Pioneers making model rockets
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1962.RUS.01-03- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 40th Anniversary of the Leninist Pioneers
1962.RUS.01· piece 3 of 5 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Russia (RUS)- Year / date
- 1962-05-19
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 4 k
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Multicolour
- 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
- Yury Ryakhovsky
- Process
- Offset lithography
- Paper
- Toned
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 12½ × 12
- Size
- 42 × 30 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 962.32
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- SU 2598
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- SU 2602
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- SU 2523
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- SU 2691
Notes
Pioneers painting a large model rocket labelled ПИОНЕР
Series history
The Soviet Union issued five offset-lithography commemoratives on 19 May 1962 for the fortieth anniversary of the Leninist Young Pioneer organisation. Yury Ryakhovsky designed the set; three million of each value were printed in sheets of twenty-five on toned paper without watermark, perforated comb 12½ × 12.
The 2 kopek shows Pioneers taking the oath before Lenin writing at a desk and a red banner. The 3 kopek portraits the Pioneer heroes Lenya Golikov (1926–1943) and Valya Kotik (1930–1944). Two 4 kopek designs follow: Pioneers finishing a model rocket labelled «ПИОНЕР», and a hygiene inspection with a girl wearing a Red Cross armband examining a younger child's hands. The 6 kopek gathers Pioneers of different peoples around a globe, one of them sounding a bugle.