1967.LUX.01Caritas — Prince Henri
Luxembourg·1967
Caritas (National Welfare Fund) charity issue — royal children and residences, Luxembourg, 1967
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1967.LUX.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Luxembourg (LUX)
- Year
- 1967-12-06
- Event
- Caritas (National Welfare Fund) charity issue — royal children and residences, Luxembourg, 1967
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Charity issue
Production
- Designer
- Marcel Schroeder
- Printer
- Helio Courvoisier S.A.
- Process
- Photogravure
- Paper
- Granite
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 11¾
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 967.17
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- LU B261
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- LU 762
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- LU 713
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- LU 812
History
Luxembourg released its annual Caritas charity issue on 6 December 1967, a semi-postal set of royal children and residences whose surtax supported child-welfare societies. Only one value is scout-themed: the 3 francs + 50 centimes shows Prince Henri (born 1955) in Scout uniform — shirt, neckerchief and fleur-de-lis pocket badge — against an olive ground, inscribed CARITAS 1967 and PRINCE HENRI, with the face value given as 3F+50c.
The design is taken from a photograph by Marcel Schroeder. Helio Courvoisier printed the stamp by photogravure on granite paper, comb-perforated 11¾, in panes of 25. The print run was 336,344; postal validity ran through 31 December 1968.