Emblem
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1981.LIE.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 50th Anniversary of Liechtenstein Scouts
1981.LIE.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Liechtenstein (LIE)- Year / date
- 1981-06-09
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 20 Rp
- 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
- Designer
- Louis Jäger
- Printer
- Helio Courvoisier S.A.
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 11½ × 11¾
- Panes
- 20
- Quantity printed
- 1,309,692
- Size
- 26 × 42 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 981.11
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- LI 711
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- LI 773
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- LI 714
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- LI 768
Notes
On a brown ground a yellow princely cross carries a fleur-de-lis split blue (left) and red (right). A white Guide trefoil sits in the upper left corner and the figure 20 in the upper right. Lettered FÜRSTENTUM LIECHTENSTEIN across the foot and 50 JAHRE LIECHTENSTEINER PFADFINDER upward at the right; signed LOUIS JAEGER, 1981 and COURVOISIER along the lower edge.
Series history
Liechtenstein issued a 20-rappen commemorative at Vaduz on 9 June 1981 for the fiftieth anniversary of the Liechtenstein Pathfinders. The stamp is inscribed FÜRSTENTUM LIECHTENSTEIN and, reading upward at the right, 50 JAHRE LIECHTENSTEINER PFADFINDER. On a brown ground a yellow princely cross carries a fleur-de-lis split blue and red; a white Guide trefoil sits in the upper left corner and the figure 20 occupies the upper right. The foot is signed LOUIS JAEGER at the left and COURVOISIER at the right, with 1981 between them.
Louis Jäger designed the stamp. Helio Courvoisier printed 1,309,692 copies by photogravure, 26 × 42 mm, in panes of 20 with decorative margins. The comb perforation is 11½ × 11¾.