Young Pioneers receiving neckerchiefs — 40 bani
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1968.ROU.01-02- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Pioneers
1968.ROU.01· piece 2 of 6 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Romania (ROU)- Year / date
- 1968-06-09
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 40 b
- 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
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13½
- Printing
- Photogravure
- Size
- 55 × 21 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 968.19
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- RO 2011
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- RO 2678
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- RO 2382
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- RO 3555
Notes
An adult leader fastening a red Pioneer neckerchief on a line of Young Pioneers in white berets. Print run 250,000.
Series history
Romania issued a six-value commemorative set on 9 June 1968 devoted to the Pioneer organisation (Organizația Pionierilor), the state youth movement of the Socialist Republic. Vladimir Stoianov designed the stamps; Fabrica de Timbre in Bucharest printed them by photogravure. Each value measures 55 × 21 mm, is perforated comb 13½, carries no watermark, and had a print run of 250,000.
The horizontal designs show Pioneer life rather than Scouting: three Pioneers before a torch-bearing heroes' monument (5 bani); an instructor fastening a red neckerchief on Young Pioneers (40 bani); model-making with aeroplanes and a sailboat (55 bani); radio work with headphones and a mast (1 leu); folk dancing in traditional costume (1.60 lei); and a tent camp with a map or book (2.40 lei). Each stamp is inscribed POSTA ROMANA and dated 1968.