✓ In collectionPostalStamp0.50 p
Scout laying bricks
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1970.BOL.01-03- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Bolivian Scout Movement
1970.BOL.01· piece 3 of 4 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Bolivia (BOL)- Year / date
- 1970-06-17
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 0.50 p
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Airmail
- 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
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13½
- Quantity printed
- 100,000
- Size
- 28 × 35 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 970.15
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- C307
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- 811
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- PA288
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- 884
Notes
Airmail. A Scout in uniform and a red neckerchief laying bricks with a trowel. Offset lithography, comb perforated 13½.
Series history
Bolivia issued four offset-lithographed stamps at La Paz on 17 June 1970 as a homage to the Bolivian Boy Scout. Gil Imana designed the set; La Papelera S.A. printed it. The stamps measure 28 × 35 mm and are comb perforated 13½, without watermark. The 0.05 peso (500,000) shows a Scout hiking before Illimani; the 0.10 peso (200,000) a Girl Scout planting a flowering shrub; the 0.50 peso airmail (100,000) a Scout laying bricks; the 1.20 peso airmail (100,000) the association badge, a fleur-de-lis bearing the national flower in the colours of the flag. The stamps are inscribed HOMENAJE AL BOY SCOUT BOLIVIANO.