1957.NIC.01Centenary of Baden-Powell's birth
Nicaragua·1957
Commemorative and airmail series for the fiftieth anniversary of Scouting and the centenary of Baden-Powell's birth, Managua, 1957
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1957.NIC.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Nicaragua (NIC)
- Year
- 1957-04-09
- Event
- Commemorative and airmail series for the fiftieth anniversary of Scouting and the centenary of Baden-Powell's birth, Managua, 1957
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative · Airmail
Production
- Printer
- Austrian State Printing Works
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 13½ × 14 (3 c and 4 c: 14 × 13½)
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 957.11; 957.12; 957.13; 957.14; 957.15; 957.6; 957.7; 957.8; 957.9; 957.16; 957.17; 957.10; 957.18; 957.19; 957.20; 957.21; 957.22
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- NI C377; NI C378; NI C379; NI C380; NI C381; NI 778; NI 779; NI 780; NI 781; NI C382; NI C383; NI 782; NI C384; NI C385; NI C386; NI 782a; NI C386a
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- NI 1131; NI 1132; NI 1133; NI 1134; NI 1135; NI 1126; NI 1127; NI 1128; NI 1129; NI 1136; NI 1137; NI 1130; NI 1138; NI 1139; NI 1140; NI BL43; NI BL44
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- NI PA348; NI PA349; NI PA350; NI PA351; NI PA352; NI 797; NI 798; NI 799; NI 800; NI PA353; NI PA354; NI 801; NI PA355; NI PA356; NI PA357; NI BF84; NI BF85
History
Nicaragua issued the largest of the 1957 centenary programmes at Managua on 9 April: five postage values, ten airmail values and two souvenir sheets, seventeen items in all for the fiftieth anniversary of Scouting and the centenary of Baden-Powell's birth. Domfil catalogues the stamps as 957.6/20 and the sheets as 957.21 and 957.22.
The postage series runs 10, 15, 20, 25 and 50 centavos, showing a Boy Scout, a Cub, a second Boy Scout, Baden-Powell himself and Joseph A. Harrison. The airmail series adds a handshake over a globe at 3 centavos, the Scout emblem at 4, a Cub at 5, crossed flags at 6, emblem and knot at 8, Harrison again at 30, President Somoza at 40, an Explorer Scout at 75, a Boy Scout at 85 and Baden-Powell at 1 córdoba. The Austrian State Printing Works produced everything in photogravure. SOSOW gives 14 × 13½ for the 3 and 4 centavos and 13½ × 14 for the rest; Colnect also puts the 40 centavos in the first group.
Every stamp was printed in 100,000 copies. The two souvenir sheets, both imperforate, are the scarce items: 50,000 of the sheet holding the five postage values and 25,000 of the airmail sheet, each captioned Hoja Souvenir — Conmemoración del Primer Centenario del Nacimiento del Fundador del Escultismo Mundial.
Stamps in this series
17 piecesHandshake and globe — 3 c
Scout emblem — 4 c
Cub Scout — 5 c
Crossed flags — 6 c
Scout emblem and knot — 8 c
Boy Scout — 10 c
Cub Scout — 15 c
Boy Scout — 20 c
Lord Baden-Powell — 25 c
Joseph A. Harrison — 30 c
President Somoza — 40 c
Joseph A. Harrison — 50 c
Explorer Scout — 75 c
Boy Scout — 85 c
Lord Baden-Powell — 1 C$
Souvenir sheet of the five postage values — 1.20 C$