✓ In collectionPostalStamp10 c
Tent camp and Guide emblem 1919–1969
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1969.CHE.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Swiss Girl Scouts
1969.CHE.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Switzerland (CHE)- Year / date
- 1969-02-13
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 10 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
- Erhard Meier
- Printer
- Helio Courvoisier
- Process
- Photogravure
- Paper
- Phosphorescent
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 11¾
- Quantity printed
- 19,981,000
- Size
- 36 × 26 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 969.1
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- CH 495
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- CH 895
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- CH 828
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- CH 767
Notes
White tents on a green meadow, grey peaks, and a large red-and-white trefoil; trilingual Guide legends
Series history
Switzerland released its annual publicity series at Bern on 13 February 1969. One of the five values — the 10 centimes — marks the fiftieth anniversary of Swiss Girl Scouting (1919–1969). Erhard Meier designed a campsite of white tents on a green meadow beneath grey peaks and a blue sky; a large trefoil in the Swiss colours occupies the right, and the trilingual legends Pfadfinderinnen · Éclaireuses · Esploratrici run along the foot. Helio Courvoisier printed the stamp by photogravure on phosphorescent paper in panes of 50; 19,981,000 were issued. Perforation is given as about 11½–11¾.