Boy at a youth camp — 60 fillér, perforated
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1950.HUN.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- International Child's Day
1950.HUN.01· piece 1 of 2 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Hungary (HUN)- Year / date
- 1950-06-04
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 60 f
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Red-brown / yellow-brown
- 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.
- Comb 12 × 12½
- Printing
- Photogravure
- Size
- 44 x 33 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 950.36
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- HU 899
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- HU 1104
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- HU 956
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- HU 1117a
Notes
Boy in a peaked side cap beside ridge tents, a flagpole and a line of children. Comb 12 × 12½. Watermark multiple five-pointed stars. Domfil 950.36.
Series history
On 4 June 1950 Hungary issued a five-value commemorative set for International Child's Day, designed by Nagy Zoltán and printed in photogravure at the State Printing Works in Budapest. The 60 fillér shows a smiling boy in a peaked side cap beside a row of ridge tents, a flagpole and a line of children, with MAGYAR POSTA and the face value along the foot. Comb 12 × 12½, 44 × 33 mm, on paper watermarked with multiple five-pointed stars. About 4,401,000 copies of the 60 fillér were printed.
The 60 fillér first carried a different slogan along the top band; that wording was withdrawn and the issued stamp is inscribed SZABAD HAZÁBAN BOLDOG IFJÚSÁG — happy youth in a free homeland. The same design exists imperforate.