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1968.ISR.0150th Anniversary of Israeli Scouting
Israel·1968
50th Anniversary of Jewish Scouting, 1918–1968
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Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1968.ISR.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Israel (ISR)
- Year
- 1968-08-21
- Event
- 50th Anniversary of Jewish Scouting, 1918–1968
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Eliezer Weishoff
- Printer
- E. Lewin-Epstein
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 968.19
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- IL 369
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- IL 424
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- IL 362
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- IL 400
History
Israel issued a single commemorative at Jerusalem on 21 August 1968 for the fiftieth anniversary of Jewish Scouting. Eliezer Weishoff designed the stamp; E. Lewin-Epstein printed it by offset lithography in panes of fifteen (3 × 5) with tabs, comb perforated 13, in the format 31 × 31 mm. The print run was 1,756,000. On a dark green field, a Star of David formed by knotted rope encloses a white Scout fleur-de-lis; the stamp is inscribed ISRAEL in Hebrew, English and Arabic and SCOUTING with its Hebrew equivalent. The sheet tabs carry a golden horn, the figure 50, and a bilingual legend marking the anniversary.