Scout design — 10 lei, perforated
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1938.ROU.01-09- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 8th Anniversary of King Carol II — Straja Țării
1938.ROU.01· piece 9 of 11 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Romania (ROU)- Year / date
- 1938-06-08
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 10 lei
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Charity issue
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ✓ In collection
Production
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 13½
- Printing
- Photogravure
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 938.15
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- RO B91
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- RO 561
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- RO 544
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- RO 1382
Notes
Perforated 13½. Semi-postal for the 8th anniversary of Carol II; surtax for Straja Țării. Domfil 938.15.
Series history
On 8 June 1938 (SOSOW lists 5 June) Romania issued a long semi-postal set for the eighth anniversary of King Carol II’s return to the throne (8 June 1930). Domfil catalogues the eleven values as 938.7–938.17 (Scott B83–B93 / Michel 553–563), all under the design heading «The Scouts» / Escultismo.
The surtax financed Straja Țării («Watch of the Country»), Carol II’s compulsory state youth movement. From 1937 the regime had already forced free Scout associations into that structure; by 1938 Romanian Scouting no longer existed as an independent member of the world Scout movement. The stamps therefore sit at the end of the classic Romanian Scout semi-postal sequence (1931 exhibition, 1932–36 jamborees, 1935 Carol anniversary): they still show Scout-style youth and royal patronage, but the beneficiary is the state youth corps that replaced autonomous Scouting.
Face values climb from 25 + 25 and 50 + 50 bani through dual-currency lei values (1+1, 2+2, then 3+2, 4+2, 6+2) to high single values 7.50, 10, 16 and 20 lei. Printing is photogravure, perforation 13½. Besides the perforated issue, an imperforate set of the same designs exists.