✓ In collectionPostalStamp4.50 k
Scout emblem
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1964.ISL.01-02- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Scouting in Iceland
1964.ISL.01· piece 2 of 2 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Iceland (ISL)- Year / date
- 1964-04-24
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 4.50 k
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Multicoloured (pale 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.
- 11½ (also given as Comb 11¾)
- Printing
- Photogravure
- Size
- 26 x 36 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 964.3
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- IS 361
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- IS 379
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- IS 334
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- IS 410
Notes
Scout fleur-de-lis on a gear-like form with yellow three-rayed sun; motto VERTU VIÐBÚINN; pale green ground
Series history
Iceland issued two photogravure commemoratives at Reykjavík on 24 April 1964 honouring Icelandic Scouting. Árni Sveinbjörnsson designed a common type: the Icelandic Scout motto VERTU VIÐBÚINN above a stylized Scout emblem — a fleur-de-lis set against a gear-like form with a yellow three-rayed sun and a central banner reading ÍSLAND. The 3.50 krónur stamp is on a light-blue ground; the 4.50 krónur on a pale green ground. Helio Courvoisier printed the set in panes of fifty. Each value had a print run of 1,500,000. Perforation is given as about 11½–11¾.