Scouts serving the community
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1968.SLV.01-02- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 7th Inter-American Scout Conference
1968.SLV.01· piece 2 of 2 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
El Salvador (SLV)- Year / date
- 1968-07-25
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 25 c
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- 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
- Instituto Oldenbourg
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 12
- Size
- 30 x 40 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 968.14
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- SV 788
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- SV 958
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- SV 734
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- SV 1275
Notes
Three Scouts at community work: wheelbarrow of bricks, shovel, and wall under construction; caption SIRVIENDO A LA COMUNIDAD; yellow banner with Scout emblem and conference title.
Series history
El Salvador issued two stamps on 25 July 1968 for the 7th Inter-American Scout Conference, held in July–August 1968. Instituto Oldenbourg printed the set by offset lithography, comb perforated 12. Each stamp is inscribed CORREOS DE EL SALVADOR CENTROAMERICA and VII CONFERENCIA SCOUT INTERAMERICANA JULIO-AGOSTO 1968, with the Scout motto SIEMPRE LISTO.
The 10 c airmail (40 × 30 mm) shows four Scouts hiking across grassland toward a conical volcano, with a blue panel at right bearing the Scout emblem, the word AEREO and the value. The 25 c commemorative (30 × 40 mm) shows three Scouts at community work — one pushing a wheelbarrow of bricks, another with a shovel, and a third standing beside a wall under construction — under the caption SIRVIENDO A LA COMUNIDAD.