Scouts at the campfire
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1968.ITA.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Scout Movement
1968.ITA.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Italy (ITA)- Year / date
- 1968-04-23
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 50 L
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Multicolour
- 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
- Carlo Pontani
- Printer
- Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato (I.P.S., Rome)
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13¼ × 14
- Panes
- 50
- Size
- 30 x 40 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 968.21
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- IT 978
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- IT 1271
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- IT 1012
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- IT 1220
Notes
Two Scouts in silhouette sit by a campfire whose yellow and orange flames form a fleur-de-lis; tents behind; SCAUTISMO at left; POSTE ITALIANE L. 50 at the foot. Photogravure; print run 18,000,000; panes of 50. Valid for postage until 31 December 1969.
Series history
Italy issued a 50-lira commemorative in Rome on 23 April 1968 in honour of the Scout movement. The stamp is inscribed SCAUTISMO at left and POSTE ITALIANE L. 50 across the foot band.
Carlo Pontani designed the vignette: two Scouts sit in silhouette beside a campfire whose yellow and orange flames rise in the shape of a fleur-de-lis, with tents behind them against a muted green-blue ground. The lower margin reads I.P.S. - ROMA - 1968 beside the designer’s name.
The Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato printed 18,000,000 copies by photogravure in panes of 50, perforated comb 13¼ × 14, without watermark. Stamp size is 30 × 40 mm. The issue remained valid for postage until 31 December 1969.