Saluting Scout — 2 c, imperforate
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1948.PHL.01-03- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 25th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines — Silver Jubilee
1948.PHL.01· piece 3 of 4 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Philippines (PHL)- Year / date
- 1948-10-30
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 2 c
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Brown and green
- 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.
- Imperfurado
- Printing
- Typography
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 948.11
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- PH 528
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- PH 490B
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- PH 351B
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- PH 665B
Notes
Imperforate. Silver Jubilee of Boy Scouts of the Philippines. Domfil 948.11. About 500,000 imperforate sets (SOSOW).
Series history
On 31 October 1948 (Manila and other post offices) the Philippines issued a two-value commemorative set for the 25th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines — the Silver Jubilee of national Scouting. Domfil catalogues the set as 948.11–948.12 under «25th Anniversary of the Scouts», motif «Saluting».
Both values share a saluting Scout design by Lileo Velasco, printed by typography at the Bureau of Printing: 2 centavos brown and green (Scott 528 / Michel 490 / Domfil 948.11) and 4 centavos brown and pink (Scott 529 / Michel 491 / Domfil 948.12). Line perforation 11½; SOSOW records print runs of 1,500,000 (2c) and 1,000,000 (4c), and notes that about 500,000 sets were also released imperforate.
This catalogue lists four pieces: the two face values perforated first (ordered by rising face value), then the same two values imperforate. All four are pure Scouts-on-Stamps material — a national Scout jubilee issue rather than a general charity set with one Scout vignette.
ATA 1964 gives quantities for the Silver Jubilee of the Philippines Boy Scouts: about 1½ million of the 2 c (green and brown), 1 million of the 4 c (brown and pink), and about half a million of each imperforate (Scott 528a–529a).