Pioneer camps of the ROH — 60 h
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1963.CSK.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Pioneer Camps
1963.CSK.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Czechoslovakia (CSK)- Year / date
- 1963-02-25
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 60 h
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Black and carmine red
- 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
- Ivan Strnad
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 11¼ × 11½
- Printing
- Photogravure and recess
- Size
- 27 × 33 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 963.9
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- CS 1157
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- CS 1384
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- CS 1258
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- CS 1339
Notes
A smiling sun above a red Pioneer neckerchief and a campfire with a cooking pot. Inscribed PIONÝRSKÉ TÁBORY ROH. Designed by Ivan Strnad, engraved by Jan Mráček. Photogravure and recess. Print run 4,930,000.
Series history
On 25 February 1963 Czechoslovakia issued three commemoratives for the fifteenth anniversary of Victorious February — the 1948 communist takeover — and for the fifth national congress of the Revolutionary Trade Union Movement (ROH), held in Prague.
The 60 haléřů is inscribed PIONÝRSKÉ TÁBORY ROH, Pioneer camps of the trade-union movement. Ivan Strnad drew a smiling sun above a red Pioneer neckerchief and a campfire with a cooking pot hanging over the flames; Jan Mráček engraved the plate. Photogravure combined with recess, 27 × 33 mm, comb perforation 11¼ × 11½. The printing was 4,930,000.