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1961.AFG.01Women's Day — Girl Guides
Afghanistan·1961
Afghanistan Women's Day; Girl Guides designs
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Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1961.AFG.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Afghanistan (AFG)
- Year
- 1961-07-23
- Event
- Afghanistan Women's Day; Girl Guides designs
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Printer
- Austrian State Printing Office
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 14 × 13½
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 961.34; 961.35; 961.36
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- AF 510; AF 511; AF 511a
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- AF 547A; AF 548A; AF BL11A
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- AF 552; AF 553; AF BF11
History
Afghanistan issued two commemoratives and a souvenir sheet at Kabul on 23 July 1961 for Women's Day. The stamps show a Girl Guide in uniform against mountain country; both are inscribed SCOUT and POSTES AFGHANES, with the Hijri year 1340 alongside 1961.
The 50 pul is in magenta and the 175 pul in green. Perforated and imperforate singles were produced, together with perforated and imperforate souvenir sheets that pair both values beside a tulip, headed JOURNEE DES FEMMES. The Austrian State Printing Office printed the stamps by photogravure in panes of fifty, perforated about 14 × 13½. The souvenir sheet is reported at 5,000 copies. The issue was sold only on the day of issue.
Stamps in this series
6 pieces1961.AFG.01-01
Girl Guide
50 pScott AF 510Domfil 961.34
In collection
1961.AFG.01-02
Girl Guide
175 pScott AF 511Domfil 961.35
In collection
1961.AFG.01-03
Girl Guide — imperforate
50 pDomfil 961.34
In collection
1961.AFG.01-04
Girl Guide — imperforate
175 pDomfil 961.35
In collection
1961.AFG.01-05
Souvenir sheet
225 pScott AF 511aDomfil 961.36
In collection
1961.AFG.01-06
Souvenir sheet — imperforate
225 pDomfil 961.36
In collection