Saluting Scout — 4 c, perforated
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1948.PHL.01-02- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 25th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines — Silver Jubilee
1948.PHL.01· piece 2 of 4 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Philippines (PHL)- Year / date
- 1948-10-30
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 4 c
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Brown and pink
- 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.
- linha11½
- Printing
- Typography
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 948.12
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- PH 529a
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- PH 491A
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- PH 352A
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- PH 666A
Notes
Line 11½. Silver Jubilee of Boy Scouts of the Philippines. Domfil 948.12. Print run 1,000,000 (SOSOW).
Series history
On 31 October 1948 (Manila and other post offices) the Philippines issued a two-value commemorative set for the 25th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines — the Silver Jubilee of national Scouting. Domfil catalogues the set as 948.11–948.12 under «25th Anniversary of the Scouts», motif «Saluting».
Both values share a saluting Scout design by Lileo Velasco, printed by typography at the Bureau of Printing: 2 centavos brown and green (Scott 528 / Michel 490 / Domfil 948.11) and 4 centavos brown and pink (Scott 529 / Michel 491 / Domfil 948.12). Line perforation 11½; SOSOW records print runs of 1,500,000 (2c) and 1,000,000 (4c), and notes that about 500,000 sets were also released imperforate.
This catalogue lists four pieces: the two face values perforated first (ordered by rising face value), then the same two values imperforate. All four are pure Scouts-on-Stamps material — a national Scout jubilee issue rather than a general charity set with one Scout vignette.
ATA 1964 gives quantities for the Silver Jubilee of the Philippines Boy Scouts: about 1½ million of the 2 c (green and brown), 1 million of the 4 c (brown and pink), and about half a million of each imperforate (Scott 528a–529a).