Scouting / at the fire-side — 6c + 4c
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1949.NLD.01-02- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Summer stamps — Cultural & Social Relief Fund
1949.NLD.01· piece 2 of 2 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Netherlands (NLD)- Year / date
- 1949-05-02
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 6c + 4c
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Charity issue
- Colors
- Dark 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.
- Comb14 x 12½
- Printing
- Photogravure
- Size
- 36 x 26 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 949.3
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- NL B196
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- NL 518
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- NL 506
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- NL 681
Notes
Scouts at the fire-side / camping. Semi-postal Cultural and Social Relief Fund. Domfil 949.3. Print run 946,757 (SOSOW).
Series history
On 2 May 1949 (Amsterdam) the Netherlands issued its annual summer semi-postals for the Cultural and Social Relief Fund (Culturele en Sociale Hulp / Domfil «Pro Cultural Works»). The five-value set shows popular summer pastimes; Domfil and SOSOW treat two designs as Scouts-on-Stamps: hiking Scouts and Scouts at the fire-side / camping.
Scout catalog pieces (ordered by rising face value): 5c + 3c multicolour «Hiking» (Scott B195 / Michel 517 / Domfil 949.2 — Domfil motif «Scouts») and 6c + 4c dark green «Scouting» / at the fire-side (Scott B196 / Michel 518 / Domfil 949.3). Designed by P. Citroen, printed in photogravure by Joh. Enschedé & Sons, comb about 14 × 12½ (SOSOW also notes 13½ × 12½), watermark small circles. SOSOW records print runs of 749,987 (5c+3c) and 946,757 (6c+4c), valid for postage until 31 December 1950, and comments that the art is an artistic rendition suggesting Scouting as a popular youth activity rather than a formal jamboree commemorative.
The three non-scout companions of the same summer set — beach restaurant (2c+2c), harvest (10c+5c) and sailing (20c+5c) — appear only as optional related images.
ATA 1964 describes the Scout pair as 5+3 c blue and yellow (Girl and Boy Scout hiking) and 6+4 c green (tents, Boy Scouts camping), with the rest of the summer set as seashore (2+2 c), girl harvesting wheat (10+5 c) and sailboats (20+5 c). The handbook notes that although the inscriptions do not say «Scout», the hats and neckerchiefs mark the designs as Scouting — an artistic suggestion of Scouting as a popular youth activity rather than a formal jamboree issue.