Youth festival — awards and hoops
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1980.LBY.02-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 11th Anniversary of the September Revolution
1980.LBY.02· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Libya (LBY)- Year / date
- 1980-09-01
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 10 d
- 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.
- ○ Wanted
Production
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13½
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 980.66
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- LY 902
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- LY 836
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- LY 875
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- LY 1012
Notes
Outdoor ceremony lettered CREATION AND YOUTH IN THE JAMAHIRIYA. Two men at a table present books or awards to a boy in a red shirt, white shorts and white cap; another boy stands beside him. Behind them a formation of girls in red and white hold large red hoops, with palms and buildings beyond. SOCIALIST PEOPLE'S LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; 11th ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST SEPTEMBER REVOLUTION 1980; 10 dirhams.
Series history
Libya issued a 10 dirham stamp on 1 September 1980, lettered SOCIALIST PEOPLE'S LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA, 11th ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST SEPTEMBER REVOLUTION 1980, and CREATION AND YOUTH IN THE JAMAHIRIYA. Offset lithography, comb perforated 13½. Designer and printer are not established.
The design shows an outdoor ceremony: two men at a table present books or awards to a boy in a red shirt and white shorts; another boy stands beside him. Behind them a formation of girls in red and white hold large red hoops, with palms and buildings in the distance.
