1957.BRA.01Centenary of the birth of Baden-Powell
Brazil·1957
Airmail commemorative for the fiftieth anniversary of Scouting and the centenary of Baden-Powell's birth, Rio de Janeiro, 1957
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1957.BRA.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Brazil (BRA)
- Year
- 1957-08-01
- Event
- Airmail commemorative for the fiftieth anniversary of Scouting and the centenary of Baden-Powell's birth, Rio de Janeiro, 1957
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Airmail
Production
- Designer
- Luiz Almeida Jr. and Waldemiro Puntar
- Printer
- Casa da Moeda
- Process
- Photogravure on granite paper
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 11½
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 957.7
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- BR C87
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- BR 913
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- BR PA75
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- BR 961
History
Brazil issued a single airmail commemorative at Rio de Janeiro on 1 August 1957 for the fiftieth anniversary of Scouting and the centenary of Baden-Powell's birth — the same day the IX World Jamboree opened at Sutton Coldfield. Domfil catalogues it as 957.7 «Lord Baden-Powell».
The 3.30 cruzeiros carmine-lilac shows Baden-Powell in Scout hat and neckerchief facing right, with the badge of the Brazilian Scout association and its motto SEMPRE ALERTA at the left, the date 1957 below BRASIL CORREIO, and the legend CENTENARIO do NASCIMENTO / BADEN POWELL across the foot beside the Cross of the Order of Christ. Luiz Almeida Jr. and Waldemiro Puntar designed it, and the Casa da Moeda printed it in photogravure on granite paper — the same stock used for the 1954 International Patrol Camp stamp — in panes of 50, perforated 11½. SOSOW records a print run of 5,000,000, five times the 1954 issue.
Catalogue references are Scott BR C87, Michel BR 913, Yvert BR PA75 and Stanley Gibbons BR 961; the Scott and Yvert numbers carry airmail prefixes because the stamp was issued for air post.