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1970.BOL.01Bolivian Scout Movement
Bolivia·1970
Homage to the Bolivian Boy Scout
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Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1970.BOL.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Bolivia (BOL)
- Year
- 1970-06-17
- Event
- Homage to the Bolivian Boy Scout
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative · Airmail
Production
- Designer
- Gil Imana Garron
- Printer
- La Papelera S.A.
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13½
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 970.13/16
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- 526/527; C307/C308
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- 809/812
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- 493/494; PA288/PA289
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- 882/885
History
Bolivia issued four offset-lithographed stamps at La Paz on 17 June 1970 as a homage to the Bolivian Boy Scout. Gil Imana designed the set; La Papelera S.A. printed it. The stamps measure 28 × 35 mm and are comb perforated 13½, without watermark. The 0.05 peso (500,000) shows a Scout hiking before Illimani; the 0.10 peso (200,000) a Girl Scout planting a flowering shrub; the 0.50 peso airmail (100,000) a Scout laying bricks; the 1.20 peso airmail (100,000) the association badge, a fleur-de-lis bearing the national flower in the colours of the flag. The stamps are inscribed HOMENAJE AL BOY SCOUT BOLIVIANO.