Star of David and Scout emblem
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1968.ISR.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 50th Anniversary of Israeli Scouting
1968.ISR.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Israel (ISR)- Year / date
- 1968-08-21
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 0.30 IL
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Green, yellow-ochre and white
- 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
- Eliezer Weishoff
- Printer
- E. Lewin-Epstein
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13
- Printing
- Offset lithography
- Size
- 31 × 31 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 968.19
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- IL 369
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- IL 424
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- IL 362
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- IL 400
Notes
Dark green square; Star of David formed by knotted rope with a white fleur-de-lis at the centre; face value 0.30; ISRAEL in Hebrew, English and Arabic; SCOUTING with Hebrew equivalent.
Series history
Israel issued a single commemorative at Jerusalem on 21 August 1968 for the fiftieth anniversary of Jewish Scouting. Eliezer Weishoff designed the stamp; E. Lewin-Epstein printed it by offset lithography in panes of fifteen (3 × 5) with tabs, comb perforated 13, in the format 31 × 31 mm. The print run was 1,756,000. On a dark green field, a Star of David formed by knotted rope encloses a white Scout fleur-de-lis; the stamp is inscribed ISRAEL in Hebrew, English and Arabic and SCOUTING with its Hebrew equivalent. The sheet tabs carry a golden horn, the figure 50, and a bilingual legend marking the anniversary.