Scout with hoe
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1968.IDN.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Wirakarya Scout Camp
1968.IDN.01· piece 1 of 3 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Indonesia (IDN)- Year / date
- 1968-06-01
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 5 + 0.50 r
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Charity issue
- Colors
- Brown and red-orange
- 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
- Mr. Junalies
- Printer
- Pertjetetakan Kebajoran
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 12½
- Size
- 32 × 49 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 968.13
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- ID B215
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- ID 607
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- ID 540
Notes
Upright: Scout in campaign hat and neckerchief holding a hoe (cangkul) against a hilly landscape; Gerakan Pramuka coconut-sprout emblem; inscribed GERAKAN PRAMUKA / PERKEMAHAN WIRAKARYA 1968 / SPARE NO EFFORT and REPUBLIK INDONESIA.
Series history
Indonesia issued three semi-postal stamps at Bandung on 1 June 1968 for the Wirakarya Scout Camp of Gerakan Pramuka. Each value carries a surtax for the movement. Mr. Junalies designed the set; Pertjetetakan Kebajoran printed it in photogravure, perforated 12½. One million copies of each stamp are recorded.
The stamps are inscribed GERAKAN PRAMUKA, PERKEMAHAN WIRAKARYA 1968, SPARE NO EFFORT and REPUBLIK INDONESIA. The 5 + 0.50 r shows a Scout holding a hoe against a hilly landscape; the 10 + 1 r a Scout bugler with another Scout hiking through terraced fields toward a mountain; the 30 + 3 r Scouts at a campfire before a tent, one playing a guitar, beside a green valley.