仁勇 — wisdom, benevolence, courage — set against a ground of small repeated fleur-de-lis each marked BP 1857 1957, with Chinese text down the left. Liang Li-yu designed it and Pao Liang-yu engraved it for the China Engraving & Printing Works, in panes of 100, line perforation 12. The values are 40 cents violet, 1 dollar green and 1.60 dollars blue.
Two production details set this issue apart. The stamps were issued ungummed, as much of Taiwan's output of the period was, and specimen overprints exist — the three values with 樣張 struck in red down the right margin are shown below. SOSOW records 2,000,000 of the 40 cents against 500,000 of each dollar value.
Catalogue references are Scott TW 1165–1167, Michel TW 264–266, Yvert TW 231–233 and Stanley Gibbons TW 256–258.
Notes
- Specimen set of three realized $475 at Cherrystone Auctions, 17–18 July 2018, lot 186 (catalogued there as China 1950; Scott 1165–67S). https://www.cherrystoneauctions.com/_auction/results.asp?auction=201807&country=CHINA
