✓ In collectionPostalSouvenir sheet50 M - Libya - Millième
Scouts' Day souvenir sheet (10+20 m)
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1964.LBY.01-05- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Scouts' Day
1964.LBY.01· piece 5 of 5 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Libya (LBY)- Year / date
- 1964-07-24
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 50 M - Libya - Millième
- Format
- Souvenir sheet
- 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
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Imperforate
- Printing
- Photogravure
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 964.17
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- LY 253a
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- LY Bl 7
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- LY BF7
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- LY MS316
Series history
Libya issued two stamps on 24 July 1964 for Scouts' Day, marking the opening of the new Boy Scout Headquarters in Tripoli and the installation of Crown Prince Hassan al-Rida el Senussi as Chief Scout. The 10 m shows the national flag and a Scout flag beside a three-finger salute; the 20 m shows the Scout fleur-de-lis emblem with the same salute; both carry the word PROMISE. The same designs also exist imperforate. An imperforate souvenir sheet gathers both values and is inscribed PRICE: 50 MILLS.
Print runs are given as 200,000 of each stamp and 50,000 souvenir sheets. Designer Ismail Shammut; Helio Courvoisier; photogravure on granite paper; perforated 12 × 11½.