Camp Music — 2 lev
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1942.BGR.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- National «Work and Joy» Movement
1942.BGR.01· piece 1 of 2 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Bulgaria (BGR)- Year / date
- 1942-06-01
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 2 лв
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Carmine red
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ✓ In collection
Production
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb13
- Printing
- Photogravure
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 942.2
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- BG 410
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- BG 438
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- BG 396
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- BG 503
Notes
Photogravure, comb 13. Camp music / country music. One of two Scout values in the five-value Work and Joy set (Scott 409–413). Domfil 942.2. Print run 1,000,000 (SOSOW).
Series history
On 1 June 1942 Bulgaria issued a five-value commemorative set for the national «Work and Joy» movement (Domfil: Joy and Strength / Júbilo y Fuerza). Only two designs are scouting: the 2 lev carmine «Camp Music» (Scott 410 / Michel 438 / Domfil 942.2) and the 7 lev black-blue «Camp Wake-up Call» (Scott 412 / Michel 440 / Domfil 942.4). SOSOW records a print run of 1,000,000 for each Scout value, photogravure, comb 13.
The three non-scout companions of the set (Scott 409, 411, 413) appear only as optional related images. Collectors have long differed on how strongly the designs count as Scouts-on-Stamps versus general youth / «Work and Joy» propaganda; Domfil and SOSOW both list the two values as Scout catalogue material, which is the treatment used here.