1968.PRY.01Centenary of the National Epic
Paraguay·1968
Centenary of the National Epic of 1864–1870
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1968.PRY.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Paraguay (PRY)
- Year
- 1968-06-03
- Event
- Centenary of the National Epic of 1864–1870
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Printer
- De La Rue de Colombia
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 13¾ × 14¼
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 968.32
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- PY 1093
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- PY 1829
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- PY 940
History
Paraguay issued a 0.30 guaraní stamp on 3 June 1968 as part of a nine-value set inscribed CENTENARIO DE LA EPOPEYA NACIONAL DE 1864–1870. The horizontal design reproduces two earlier Paraguayan stamps side by side: on the left, the brown 0.10 g homage to Boy Scouts showing a scout sounding a bugle beside tents; on the right, a green 0.50 g stamp of the Discobolus with the Olympic rings for Helsinki 1952. The frame reads CORREO DEL PARAGUAY with face value G/. 0.30.
Only this 0.30 g value of the set carries a scouting subject, through the stamp-on-stamp reproduction of the bugler design. De La Rue de Colombia printed the stamp by offset lithography; size about 50 × 40 mm; comb perforation 13¾ × 14¼. Specimen copies overprinted MUESTRA are also recorded. The postal status of the issue is disputed in the specialist literature.