Camp fire — 4 c
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1957.CUB.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 50th Anniversary of Scouting and the Baden-Powell centenary
1957.CUB.01· piece 1 of 2 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Cuba (CUB)- Year / date
- 1957-02-22
- 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
- Green and red
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ✓ In collection
Production
- Printer
- Cía. P. Fernández
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Line 12½
- Printing
- Recess and embossing
- Size
- 32 x 27 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 957.2
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- CU 565
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- CU 518
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- CU 449
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- CU 803
Notes
Scouts around the camp fire. Domfil 957.2 «Junto al fuego / At the fire-side». Engraved and embossed, panes of 50, watermark star. Quantity 2,000,000 (SOSOW).
Series history
Cuba issued two commemoratives at Havana on 22 February 1957, Baden-Powell's birthday, for the fiftieth anniversary of Scouting and the centenary of his birth. Domfil catalogues the pair as 957.2/3.
The 4 centavos in green and red shows Scouts gathered around a camp fire (Domfil 957.2 «Junto al fuego / At the fire-side», Scott CU 565, Michel CU 518). The 12 centavos slate is an airmail value carrying a portrait of Baden-Powell (Domfil 957.3, Scott CU C152, Michel CU 519).
Cía. P. Fernández produced both, engraved and embossed — an unusual combination that gives the designs relief — in panes of 50, line perforation 12½, on watermarked star paper. SOSOW records 2,000,000 of the 4 centavos against only 500,000 of the airmail, which makes the Baden-Powell portrait the harder of the two. Further references are Yvert CU 449 and PA152, and Stanley Gibbons CU 803–804.