✓ In collectionPostalStamp10 m
Scout emblem
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1973.CYP.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 60th Anniversary of Scouting in Cyprus
1973.CYP.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Cyprus (CYP)- Year / date
- 1973-09-24
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 10 m
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Multicolour
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ✓ In collection
Production
- Printer
- Aspioti-Elka Graphic Arts
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13½ × 14
- Panes
- 100
- Quantity printed
- 787,378
- Size
- 25 × 38 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 973.10
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- CY 404
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- CY 396
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- CY 388
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- CY 411
Notes
Gold-brown Scout fleur-de-lis with a star and olive branch in each side petal, above a scroll lettered ΕΣΟ ΕΤΟΙΜΟΣ. Dated 1913 / 1973 at upper left. Inscribed CYPRUS, KIBRIS, ΚΥΠΡΟΣ and 10 M.
Series history
Cyprus issued a 10 mil commemorative on 24 September 1973 for the 60th anniversary of Scouting in Cyprus (1913–1973). Aspioti-Elka Graphic Arts printed it by offset lithography, comb perforated 13½ × 14, about 25 × 38 mm, in panes of 100. The print run was 787,378. Sources give no designer.
A gold-brown Scout fleur-de-lis carries a star and olive branch in each side petal, above a scroll lettered ΕΣΟ ΕΤΟΙΜΟΣ. The stamp is dated 1913 / 1973 and inscribed CYPRUS, KIBRIS, ΚΥΠΡΟΣ and 10 M.