1964.LBY.01Scouts' Day
Libya·1964
Scouts' Day — opening of Boy Scout Headquarters, Tripoli; Crown Prince Hassan al-Rida el Senussi installed as Chief Scout
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1964.LBY.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Libya (LBY)
- Year
- 1964-07-24
- Event
- Scouts' Day — opening of Boy Scout Headquarters, Tripoli; Crown Prince Hassan al-Rida el Senussi installed as Chief Scout
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Ismail Shammut
- Printer
- Helio Courvoisier
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 12 x 11½
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 964.15/16; 964.17
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- LY 252/253; LY 253a
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- LY 154/155; LY 154B/155B; LY Bl 7
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- LY 240/241; LY BF7
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- LY 314/315; LY MS316
History
Libya issued two stamps on 24 July 1964 for Scouts' Day, marking the opening of the new Boy Scout Headquarters in Tripoli and the installation of Crown Prince Hassan al-Rida el Senussi as Chief Scout. The 10 m shows the national flag and a Scout flag beside a three-finger salute; the 20 m shows the Scout fleur-de-lis emblem with the same salute; both carry the word PROMISE. The same designs also exist imperforate. An imperforate souvenir sheet gathers both values and is inscribed PRICE: 50 MILLS.
Print runs are given as 200,000 of each stamp and 50,000 souvenir sheets. Designer Ismail Shammut; Helio Courvoisier; photogravure on granite paper; perforated 12 × 11½.
Stamps in this series
5 piecesNational and Scout flags with scout salute
Scout emblem with scout salute
National and Scout flags with scout salute (imperforate)
Scout emblem with scout salute (imperforate)