Scouts at the camp-fire
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1966.GTM.01-02- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Homage to National Scouting
1966.GTM.01· piece 2 of 5 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Guatemala (GTM)- Year / date
- 1966-03-03
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 9 c
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Airmail
- 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
- Printer
- Austrian State Printing Works (Staatsdruckerei Wien)
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14 × 13½
- Printing
- Photogravure
- Size
- 30 x 39 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 966.2
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- GT C329
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- GT 753
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- GT PA340
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- GT 746
Notes
Three Scouts seated around a camp-fire; inscribed HOMENAJE AL ESCULTISMO NACIONAL. Airmail; printed STAATSDRUCKEREI WIEN.
Series history
Guatemala issued five airmail stamps on 3 March 1966 as a homage to national Scouting, coinciding with the Fifth Interamerican Regional Training Conference. Each value is inscribed HOMENAJE AL ESCULTISMO NACIONAL and CORREO AEREO, and carries the printer's mark STAATSDRUCKEREI WIEN.
The Austrian State Printing Works printed the set in photogravure, perforated 14 × 13½, in panes of 50. The 5 c shows an orange Scout fleur-de-lis with the Guatemalan arms and quetzal above the motto SIEMPRE LISTO. The 9 c shows three Scouts seated around a camp-fire. The 10 c shows a Scout striding forward with a lit torch and the national flag against a yellow fleur-de-lis. The 15 c shows a Scout giving the three-finger salute before a fleur-de-lis and crossed national flags. The 20 c carries a portrait of Baden-Powell, named on the stamp.
Print runs were 100,000 of each of the four lower values and 50,000 of the 20 c.