1951.POL.01International Children's Day — Pioneer youth
Poland·1951
Commemorative pair for International Children's Day; Domfil Scout/Guides motifs (Pioneer youth)
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1951.POL.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Poland (POL)
- Year
- 1951-06-01
- Event
- Commemorative pair for International Children's Day; Domfil Scout/Guides motifs (Pioneer youth)
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Stefan Łukaszewski
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 12½ × 12¾
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 951.9; 951.10
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- PL 506; PL 507
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- PL 688; PL 689
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- PL 606; PL 607
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- PL 703; PL 704
History
On 1 June 1951 Poland issued a two-value commemorative set for International Children's Day (Międzynarodowy Dzień Dziecka). Domfil catalogues the pair under that heading as 951.9–951.10 with motifs «Scout» (Explorador) and «Guides» (Guías): 30 groszy olive-brown «Pioneer saluting» (Scott PL 506 / Michel PL 688 / Yvert PL 606 / Domfil 951.9) and 45 groszy blue-green «Boy and Girl Pioneers» with map (Scott PL 507 / Michel PL 689 / Yvert PL 607 / Domfil 951.10).
In the People's Republic the designs show members of the Polish Scout-like youth organisation of the period (Pioneers / Związek Harcerstwa Polskiego under socialist reorganisation), saluting and studying a map — Colnect titles them Pioneer Saluting and Boy and Girl Pioneers. Designed by Stefan Łukaszewski, photogravure, comb 12½ × 12¾. Colnect records print runs of about 2,051,000 (30 gr) and 2,131,000 (45 gr), and validity for postage until 31 May 1952.
For Scouts-on-Stamps collectors the set enters the catalogue via Domfil’s Scout/Guides listing of Eastern-bloc youth designs of this type, rather than as a World Organization of the Scout Movement jamboree issue. Both values are kept as official catalog pieces of this series, ordered by rising face value (sheet SCOUT-1951-POL-01.1 / 01.2).