| On May 4, 2007 Belarus Post will issue 2 stamps “100 Years of Scouting” bearing the EUROPA logo. Designers: stamp No. 680 — Artiom Rybchinski, stamp No. 681 — Svetlana Lumyanskaya. Printing: offset. Colour: full colour (5 colour). Paper: chalk-surfaced. Perforation: comb 14¼:14. Size of the stamps: 28x30 mm. Sheet composition: 8 (4x2) stamps. Print quantity: 70.000 each. There are elements of protection on the stamps. |
| No. 680
Scout square knot. 500 BYR | No. 681
Emblem of the National Scout Association of Belarus. 1000 BYR |
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Colour of the postmark — black. Special postmark designed by S. Lumyanskaya. FDC designed by A. Rybchinski. |
Special cancellation: a special cancellation on FDC will be carried out at the Main Post Office of Minsk on the stamps issuing day. | |
| An artistically decorated booklet have been designed too. There is a sheetlet of 7 stamps and 1 coupon inside. On the cover inside there is a print postmark “First day”. Designer: S. Lumynskaya. The booklets are double sided. Folded size: 136x86 mm. Print quantity: 10.000.
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