Pioneers with a hare
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1979.ROU.02-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- International Year of the Child
1979.ROU.02· piece 1 of 2 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Romania (ROU)- Year / date
- 1979-06-18
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 2 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.
- ○ Wanted
Production
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13½
- Quantity printed
- 500,000
- Size
- 42 × 27 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 979.22
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- RO 2836
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- RO 3592
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- RO 3166
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- RO 4455
Notes
Four Pioneers in orange shirts, blue shorts and blue berets gathered around a white hare on the grass. Right panel: 1979, International Year of the Child emblem, POȘTA ROMÂNĂ 2,00 L. Lettered ANUL INTERNATIONAL AL COPILULUI; year 1979 in the margin.
Series history
Romania issued a four-value commemorative set on 18 June 1979 for the International Year of the Child, lettered ANUL INTERNATIONAL AL COPILULUI and POȘTA ROMÂNĂ, dated 1979, with the Year of the Child emblem in the right panel. Sava Stoianov designed the set; Fabrica de Timbre in Bucharest printed it by photogravure, comb perforated 13½, 42 × 27 mm, without watermark.
The 2 lei (500,000 printed) shows four Pioneers in orange shirts and blue berets gathered around a white hare on the grass. The 4.60 lei (250,000) shows a Pioneer drummer, a bugler and a flag-bearer in white shirts and red neckerchiefs. The 40 bani and 1 leu of the same set show children with flowers and two children at a kindergarten table; those designs are not Pioneer subjects.
