✓ In collectionPostalStamp1,50 öS - Áustria - Schilling
50 years of Scouting in Austria
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1962.AUT.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 50th Anniversary of Austrian Scouting
1962.AUT.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Austria (AUT)- Year / date
- 1962-10-05
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 1,50 öS - Áustria - Schilling
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Black Green
- 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.
- Comb14½ x 13¾
- Printing
- Recess
- Size
- 30 x 39 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 962.20
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- AT 684
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- AT 1122
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- AT 960
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- AT 1388
Notes
Scouting lily & handshake
Series history
Austria issued a 1.50-schilling stamp in Vienna on 5 October 1962 for the fiftieth anniversary of Austrian Scouting. Adalbert Pilch's engraved design shows a white fleur-de-lis above a left-handed scout handshake, under the heading 50 Jahre Pfadfinderbewegung in Österreich with the anniversary years 1912–1962.
Three million copies were printed in panes of 50. Engraver Georg Wimmer; State Printing Works; line engraving; perforated 14½ × 13¾. Black proof impressions and an imperforate printing are also recorded.