Scout fleur-de-lis emblem
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1961.ARG.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- International Patrol Camp
1961.ARG.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Argentina (ARG)- Year / date
- 1961-01-17
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 1 p
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Carmine and black
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ✓ In collection
Production
- Designer
- Horacio Alvaraz
- Printer
- Casa de Moneda
- Process
- Lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 13½
- Size
- 27 x 37 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 961.1
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- AR 723
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- AR 758
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- AR 633
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- AR 1003
Notes
Scout fleur-de-lis with Phrygian cap, stars and handshake; Campamento Scout Internacional de Patrullas
Series history
Argentina issued a 1 peso commemorative at Buenos Aires on 17 January 1961 for the International Patrol Camp — Campamento Scout Internacional de Patrullas.
Horacio Alvaraz designed the stamp: a white Scout fleur-de-lis on a carmine field, with Phrygian cap, stars and a handshake inside the emblem. The face value and CORREOS sit at the head; INTERNACIONAL DE PATRULLAS runs vertically; CAMPAMENTO SCOUT · ARGENTINA fills the foot. Casa de Moneda is named in the bottom margin.
Casa de Moneda printed three million copies by lithography in panes of one hundred on watermarked paper (multiple sun, RA and wavy lines), perforated 13½. An imperforate printing is also recorded. Specimens with a vertical MUESTRA overprint are known.