✓ In collectionPostalStamp5 c
Scout with pennant 1913–1963
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1963.CHE.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 50th Anniversary of Swiss Scouting
1963.CHE.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Switzerland (CHE)- Year / date
- 1963-03-21
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 5 c
- 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
- Designer
- Eric Poncy
- Printer
- Helio Courvoisier
- Process
- Photogravure
- Paper
- Granite paper
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 11½
- Size
- 37 × 26 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 963.5
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- CH 422
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- CH 768
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- CH 705
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- CH 670
Notes
Scout with campaign hat and red anniversary pennant; trilingual scout legends
Series history
Switzerland released its annual publicity series at Bern on 21 March 1963. One of the six values — the 5 centimes — marks the fiftieth anniversary of Swiss Boy Scouting (1913–1963). Eric Poncy designed a Scout in campaign hat holding a red pennant inscribed with those years; the trilingual legends Pfadfinder / Éclaireurs / Esploratori appear above Helvetia. Helio Courvoisier printed the stamp by photogravure on granite paper in panes of 25 with a border inscription; about 11.9 million were issued. Perforation is given as about 11½–11¾.