Obrona — eagle and Scout cross
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1969.POL.01-02- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Fifth Alert of the ZHP
1969.POL.01· piece 2 of 3 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Poland (POL)- Year / date
- 1969-07-19
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 60 gr
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Red, green and black
- 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
- Tadeusz Michaluk
- Printer
- PWPW
- Process
- Photogravure, steel engraving and typography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Harrow 11¼ × 11¾
- Quantity printed
- 8,148,000
- Size
- 22 x 51 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 969.32
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- PL 1663
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- PL 1929
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- PL 1779
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- PL 1909
Notes
Red eagle above the word OBRONA and the krzyż harcerski. Quantity 8,148,000.
Series history
Poland issued three 60 groszy commemoratives at Warsaw on 19 July 1969 for the fifth Alert of the Związek Harcerstwa Polskiego, under the slogan Harcerstwo ludziom 25-lecia. Each stamp is inscribed POLSKA 60 gr and ALERT ZHP and carries the historic Polish Scout cross with the motto CZUWAJ. Tadeusz Michaluk designed the set; Eugeniusz Tirdiszek engraved it. PAMIĘĆ (Memory) shows the cross above a bowl with a red flame; OBRONA (Defence) a red eagle above the cross; PRACA (Work) the cross above a green map of Poland. The State Security Printing Works (PWPW) printed the stamps by photogravure, steel engraving and typography, 22 × 51 mm, harrow perforated 11¼ × 11¾, in panes of 70 (14 × 5). Printings were 6,139,000, 8,148,000 and 6,286,000. The stamps remained valid until 31 December 1994.