Souvenir sheet of three — 12 + 18, 12 + 18 and 6 + 14
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1948.EST.01-03- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Kempten camp post — 35th anniversary of Estonian Scouts
1948.EST.01· piece 3 of 3 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Estonia (EST)- Year / date
- 1948-10-16
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 12 + 18 / 6 + 14
- Format
- Souvenir sheet
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Cinderella
- Colors
- Blue, black and gold
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ○ Wanted
Production
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Imperforate
Notes
Imperforate sheet headed 35 YEARS OF ESTONIAN BOY-SCOUTS under a fleur-de-lis with the three lions and the motto OLE VALMIS. Two map stamps (12 CAMP POST +18) above one fleur-de-lis stamp (6 + 14 CAMP POST).
Series history
On 16 October 1948 the Estonian displaced-persons camp at Kempten in the Allgäu, Bavaria, issued two CAMP POST values and a souvenir sheet, with a surtax for the Estonian Scouts Office, to mark thirty-five years of Estonian Scouting — the stamps are inscribed 1913 and 1948. E. Koch designed them. They were printed on white gummed paper, perforation 11, in sheets of eight: four of the 6 + 14 and four of the 12 + 18, se-tenant, the map stamps turned relative to the fleur-de-lis values.
The 6 + 14 shows a gold fleur-de-lis rising from a campfire against black, with ESTONIAN BOY-SCOUTS and CAMP POST in blue. The 12 + 18 shows a blue map of Estonia with a fleur-de-lis bearing the three lions and a KEMPTEN tablet. The imperforate souvenir sheet of three is headed 35 YEARS OF ESTONIAN BOY-SCOUTS under a fleur-de-lis with the motto OLE VALMIS, and repeats two map stamps above one fleur-de-lis stamp.