Prince Henri in Scout uniform — 3 fr + 50 c
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1967.LUX.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Caritas — Prince Henri
1967.LUX.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Luxembourg (LUX)- Year / date
- 1967-12-06
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 3 fr + 50 c
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Charity issue
- Colors
- Dark brown and yellow-olive
- 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
- Marcel Schroeder
- Printer
- Helio Courvoisier S.A.
- Process
- Photogravure
- Paper
- Granite
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 11¾
- Size
- 24.5 x 29.3 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 967.17
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- LU B261
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- LU 762
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- LU 713
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- LU 812
Notes
Head-and-shoulders portrait of Prince Henri (born 1955) in Scout shirt, neckerchief and fleur-de-lis pocket badge on an olive ground; inscribed CARITAS 1967 and PRINCE HENRI; face value 3F+50c
Series history
Luxembourg released its annual Caritas charity issue on 6 December 1967, a semi-postal set of royal children and residences whose surtax supported child-welfare societies. Only one value is scout-themed: the 3 francs + 50 centimes shows Prince Henri (born 1955) in Scout uniform — shirt, neckerchief and fleur-de-lis pocket badge — against an olive ground, inscribed CARITAS 1967 and PRINCE HENRI, with the face value given as 3F+50c.
The design is taken from a photograph by Marcel Schroeder. Helio Courvoisier printed the stamp by photogravure on granite paper, comb-perforated 11¾, in panes of 25. The print run was 336,344; postal validity ran through 31 December 1968.