First Scout troop photograph
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1968.CRI.01-05- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 50th Anniversary of Scouting in Costa Rica
1968.CRI.01· piece 5 of 5 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Costa Rica (CRI)- Year / date
- 1968-03-15
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 0.65 ₡
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Air Post
- 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
- T. G. Todorov
- Printer
- Helio Courvoisier
- Process
- Offset lithography and recess
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13½ × 13
- Panes
- 100
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 968.5
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- CR C479
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- CR 747
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- CR PA471
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- CR 803
Notes
Sepia photograph of an early Costa Rican Scout group under the Bodas de Oro banner, 1916–1966.
Series history
Costa Rica issued five airmail commemoratives at San José on 15 March 1968 for the golden jubilee of the Scout Movement in the country (1916–1966). T. G. Todorov designed the set; Helio Courvoisier printed it by combined offset lithography and recess engraving in panes of one hundred. The three lower values are upright formats perforated 13 × 13½; the two higher values are horizontal, perforated 13½ × 13. Quantities were 1,500,000 of the 0.15 ₡, 250,000 of the 0.25 ₡, 2,000,000 of the 0.35 ₡, 1,000,000 of the 0.50 ₡ and 100,000 of the 0.65 ₡. The designs show a Scout directing traffic, Scouts at a campfire under a palm, the Scout emblem with national and Scout flags, Scouts at an encampment, and a historical photograph of an early Costa Rican Scout troop.