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1973.CYP.0160th Anniversary of Scouting in Cyprus
Cyprus·1973
60th Anniversary of Scouting in Cyprus
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Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1973.CYP.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Cyprus (CYP)
- Year
- 1973-09-24
- Event
- 60th Anniversary of Scouting in Cyprus
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Printer
- Aspioti-Elka Graphic Arts
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13½ × 14
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 973.10
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- CY 404
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- CY 396
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- CY 388
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- CY 411
History
Cyprus issued a 10 mil commemorative on 24 September 1973 for the 60th anniversary of Scouting in Cyprus (1913–1973). Aspioti-Elka Graphic Arts printed it by offset lithography, comb perforated 13½ × 14, about 25 × 38 mm, in panes of 100. The print run was 787,378. Sources give no designer.
A gold-brown Scout fleur-de-lis carries a star and olive branch in each side petal, above a scroll lettered ΕΣΟ ΕΤΟΙΜΟΣ. The stamp is dated 1913 / 1973 and inscribed CYPRUS, KIBRIS, ΚΥΠΡΟΣ and 10 M.