Boy Scouts at the campfire
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1962.COL.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 30th Anniversary of Colombian Boy Scouts and 25th of Girl Scouts
1962.COL.01· piece 1 of 5 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Colombia (COL)- Year / date
- 1962-07-26
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 10 c - Colombia - Centavo
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Multicoloured
- 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.
- 11½ × 12
- Printing
- Photogravure
- Size
- 30 x 40 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 962.17
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- CO 746
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- CO 1024
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- CO 605
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- CO 1121
Notes
The Girl Guides Association of Colombia(AGSC), founded in 1936, member of the World Association of Girl Scouts, are inspired by Olave Saint Clair Soames, the wife of Baden-Powell. While Scouting in Colombia became coeducational especially since the decade of the 80 of the twentieth century, the AGSC continues to be an exclusive scouting option for girls and young people with training programs and dignifying women.
Series history
Colombia issued five values at Bogotá on 26 July 1962 for the thirtieth anniversary of the Scouts of Colombia (1931–1961) and the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Girl Scouts of Colombia (1936–1961). Two designs by Mosdóssy share the set: boy scouts around a campfire by tents, used on the 10 centavo ordinary postage stamp (inscribed Correos), the 15 centavo airmail and the 1 peso Extra-rápido; and a group of Girl Scouts with the Guide trefoil, used on the 40 centavo and 1 peso airmails.
Print runs are given as 1,000,000 of the 10 c, 40 c and 1 peso airmail; 500,000 of the 15 c; and 100,000 of the 1 peso Extra-rápido. Austrian State Printers; photogravure; perforated 11½ × 12.