Scout sounding a conch shell
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1963.GRC.01-05- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 11th World Scout Jamboree, Marathon
1963.GRC.01· piece 5 of 5 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Greece (GRC)- Year / date
- 1963-08-01
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 4.50 d
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Multicoloured
- 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
- A. Tassos
- Printer
- Aspioti-Elka Graphic Arts
- Process
- Lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 13½ × 13 / 13 × 13½
- Size
- 25 x 41 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 963.21
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- GR 763
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- GR 820
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- GR 798
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- GR 922
Notes
Scout with conch shell and Greek flag
Series history
Greece issued five lithographed commemoratives at Marathon on 1 August 1963 for the 11th World Scout Jamboree. A. Tassos designed the set; Aspioti-Elka Graphic Arts printed it in panes of fifty on paper watermarked with a multiple crown. Perforations are mixed 13½ × 13 and 13 × 13½. The issue was withdrawn from sale on 31 July 1964.
The 1 drachma adapts Baden-Powell's sketch «Athens at dawn», with the Acropolis and the Temple of Olympian Zeus. The 1.50 drachmae carries the jamboree emblem. The 2.50 drachmae shows Crown Prince Constantine, Chief Scout of Greece, in profile within a reef-knot frame. The 3 drachmae pairs Lord Baden-Powell with Athanasios Lefkaditis, founder of Greek Scouting. The 4.50 drachmae depicts a Scout sounding a conch shell beneath the national flag. Print runs were 2.5 million (1 d, 2.50 d, 3 d), 3 million (1.50 d) and 1.5 million (4.50 d).