Pioneer girls singing
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1965.BGR.01-05- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 20th Anniversary of the Dimitrov Pioneer Organization «Septemvriyche»
1965.BGR.01· piece 5 of 6 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Bulgaria (BGR)- Year / date
- 1965-10-24
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 8 st
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Grey-brown and red-orange
- 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
- Zdravka Taseva
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Line 10½
- Quantity printed
- 150,000
- Printing
- Offset lithography
- Size
- 30 × 40 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 965.75
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- BG 1454
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- BG 1581
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- BG 1374
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- BG 1570
Notes
Two Pioneer girls in folk-style costume sing; one wears a headscarf, the other braids with a flower. Inscribed ДИМИТРОВСКА ПИОНЕРСКА, ОРГАНИЗАЦИЯ „СЕПТЕМВРИЙЧЕ“ and N R BULGARIA; face value 8 ст. Print run 150,000.
Series history
On 24 October 1965 Bulgaria issued six commemorative stamps for the twentieth anniversary of the Dimitrov Pioneer Organization «Septemvriyche». Every value carries the inscriptions ДИМИТРОВСКА ПИОНЕРСКА and ОРГАНИЗАЦИЯ „СЕПТЕМВРИЙЧЕ“, with НР БЪЛГАРИЯ on the lower values and N R BULGARIA on the 8 and 13 stotinki. Zdravka Taseva designed the set; it was printed by offset lithography, line perforated 10½, principally in the format 30 × 40 mm (the 13 stotinki is recorded as 30 × 41 mm).
The 1 stotinka shows three Pioneer children in neckerchiefs, one waving. The 2 stotinki shows an older Pioneer girl adjusting a younger girl's neckerchief — the admission into the organisation. The 3 stotinki shows a Pioneer boy sounding a bugle against pines and hills. The 5 stotinki shows a Pioneer boy with a model glider. The 8 stotinki shows two Pioneer girls singing. The 13 stotinki shows a boy running in sports kit. Print runs step down from 1,550,000 for the 1 stotinka to 150,000 for the 8 and 13 stotinki.