1962.PRY.01Tribute to the Scouts
Paraguay·1962
Honoring the Boy Scouts of Paraguay
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1962.PRY.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Paraguay (PRY)
- Year
- 1962-02-06
- Event
- Honoring the Boy Scouts of Paraguay
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Airmail · Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Fiorello Botti
- Printer
- El Arte S.A.
- Process
- Lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 11½
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 962.9; 962.10; 962.11; 962.12; 962.13; 962.14; 962.15; 962.16; 962.18; 962.19; 962.20; 962.21; 962.22; 962.23; 962.24; 962.25; 962.17; 962.26
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- PY 638; PY 639; PY 640; PY 641; PY 642; PY 643; PY 644; PY 645; PY 645a
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- PY 1009; PY 1010; PY 1011; PY 1012; PY 1013; PY 1014; PY 1015; PY 1016; PY 1017; PY 1018; PY 1019; PY 1020; PY 1021; PY 1022; PY 1023; PY 1024; PY BL18; PY BL19
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- PY 648; PY 649; PY 650; PY 651; PY 652; PY PA314; PY PA315; PY PA316; PY BF14; PY BF14ND
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- PY 986; PY 987; PY 988; PY 989; PY 990; PY 991; PY 992; PY 993; PY MS993a
History
Paraguay issued this tribute to the Boy Scouts on 6 February 1962. The five low values show a scout sounding a bugle beside tents under the heading HOMENAJE A LOS BOY SCOUTS. Three airmail values (12.45, 36 and 50 guaraníes) carry a portrait of Baden-Powell with the fleur-de-lis. The same eight denominations exist imperforate, and a 50 g souvenir sheet — perforated and imperforate — places the Baden-Powell stamp in a green panelled frame reading CORREO DEL PARAGUAY ENERO DE 1962.
Print runs are given as 500,000 for the 10–25 c values, 300,000 for the 30 and 50 c, 10,000 for each airmail value, 5,000 perforated souvenir sheets, and a further imperforate edition of 5,000 sets and 3,000 sheets. Designer Fiorello Botti; lithography; perforated 11½. The stamp imprint reads El Arte S.A.; some sources attribute the printing to the Chilean Mint. The airmail value inscribed G 36 is the 36 guaraníes stamp.
Stamps in this series
18 piecesScout bugler at camp
Scout bugler at camp
Scout bugler at camp
Scout bugler at camp
Scout bugler at camp
Robert Baden-Powell (airmail)
Robert Baden-Powell (airmail)
Robert Baden-Powell (airmail)
Scout bugler at camp (imperforate)
Scout bugler at camp (imperforate)
Scout bugler at camp (imperforate)
Scout bugler at camp (imperforate)
Scout bugler at camp (imperforate)
Robert Baden-Powell (airmail, imperforate)
Robert Baden-Powell (airmail, imperforate)
Robert Baden-Powell (airmail, imperforate)
Robert Baden-Powell souvenir sheet