1969.POL.01Fifth Alert of the ZHP
Poland·1969
Fifth Alert of the Związek Harcerstwa Polskiego, Warsaw, 19 July 1969
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1969.POL.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Poland (POL)
- Year
- 1969-07-19
- Event
- Fifth Alert of the Związek Harcerstwa Polskiego, Warsaw, 19 July 1969
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Tadeusz Michaluk
- Printer
- PWPW
- Process
- Photogravure, steel engraving and typography
- Paper
- Uncoated
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Harrow 11¼ × 11¾
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 969.31; 969.32; 969.33
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- PL 1662; PL 1663; PL 1664
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- PL 1928; PL 1929; PL 1930
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- PL 1778; PL 1779; PL 1780
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- PL 1908; PL 1909; PL 1910
History
Poland issued three 60 groszy commemoratives at Warsaw on 19 July 1969 for the fifth Alert of the Związek Harcerstwa Polskiego, under the slogan Harcerstwo ludziom 25-lecia. Each stamp is inscribed POLSKA 60 gr and ALERT ZHP and carries the historic Polish Scout cross with the motto CZUWAJ. Tadeusz Michaluk designed the set; Eugeniusz Tirdiszek engraved it. PAMIĘĆ (Memory) shows the cross above a bowl with a red flame; OBRONA (Defence) a red eagle above the cross; PRACA (Work) the cross above a green map of Poland. The State Security Printing Works (PWPW) printed the stamps by photogravure, steel engraving and typography, 22 × 51 mm, harrow perforated 11¼ × 11¾, in panes of 70 (14 × 5). Printings were 6,139,000, 8,148,000 and 6,286,000. The stamps remained valid until 31 December 1994.