Scout saluting — 4 ¢
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1960.USA.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 50th Anniversary of Scouting in the United States
1960.USA.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
United States (USA)- Year / date
- 1960-02-08
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 4 ¢
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Red, blue and ochre
- 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.
- 11
- Printing
- Recess
- Size
- 40 x 25 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 960.7
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- US 1145
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- US 772
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- US 679
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- US 1144
Notes
Scout in garrison cap and neckerchief giving the three-finger salute; BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA in red across the top, years 1910 · 1960 at left, 4¢ U.S. POSTAGE at right.
Series history
The United States issued a 4 cent commemorative at Washington, D.C. on 8 February 1960 for the fiftieth anniversary of Scouting in the United States. Domfil catalogues it as 960.7 under «50 Aniversario del escultismo americano», motif «Explorador / Scout».
Norman Rockwell designed the stamp: a Scout in garrison cap and neckerchief giving the three-finger salute, engraved in ochre, with BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA in red across the top, 1910 · 1960 down the left and 4¢ U.S. POSTAGE down the right. G. L. Huber engraved the lettering and C. A. Brooks the vignette. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing produced it by recess engraving in panes of 50, perforation 11. SOSOW records a print of 120,000,000.
Further references are Scott US 1145, Michel US 772, Yvert US 679, Stanley Gibbons US 1144 and Unificato 933. Size is given as 40 × 25 mm.
