✓ In collectionPostalStamp60 k - Turkey - Kuruş
Scouts on the march
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1962.TUR.01-02- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 50th Anniversary of Turkish Scouting
1962.TUR.01· piece 2 of 3 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Turkey (TUR)- Year / date
- 1962-07-22
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 60 k - Turkey - Kuruş
- 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.
- 13½
- Printing
- Offset
- Size
- 36 x 26 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 962.9
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- TR 1548
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- TR 1838
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- TR 1622
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- TR 1978
Series history
Turkey marked the fiftieth anniversary of Turkish Scouting with three values issued at Istanbul on 22 July 1962. The stamps carry the red Turkish scout emblem — a fleur-de-lis with crescent and star — and the anniversary years 1912–1962. Designs show two scouts by a tent and campfire (30 kuruş), two scouts on the march with a patrol flag (60 kuruş), and a boy and girl scout giving the salute (105 kuruş).
Each value was printed in 700,000 copies, in sheets of 100. Designer Alaeddin Kiral; Klişecilik ve Matbaacılık A.Ş., Istanbul; lithography; perforated 13½. An imperforate printing of the 105 kuruş is also recorded.