1962.RUS.0140th Anniversary of the Leninist Pioneers
Russia·1962
40th anniversary of the Leninist Young Pioneer organisation
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1962.RUS.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Russia (RUS)
- Year
- 1962-05-19
- Event
- 40th anniversary of the Leninist Young Pioneer organisation
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Yury Ryakhovsky
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 12½ × 12
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 962.30/34
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- SU 2596/2600
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- SU 2600/2604
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- SU 2520/2524
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- SU 2689/2693
History
The Soviet Union issued five offset-lithography commemoratives on 19 May 1962 for the fortieth anniversary of the Leninist Young Pioneer organisation. Yury Ryakhovsky designed the set; three million of each value were printed in sheets of twenty-five on toned paper without watermark, perforated comb 12½ × 12.
The 2 kopek shows Pioneers taking the oath before Lenin writing at a desk and a red banner. The 3 kopek portraits the Pioneer heroes Lenya Golikov (1926–1943) and Valya Kotik (1930–1944). Two 4 kopek designs follow: Pioneers finishing a model rocket labelled «ПИОНЕР», and a hygiene inspection with a girl wearing a Red Cross armband examining a younger child's hands. The 6 kopek gathers Pioneers of different peoples around a globe, one of them sounding a bugle.
Stamps in this series
5 piecesLenin and Pioneers taking the oath
Pioneer heroes Golikov and Kotik
Pioneers making model rockets
Hygiene inspection