1954.ROU.025th Anniversary of the Young Pioneers
Romania·1954
Commemorative set for the fifth anniversary of the Romanian Young Pioneers (Domfil: Young Scouts Organization)
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1954.ROU.02- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Romania (ROU)
- Year
- 1954-07-03
- Event
- Commemorative set for the fifth anniversary of the Romanian Young Pioneers (Domfil: Young Scouts Organization)
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Ion Dumitrana
- Printer
- Fabrica de Timbre, Bucharest
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 954.12; 954.13; 954.14
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- RO 994; RO 995; RO 996
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- RO 1474; RO 1475; RO 1476
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- RO 1347; RO 1348; RO 1349
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- RO 2332; RO 2333; RO 2334
History
On 3 July 1954 Romania issued three commemoratives for the fifth anniversary of the Young Pioneers organisation, founded on 30 April 1949. Domfil numbers the set 954.12–954.14.
All three are by Ion Dumitrana, printed in photogravure at Fabrica de Timbre in Bucharest, comb perforation 14, on paper watermarked RPR endless rows, each in a run of 2,000,000. The 20 bani black-olive shows a Pioneer girl tending a calf (Domfil 954.12 «Guía y ternero / Guide and calf», Michel RO 1474, Scott RO 994). The 55 bani grey-blue shows a girl carrying a sheaf of grain (954.13 «Guía / Guide», Michel RO 1475, Scott RO 995). The 1.75 lei carmine, in horizontal format 42 × 24 mm, shows Pioneers gathered around a globe (954.14 «Jóvenes exploradores / Young scouts», Michel RO 1476, Scott RO 996).
The programme on show has shifted again from the fourth-anniversary set of 1953: agricultural work and geography rather than tree planting, aeromodelling and the laboratory. Further references are Yvert RO 1347–1349 and Stanley Gibbons RO 2332–2334. The three values are catalogued here in rising face-value order.
